Professor Thomas Dale has organized the upcoming session “After the Fire: Building and Rebuilding Notre-Dame in Paris” for the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America at the University of California at Berkeley that …
Month: February 2020
Student Spotlight: Mya Frieze (MA Student) elected Webmaster for ARLIS/NA Southeast
MA Student Mya Frieze has been elected to the position of Webmaster for the Southeast Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA Southeast). Mya is a dual degree Masters student who will …
Highlights from CAA 2020
The Art History Department was excited to see so many current and past Badgers in the Windy City at the College Art Association’s Annual Conference. On Wisconsin!
Across Oceans and Hemispheres: Celebratory Event to Honor Dr. Henry Drewal at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
We are pleased to announce a celebratory event organized to honor recently retired Professor Henry Drewal, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Art History and Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It will be held at the …
Faculty News: Prof. Phillips-Court awarded Faculty Development Grant for 2020–21
Professor Kristin Phillips-Court, a specialist in Italian Renaissance art and literary culture, has been awarded a Faculty Development Grant in the College of Letters & Science for 2020–21 to create courses on Leonardo da Vinci, …
Student Spotlight: PhD Candidate Fernanda Villarroel Awarded the Sylvan C. Coleman & Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has awarded Ph.D. Candidate Fernanda Villarroel the Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship, reserved for predoctoral and postdoctoral-level scholars from the United States and abroad with promising …
Schwartz Lecture Highlights
Check out some of the highlights from the First Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture Series with Prof. Shira Brisman!
CVC Lecture: Coco Fusco
Interdisciplinary artist, writer and scholar, Coco Fusco, will be visiting campus on March 6th. Please join the Center for Visual Cultures for her lecture: “Haunted by History: Cuban Poets and Cuban Politics” at 5:00 PM …
Faculty News: Prof. Dale elected First VP of the Medieval Academy of America
Professor Thomas E. A. Dale has been elected the First Vice-President of the Medieval Academy of America for 2020. He also presented his latest research on race in medieval Venice at the Art, Power, and …
CAA 2020 Spotlight: Amy Hughes, Ph.D. Candidate
Ph.D. Candidate Amy Hughes will present her paper “Refracted Memory: Dissent, Trauma and Affective Politics in Stanislav Libenský´s and Jaroslava Brychtová´s Glass Sculptures in Communist Czechoslovakia, 1968–1980” on Friday, February 14th at the College Art …