On February 16, PhD student Maika Kagawa Bahr presented a paper entitled “Savoring Toxicity: Culinary Nationalism and Wax Food Models from Japan’s Interwar Period” at the College Art Association Annual Conference in New York.

While in New York, Maika explored exhibitions at the MET, MoMA, and Asia Society, gathering research and photographs to use in future teaching assignments and essays. She was also able to attend an open house at the Asia Art Archive in America to meet other students, artists, and professionals in her field.

Maika’s trip was generously supported by a Sara Jane Pyne Memorial Scholarship and an Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant.