Faculty took part in the 2017 CAA Conference held in New York City, February 15-18. In the photograph above is Ittai Weinryb [left], who chaired “The Future of the Research Institute,” and the panel, which, along with Peter N. Miller, included directors from other prominent research institutes: Elizabeth Cropper, National Gallery of Art Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts; Ulrich Pfisterer, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich; Gerhard Wolf, Kunsthistoriches Institut in Florenz; Bill Sherman, V&A Research Institute; Olivier Meslay, The Clark Art Institute; Thomas Gaehtgens, The Getty Research Institute; and Tanja Michalsky, Bibliotheca Hertziana–Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte.In addition, Paul Stirton chaired “Revivalism in Twentieth-Century Design in Germany, Scandinavia, and Central Europe”; Peter N. Miller participated in the session “The American Dream of The Mediterranean: Lessons From History”; Deborah L. Krohn co-chaired “The Renaissance Filtered”; and Elissa Auther co-chaired “Puppets and Performing Objects.”Staff and students also contributed to the conference. Marianne Lamonaca, chief curator and associate director of the Gallery, chaired “Curators: Agents of Change from ‘Inside and Outside’ the Box (of the Museum).” PhD students Meredith P. Nelson participated in the “Critical Craft Forum: Gender And Jewelry” and Michelle Jackson presented on “Gesamtkunstwerk and Gemeinschaft: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Urban Planning in the Case of Lafayette Park, Detroit.”