Layla Seale
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of North Texas
Department of Art History
Email: Layla.Seale@unt.edu
Education
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PhD, Rice University, 2020
Major: Art History
Specialization: Medieval/Early Modern Art History
Dissertation: Demons as a Cultural Species in Fifteenth-Century
Professional Positions
- Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Rice University. Rice University. (2020 - 2022).
- Writing Consultant, Rice University. Rice University. (2020).
Academic - Post-Secondary
Professional Memberships
- Historians of Netherlandish Art. (2020 - Present).
- Renaissance Society of America. (2020 - Present).
Development Activities
- Workshop (Faculty/Staff Training), Creating Inclusive and Accessible Environments for Students with Visual Impairments, UNT, Office of Disability Access. United States of America. (2023).
- Workshop, Meeting/training for UNT Core Curriculum faculty, UNT. United States of America. (September 11, 2023 - September 11, 2023).
- Conference Attendance, Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, St. Louis University. United States of America. (June 11, 2023 - June 14, 2023).
- Workshop, What Inclusive Instructors Do: Creating Welcoming, Equitable Learning Environments, UNT CLEAR. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (May 9, 2023 - May 9, 2023).
- Conference Attendance, The 1980s: Representational Pressures, Departures and Beginnings, UNT. United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
- Workshop, Accessibility Training for ART and ARTH Faculty for Visually Impaired Students, Office of Disability Access, UNT. United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
- Conference Attendance, CAA 2021 Annual Conference, CAA. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
- Conference Attendance, Politics: A RaceB4Race Symposium, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
- Conference Attendance, Region and Enmity: A RaceB4Race® Symposium, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, the Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
- Other (Lecture series), Campbell Lecture on Racial Justice, Rice University School of Humanities. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
- Seminar, CANCEL CULTURE: A Toxic Trend or a Tool for Accountability?, Office of Diversity & Inclusion's MultiCultural Center at Rice University. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
- Seminar, Early Medieval Identities Seminar Series, 4: Mary Rambaran-Olm, Early Medieval Identities Seminar Series. United Kingdom. (2021 - 2021).
- Other (Training), Stand Up Against Street Harassment Public Training, hollaback!. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
- Other (Webinar), Bystander Intervention to Stop Anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic harassment, hollaback!. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
- Conference Attendance, 2020 International Medieval Congress, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds. United Kingdom. (2020 - 2020).
Teaching
Teaching Experience
- ART 2350 - Art History Survey I, 6 courses.
- ARTH 4801 - Topics in Art History, 2 courses.
- ARTH 4805 - Topics in Medieval Art, 4 courses.
- ARTH 5801 - Topics in Art History, 1 course.
- ARTH 5805 - Seminar in Medieval Art, 3 courses.
University of North Texas
Teaching at Other Institutions
- Rice University, FWIS 103-001 Women Artists: von Bingen to Beyoncé, Spring 2022.
- Rice University, FWIS 103-002 Women Artists: von Bingen to Beyoncé, Spring 2022.
- Rice University, HART 101 Intro to Western Art I, Fall 2021.
- Rice University, FWIS 103-001 Women Artists: von Bingen to Beyoncé, Fall 2021.
- Rice University, FWIS 103-002 Women Artists: von Bingen to Beyoncé, Fall 2021.
- Rice University, FWIS 198 Visualizing Demons and the Demonized, Spring 2021.
- Rice University, FWIS 103 Women Artists: von Bingen to Beyoncé, Spring 2021.
- Rice University, HART 101 Intro to Western Art I, Fall 2020.
- Rice University, FWIS 198 Visualizing Demons and the Demonized, Fall 2020.
- Rice University, FWIS 103 Women Artists: von Bingen to Beyoncé, Fall 2020.
- Rice University, HART 356/556 Sex and Money: The Species Divide, Spring 2020.
Non-Credit Instruction
- Workshop, Rice University: Center for Academic and Professional Communication, (2022 - 2022).
- Workshop, Rice University: Center for Academic and Professional Communication, (2021 - 2021).
- Workshop, Rice University: Center for Academic and Professional Communication, (2020 - 2020).
Awards and Honors
- Brown Foundation Co-Teaching Award, Rice University. (2020).
- Center for Academic and Professional Communication Top Consultant Award, Rice University. (2020).
Research
Published Intellectual Contributions
- Seale, L. (2023). Work is Hell: Demon Laborers in Late Medieval Art. (10)
Journal Article
Presentations Given
- Seale, L. (Author & Presenter), St. Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, Punished Demons: Illuminations of Divine Retribution, St. Louis University, United States of America. (2023).
- Seale, L. (Author & Presenter), Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Demons at Work: Uncanny Depictions of Demonic Labor in Early Modern Illuminations, RSA, Virtual, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
- Seale, L. (Author & Presenter), Towards a Visual History of the Working Class, Work is Hell: Demon Laborers in Late Medieval Art, Rice University, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
Paper
Service
University Service
- Committee Member, Onstead Institute Dissertation Award. (November 2023 - December 2023).
- Committee Member, Onstead Dissertation Award Committee. (September 2022 - January 2023).
- Guest Speaker, Art History Society. (2022).
- Committee Member, Improving Undergraduate Programming: Strategic Planning. (2022 - 2022).
- Conference-Related, 2021 Rice Visual Communication Symposium. (2021 - 2021).
Professional Service
- Board of Advisors, Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship. (2023 - Present).
- Reviewer, Journal Article, Enarratio: Publications of the Medieval Association of the Midwest. (January 2023 - March 2023).