PhD student Travis Olson will be delivering his research on Eastern European settlement in North Dakota at the virtual Vernacular Architecture Forum’s 2020 conference in a 1:00pm session entitled The Architecture of Agriculture. His paper …
Month: May 2020
Summer 2020 Course Highlight: History of Islamic Art & Architecture
Check out the 8-week exploration into Islamic Art and Architecture from the comfort of home. PhD Candidate Ahmed Abdelazim will guide you through India, the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain!
Faculty News: Prof. Andrzejewski Receives IRH Summer Research Fellowship
Professor Anna Andrzejewski has received a Summer Humanities Research Fellowship from the Institute for Research in the Humanities to work on her book project, Building Paradise: Housing, Leisure, and Retirement in South Florida after World War II.
Fall 2020 Course Highlight: AH 409 Interpreting Contemporary Art
Our newest member to the UW-Madison Department of Art History Faculty, Professor Daniel Spaulding, will be teaching AH 409: Interpreting Contemporary Art this Fall 2020 semester! His class will be Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00–2:15pm in room L150 …
Art During Quarantine: Emeritus Prof. Henry Drewal’s Artful Avian Architecture
Emeritus Professor Henry Drewal shares his works of Avian Architecture during quarantine. “During this period of ‘sheltering at home’ I have continued to make homes for birds in a series I call Avian Architecture (see https://www.henrydrewal.com/myart.html). …
Today is the Last Day of Spring 2020 Classes!
It’s been a rough month and a half, but we made it to the last day of Spring 2020 classes!