In 2023 Lydia was Post-Doctoral Fellow at the NIKI Institute in Florence, continuing her research on collecting and marketing of the textiles known as Tovaglie Perugine, or Perugia Towels, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Forthcoming Publication 2024 with Brill
‘Artists’ Workshop Practice in the Renaissance’ co-editor with Michelle O’Malley and Michael Kwakkelstein
Selected Academic Papers
2023 Beyond the Workshop Walls: Recreating the Image Bank of the Perugian Painter Berto di Giovanni, Artists’ Workshop Practice in the Renaissance Conference, NIKI Institute, Florence
2022 De bono ligname stagionato como tale lavorio recede: Patrons and Panels in Early Modern Perugia, Renaissance Society of America Dublin Conference
2021 Tovaglie Perugine: Rural Handicraft or Product for a New Consumer Age? Annual Conference of the Renaissance Society of America
2019 Painted Performance: Art and Theatre in an Umbrian Confraternity, PhD Research for the Seminar School of Advanced Study, University of London. This paper was awarded most Impressive Presentation of the Year 2019-20
2018 Patrons and Painters: Choosing an Artist in Renaissance Umbria, Work in Progress at The Warburg Institute
2016 Tracing the Materiality and Depiction of Perugia Towels in Renaissance Italy, MEMS Festival, University of Kent
2015 El Maestro el Megliore: being ‘the best’ in the art market in Perugia in 1505, Association for Art History Annual Conference