HIG Leadership

The Historic Interiors Group welcomes incoming Co-Presidents Anca I. Lasc and Patricia Lara-Betancourt. For the coming 2023-2025 term, Anca Lasc and Patricia Lara-Betancourt have proposed a Co-Presidency. Both Anca Lasc and Patricia Lara-Betancourt are historians of the interior, with a focus on the nineteenth century. However, their research areas complement one another geographically. While Anca’s work mostly focuses on Euro-American interiors, Patricia’s looks at their Latin American counterparts. Anca was the Co-Founder of HIG with Paula Lupkin and Mark Hinchman and she served as the organization’s Founding Secretary in its first two years of existence within SAH. She thus possesses unique insights into HIG’s operationalRead More →