Upcoming Talks and Events
Talks and Events
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Cassatt, A New Woman: Artist, Feminist, and Art Advisor
The Honolulu Museum of Art
Doris Duke Theatre
Join Dr. Ruth E. Iskin, author of Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York and Dr. Orin Zahra, associate curator at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.
A book signing of Dr. Iskin’s book will take place at the end of the Program, 8:15 pm.
Friday, October 3, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Free event, registration required. Register here.
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Book Talk with Author Ruth E. Iskin
USC, Visual Studies Research Institute
Co-sponsored with the Academic Engagement Network and the USC Dept. of Art History
USC, DML 240
Wednesday, October 8, 12:30-2 pm
Limited capacity. Free event, RSVP to vsri@usc.edu
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Author Ruth E. Iskin discusses her Book, Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York.
A book signing will follow the event.
Sponsored by The UCLA Emeriti and Retirees Associations.
The University Club, on campus, 480 Charles E. Young Drive EAST. The closest parking is Lot 2 (lowest level in the “visitor” parking).
Thursday, October 9, 1:30 pm
Limited capacity, free event. Registration is required prior to October 3. RSVP here (An emergency contact and that contact's email address and cell phone number must be provided by all registrants and for any guests).
Past Talks
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Rethinking the Museum – Online Symposium, September, 7, 2021
Ruth E. Iskin, “Are canons and counter-canons still relevant?” starts at 1:00:56
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AHNCA Virtual Salon: New Books
https://ahnca.org/event/new-books-by-ahnca-members-session-2
Friday, January 24, 2025, 2 pm EST
Free event, registration is required. Register here.
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Ruth E. Iskin in conversation with Michelle Foa: Cassatt between Paris and New YorkThe New York Public Library
This event will take place in person at:
Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities
Friday, March 14, 2025, 2:00-3:00 pm EST
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Lenox & Astor Room (Room 216)
476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018
Free talk, registration is required. Register here.
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Ruth E. Iskin, Presentation, and Dialogue with Marjorie Martay: Mary Cassatt between Paris and New York: The Making of a Transatlantic Legacy
Saturday, March 15, 6-8 pm EST
The Art W Salon in NYC
Free event, RSVP marjorie@artw.org (address will be given after rsvp).
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The Friendship of Mary Cassatt with Edgar DegasA Presentation by Ruth E. Iskin followed by a Conversation with Michelle Foa
Thursday, March 20th, 2025, 6:30-8:30 pm CT
Alliance Française, New Orleans, 1519 Jackson Ave. New Orleans, LA
Free event, Click here for more information and to RSVP.
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Ruth E. Iskin in conversation with Vanessa R. SchwartzMary Cassatt Between Paris and New York: The Making of a Transatlantic Legacy
Nineteenth-Century French Studies Unbound: A Series of virtual book dialogues
Friday, April 4, 2025, 2:30 pm EST
Free event, registration is required. Register here.
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Book Launch at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
Tuesday, May 20, 12:00-14:00 GMT+2
Seminar room 136, the Senate Building.
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Made at the Library: Mary Cassatt Between Paris & New York with author Ruth E. Iskin
Join author Ruth E. Iskin discussing her recent book Mary Cassatt Between Paris and New York with Manuscript Division staff members of the Library of Congress, Elizabeth Novara and Edith Sandler.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 1 pm EST
Library of Congress.
Free event, registration is required. Register here.







