Sophia Maxine Farmer’s chapter “Aeropittura: Modern Aviation and the Fascist Idealization of the Italian Landscape” has been published in the peer-reviewed collective volume Landscapes, Natures, Ecologies: Italy and the Environmental Humanities edited by Enrico Cesaretti, …
Month: March 2018
Honors Thesis Colloquium
Please save the date for the Art History Undergraduate Honors Thesis colloquium and reception. Four students will showcase their faculty-nominated work on Thursday, April 26th from 2:30 – 4 p.m. in room L170 Elvehjem, with …
Excellence in Teaching
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Nancy Rose Marshall is the recipient of a 2018 campus Distinguished Teaching Award. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Marshall on this prestigious accomplishment. Chancellor Rebecca Blank …
“Echo: Sound Recording and Racial Violence in Contemporary Art History,” lecture by Dr. Jane Blocker
Jane Blocker’s lecture, “Echo: Sound Recording and Racial Violence in Contemporary Art History” looks back to the infamously politicized 1993 Whitney Biennial and its inclusion of the amateur video showing five white police officers beating …
Symposium: Whirling Return of Ancestors
Join us for a multi-sensorial exhibition displaying the sights, sounds, and motions of Egúngún Arts, and a multi-disciplinary Symposium exploring sensory aspects of specific African ways of honoring ancestors on April 6-7. This event …
Graduation Reception
Please join us for the Department’s annual graduation reception at 3:00 p.m. on May 11th at the University Club. We will celebrate our graduating seniors as well as graduates of the M.A. and Ph.D. programs. …
Dale wins award for research in Venice
Thomas Dale has been awarded a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation of New York to pursue research this summer in Venice on his next book project, “Cultural Hybridity in Medieval Venice: The Basilica …
Kramer Appointed to CAA SEPC Committee
Cortney Anderson Kramer was appointed to a three year professional service term on the College Art Association Student and Emerging Professionals Committee (SEPC). One of nine professional committees, SEPC is comprised of CAA members who …
“Embodiology® Applied – So, How does it Feel?,” colloquium by Dr. Sheron “Ama” Wray
In 2018 Sheron Wray, PhD, was recognized by the Comparative & International Education Society, receiving one of four African Diaspora Emerging Scholars Awards. She is an Associate Professor of Dance at UC Irvine and Director …