2020 has been a rough year, but we are excited that Professor Daniel Spaulding will be joining the Department of Art History as an Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art this fall semester. His …
Year: 2020
CVC Allyson Nadia Field Workshop on Sept. 25th
The Center for Visual Cultures will be hosting a workshop following the lecture by Prof. Allyson Nadia Field. The title of the workshop is “Something Good-Negro Kiss: Rediscovering Early Film, Reassessing Racialized Performance.” It will …
Save the Date for the First CVC Lecture of Fall 2020!
The Center for Visual Cultures is gearing up for their first virtual event of the semester. Please join the CVC at 4:00 PM (CST) on Thursday, September 24th for Prof. Allyson Nadia Field’s lecture: “The Speculative Archive: …
Faculty News: Prof. Andrzejewski Lecture on Sept. 25th!
Save the date for Professor Anna Andrzejewski‘s lecture that is based on her latest research project. Yi-Fu Tuan Lecture Series, Department of Geography September 25th, 2020 3:30–5:00pm CST Venue: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96180090381 In February of 1964, the …
Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day!!! Stay safe this holiday Badgers!
Faculty News: Jerusalem–Racism Through Medieval Eyes
Professor Thomas Dale is the lead organizer of a Borghesi-Mellon workshop, “Jerusalem in the Medieval and Modern Imagination” for the upcoming academic year. The workshop will explore how pre-modern conceptions of the city (maps, images, histories, literature, theology) within …
Happy First Day of the Fall Semester
Happy First Day of the Fall Semester Badgers!!! Stay safe this semester by washing your hands, social distancing, and wearing your mask!
Lindsay Wells (PhD Candidate) Awarded 2020 VanArsdel Prize
Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Lindsay Wells for winning the 2020 VanArsdel Prize, awarded by The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP). Her essay “Vegetal Bedfellows: Houseplant Superstitions and Environmental Thought in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals,” will be published in an upcoming issue …
Welcome Letter from the Chair
Please take a moment to read this year’s Welcome Letter from our department chair, Prof. Jordan Rosenblum. To read the letter on our website and/or have access to the links please visit our “About” page.
We’re A Week Away! Sign Your Badger Pledge Today!
There’s only a week to go before the start of the Fall 2020 semester! Make sure to login to your UW-Madison Canvas account to complete your Smart Restart training and sign the Badger Pledge. https://smartrestart.wisc.edu/badgerpledge/