In fall 2025, the FSU Undergraduate Art History Association collaborated with student organizers from around the state to convene the first-ever Floridian Collegiate Art History Symposium. Hosted by The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art with the support of donors Jane & George Morgan, the November 15 event featured student research papers and presentations by Florida university and museum professionals. Participants filled the lecture hall at the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Asian Art and enjoyed lunch, conversation, and exploring the Ringling grounds with colleagues from around the state.
Presenters included FSU alumni Lesley Wolff (PhD ’18), Coordinator of Exhibitions and Art Programs and Assistant Professor at the University of Tampa, and Lacie Barbour (MA ’21), Associate Curator of Exhibitions at Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design; and FSU Art History professors Mora Beauchamp-Byrd and Adam Jolles. Current FSU BA student Julia DeBardeleben presented “Man-eating Manticores in Manuscripts: The Spread of Antisemitic Iconography in Relation to Jewish Expulsions,” part of the Honors in the Major thesis she is writing under the guidance of Dr. Erika Loic.
Student organizers were pleased with the success of the event, grateful for the support given by The Ringling and donors, and hopeful for a continuation collaboration for years to come.
