Prof. Thomas Dale’s Diversity Forum 2020 session “Medieval Studies Perspectives on Contemporary Racism and Cultural Encounter” is taking place today, Oct. 28th at 10:45am. You can register for the Diversity Forum 2020 here: https://diversity.wisc.edu/event/diversity-forum-2020/
Year: 2020
Student Spotlight: Claire Kilgore (PhD Student) & Tania Kolarik (PhD Candidate) Publish Book Reviews
The 51st volume of Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, published this October, contains book reviews by Claire Kilgore (PhD Student) and Tania Kolarik (PhD Candidate). Kilgore reviewed Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis’ book The Care of Nuns: The Ministries of …
A Big Thank You to All of Our Fill the Hill 2020 Donors!
Thank you so much to all of our Fill the Hill 2020 donors! We raised $2780 that will benefit our students in this very unusual time. We can’t wait for you to hear all of …
Fill the Hill 2020: Consider Donating to the Department of Art History!
It’s Fill the Hill! Consider donating to the Department of Art History! The campaign closes THIS Friday, October 23rd at 6:00pm CDT. You can donate to Art History here. You can even get some real …
Workshop: AH Alum Ray Hernández-Durán “Ni de aquí, ni de allá’ (‘Neither from here nor there’)
After Art History Alum Prof. Ray Hernández-Durán’s lecture on Thursday, October 22nd, he will host a virtual workshop titled “‘Ni de aquí, ni de allá’ (‘Neither from here nor there’): Current Issues in the Project …
Art History Lecture: Ray Hernández-Durán “Catholics, Conservatives, and the Academy of San Carlos”
We are so excited to be welcoming Prof. Ray Hernández-Durán back to Madison! Prof. Hernández-Durán completed his Master of Arts in Art History at UW–Madison in 1994, where he worked with Prof. Emeritus Henry Drewal …
TOMORROW: “Far From Jerusalem” Lecture by Prof. Asa Mittman at 5pm CST
Art Historian Prof. Asa Mittman will be presenting his lecture “Far From Jerusalem: The Exclusion of Jews on Christian Maps.” Medieval Christian maps use principles of inclusion and exclusion to generate fictions of collective identity. …
Student Spotlight: Ph.D. Student Özlem Eren Publishes Case Study in “The Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages”
Ph.D. Student Özlem Eren has published a case study about the Russian triptych with the Mandylion (1637), currently located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, in the Bloomsbury Medieval Studies’ The …
TOMORROW: Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture Series with Prof. Bess Williamson
TOMORROW: Join us for the latest lecture in the Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture Series with Prof. Bess Williamson. Please email Prof. Jennifer Pruitt at jpruitt@wisc.edu for the Zoom link. We can’t wait to …
Prof. Asa Mittman Lecture: “Far From Jerusalem: The Exclusion of Jews on Christian Maps”
*Open to the general public* Prof. Asa S. Mittman (Art History, California State University-Chico), authority on medieval monsters will give a public lecture “Far from Jerusalem: The Exclusion of Jews on Christian Maps.” Medieval Christian …