In April 2025, PhD student Tony Del Aversano attended the 24^th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, in Durham, North Carolina and co-hosted by Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill. There, he presented his paper “Queering Ephemeral Bodies: Visual Representations of Angels in Trecento Italian Painting” at a panel titled Painting Across the Italian Renaissance.

Tony’s trip was generously supported by an Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant and the Cathleen M. Murnane Travel Scholarship Fund.