Publications & Talks
Publications
[FORTHCOMING] Shulman, Katharine. 2026. “From Storage to Spotlight: Conservation Treatment of Jean Antoine Houdon’s Bust of Anne Robert Turgot." In Objects Specialty Group Postprints, Vol 33. Washington, D.C.: American Institute for Conservation.
Price, Beth, Richard Newman, Tim Fawcett, Katharine Shulman, et al. 2026. “Japanese Sugito: Investigation of Painted Decorations
Reveals Unusual Copper-Based Green Pigments.” In Technical Studies of Asian Art: Proceedings of the Seventh Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art, edited by Blythe McCarthy, Jennifer Giaccai, Matthew Clarke, and Kesha Talbert, 340–360. London, England: Archetype Publications.
Elliot, A; Bailey, G.; Hulman, S.; Mikes, J.; and Shulman, K. 2026. “Adventure in (Re)Constructing and Conserving a Thai Thammat.” In
Objects Specialty Group Postprints, Vol. 31, pp. 116-134. Washington, D.C.: American Institute for Conservation.
Bailey, G., K. Shulman, and A. Elliott. 2025. “Analysis of Black Material Applied to Historic Copper-Alloy Ethiopian Processional
Crosses,” The Journal of the Walters Art Museum, Vol. 78.
Shulman, K. , and L. Fair. 2022. “Investigating Accepted and Innovative Materials for Glass Fills.” Poster at Recent
Advances in Glass and Ceramics Conservation 2022, the ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group interim meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 9-11 November 2022.
Shulman, Katharine. 2022. “Agar Bioplastic: Understanding Its Degradation and Exploring Its Use as a Fill for Glass.” Paper presented
at the ANAGPIC Annual Student Conference, Winterthur, Delaware, USA, April.
Price B., Shulman K., et al. 2018. “Japanese Sugito in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Investigation of Painted Decorations and
Soluble Nylon Coatings.” Poster presented at 13th Biennial Infrared and Raman Users Group Conference; Dec 5-7; Sydney, NSW.
Shulman, Katharine. Collection Storage Tips and Tricks, ICCROM Re-ORG Blog, February 2016.
(https://re-org.tumblr.com/post/138620011278) (https://re-org.tumblr.com/post/138620333633)
Shulman, Katharine. “Paintings in Transit: A New Means for Protection of Collections, Balancing Traditional and Modern Conservation
Philosophies and Methods.” 2015. Senior Thesis, Scripps College, Claremont CA
Talks
“From Storage to Spotlight: Conservation Treatment of Jean Antoine Houdon’s Bust of Anne Robert Turgot." The 54th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation. May 2, 2026.
"Japanese Sugito: Investigation of Painted Decorations Reveals Unusual Copper Green Minerals." K. Shulman and R. Newman. Seventh Forbes Symposium on Scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art. June 11, 2023.
"Ivory at the Walters Art Museum." K. Shulman and A. Elliott. Lecture to Johns Hopkins University museum studies students, The Walters Art Museum, January 30, 2023.
"Investigating Accepted and Innovative Materials for Glass Fills." Lightning Round Presentation. Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group, Lisbon,Portugal, November 10, 2022.
"Agar Bioplastic: Understanding Its Degradation and Exploring Its Use as a Fill for Glass." Association of North American Graduate Programs in Conservation Annual Conference, Virtual, April 9, 2022.
"A Summer in Chicago: Nine Weeks at the Art Institute." Summer Work Project Talk, The Art Institute of Chicago, August 4, 2022.
"The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent Was a Summer in San Francisco: A Foggy Few Months at the De Young Museum.” Summer Work Project Talk, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, November 3, 2021.