Professor Jill Casid delivers the keynote on “Doing Things with Being Undone” at the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Visual Culture in London September 13th to 15th. Taking up the issues surrounding …
Year: 2018
Michelle Prestholt wins Schewe Award
The department is pleased to announce this year’s winner of the Schewe Award for Best Graduate Student Paper (2017-18) is Michelle Prestholt. Michelle’s paper is entitled “Oppositional Identities: The Monstrous Peoples at Vezelay and …
Memorial celebration honors the late Prof. Menocal August 25
A Memorial celebrating Narciso’s extraordinary life was held on Saturday, August 25 at the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, in Madison. A reception followed from 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 …
Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths
“Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths,” organized by the Fowler Museum at UCLA, will examine how the smith’s craft extends from the production of the most basic of domestic tools to the creation …
Lecture: Cultivating Citizens with Art in Wisconsin by Prof. Lauren Kroiz
Prof. Lauren Kroiz (University of California, Berkeley) discusses the Wisconsin origins of her new book, Cultivating Citizens: The Regional Work of Art in the New Deal Era. Her lecture centers on the University of …
Graduation Celebration
Please join us for the annual graduation celebration at 3:00 p.m. at the University Club.
Senior Thesis Presentations
Please join us for the annual senior thesis presentations at 2:30 p.m. in Elvehjem L170, followed by a reception in the Hagen Room.
Graduate Recruitment Weekend
The annual graduate student recruitment weekend will be held over a two day period on March 7-8, 2019. We look forward to your participation.
Schewe Award & Welcome Back Reception
Join us for the Annual Presentation of the Schewe Award for Best Graduate Student Paper during the 2017-18 academic year. This year’s winner is Michelle Prestholt, Ph.D student, for her paper entitled “Oppositional Identities: The Monstrous …
Professor Casid delivers Berlin lecture
As part of the lecture series Intensify Desire at the Kunsthistorisches Institut at the Freie Universitat in Berlin organized by Christian Liclair and Susanne Huber, Professor Casid presented, “Queer Deformativity: Mark Morrisroe, Jack Pierson, …