ECR French Nineteenth-Century Art Network presents:

Roundtable: Demystifying Fellowships

Thursday 5 March 2026

0800 PST / 1000 CST / 1100 EST / 1600 GMT / 1700 CET 

As early-career researchers, we are constantly scrambling for sources of funding and institutional support. Although applying for pre- and post-doctoral fellowships is something we are all faced with at some point, the process of finding the right fit, building a strong application, and getting the most out of the experiences we’re offered is rarely discussed. Join us as we break down the myths and mystique of fellowships in both academia and museums across Europe and North America. Our panelists will share their wide range of experiences, so come prepared with questions! 

We are fortunate to be joined by four speakers:

Annabel Bai Jackson, Dorset Curatorial Fellow for Modern & Contemporary Projects, National Gallery

Annabel is the Dorset Curatorial Fellow for Modern & Contemporary Projects at the National Gallery, where she works on post-1800 paintings and the contemporary art programme. Recent projects include Ming Wong: Dance of the sun on the water (2026), Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists (2025/6), and Katrina Palmer: The Touch Report (2024/5). She was previously Curatorial Assistant at the Barbican Centre, where she contributed to Alice Neel: Hot Off the Griddle (2023). She earned her MSt in English 1900-present from the University of Oxford and has written for Apollo, Sight & Sound, Oxford Review of Books, among others.

Marina Kliger, Rousseau Curatorial Fellow in European Art, Harvard Art Museums

Marina Kliger earned her PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU in 2020 with a dissertation on the Troubadour Style and gendered historical consciousness in early nineteenth-century France. Her research abroad was supported by the Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d’Amérique (Bourse Jeanne Marandon, 2016-2017), as well as fellowships administered by NYU. She was the inaugural Eugene V. Thaw Fellow for Collections Cataloging at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2020–2022) and the Rousseau Curatorial Fellow in European Art at Harvard Art Museums (2022-2026), where she co-curated The Solomon Collection: Dürer to Degas and Beyond (May-August 2025).

Jennifer Laffick, PhD Candidate, Southern Methodist University 

Jennifer is an art history PhD Candidate at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Her research focuses on the relationship between French art and empire in the years surrounding 1800. For her dissertation, “Neoclassicism’s Atlantic Currents: French Painting and Power in the Early Nineteenth Century,” Laffick has received a Fulbright Research Grant (France), a Chateaubriand Fellowship, the Gilbert Chinard Fellowship from the Society for French Historical Studies, and a Mary Vidal Memorial Award from the Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture. Later this spring, Laffick will be in residence as a Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library.

Nicholas Parkinson, Lecturer, Art History and English, Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne

Nicholas is an art historian (PhD, Stony Brook University) whose research explores the intersection of art, politics, and globalization in the nineteenth century. His upcoming book, Commemorating Defeat: Viral Monuments and the International Cult of the Lost Cause, will be published by Central European University Press in the spring of 2026.