Textile Research Day

Hosted by the museum's Arthur D. Jenkins Library, Textile Research Day is an annual program that features the research of university students studying textiles. Topics range from textiles in the museum collections to fashion, costume, textile conservation, dye analysis, sustainability and more. Each researcher gives a brief presentation of their topic, followed by questions from the audience. Students can meet others interested in textiles and network with professionals in the fields of decorative arts, art history and museum studies. Join us in person at the museum or register to watch the livestream online.

This program is part of The Textile Museum’s centennial celebrations in 2025.

Schedule

Textile Practices (12-12:35 p.m.)

• Chulpan Khismatova, "Describing The Leather Decorative Technology of the Tatar People"
• Hadassah Olakanpo, "The Intersection of Modesty, Faith and Modern Fashion: Iconic Women and the Evolution of Elegance"
• Saba Banaii, "Shawl and Silk: Dressing the Shah in Qajar Persia"
• Lara Howerton, "Textile Trends in the Inventories of the Church of San Nicola, Bari"

Textiles and Cultural Production (12:35-1 p.m.)

• Arezo Hakemy, "Textile Cartographies: Afghan War Rugs and the Mapping of Place"
• Aidyl Hernandez Mendez, "Weaving Colonial Imaginaries: The Contested Origins of Ñandutí Lace and Paraguayan Cultural Identity"
• Senay Imre, "A Feminist Ethnographic Inquiry into Anatolian Women’s Cultural Production: Crafting Culture, Identity and Memory in Türkiye"

-Break-

Textiles and Sustainability (1:30-2:15 p.m.)

• Grace Lemoine, "Dyeing Zebrafish: A Case Study in Textile Ecotoxicity"
• Karri Vaughn, "A Garment that Grows: Innovative Mounting for Adaptive Fashion"
• Gavin Gammon, "Culture vs. Commodity: Reimagining Fashion Beyond the Industry"
• Javier Orellana Ostorga, "Biodegradable Nanomaterials in Textiles: Sustainable Innovation for Eco-Conscious Performance"

New Research on the Cotsen Textiles Traces Study Collection (2:15-3 p.m.)

• Mia Helveston, Lily Lauer and Eden Roy, "Woven Heritage: Tracing History Through Lebanese Textiles"
• Talulah Lametrie, "The Mystery of the Chagall Silk Scarf in the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection"
• Eugenia Lollini, "Fashion, Heraldry and Futurism in Emilio Pucci's 1957 Palio Collection"
• Methi Satyanarayana, "Sending the Horse to War: An Analysis of Horses in 20th Century Japanese Propaganda Kimonos"
• Anna Oestreich, "Constructivism and Women’s Rights in the Early Soviet Union"

How to Join the Program

This program will be in a hybrid format. You can join us in person at the museum or watch the livestream online. Please register in advance and choose how you would like to participate. We will email virtual attendees a link and instructions for joining via Zoom. When you register, you can also request to receive a reminder email one day before the program with the link included.