Professor Yuhang Li‘s AH 411: Modern & Contemporary Chinese Art will be taught in-person MWF 11:00–11:50am. There are no prerequisites, humanities breadth and L&S credit. In the beginning of this century, China plays a crucial role in …
Month: July 2021
Fall 2021 Course Highlight: AH 801 Introduction to the Study of Visual Cultures
This fall, Professor Jill Casid will teach Afro-American Studies/Art History 801: Introduction to the Study of Visual Cultures on Tuesdays from 4:00–6:30pm. The seminar charts the formation and history of the dynamic, multi-stranded, and still changing field in its …
Student Spotlight: Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan Publishes Article in “Current Affairs”
Ph.D. Student Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan has published the article “Medieval Dreams and Far-Right Nightmares,” with Benjamin Bertrand, in Issue 32 of Current Affairs. Their article discusses the Far-Right’s appropriation of medieval symbols and the Death Dealer statue at the …
Fall 2021 Course Highlight: AH 567/867 Material History of American Landscape
Professor Anna Andrzejewski‘s AH 567/867: Material History of American Landscape seminar is almost full! This class will be taught in-person on Mondays, 2:30–5:00pm. This course seeks to examine what we can learn about the history of what we now call …
Alumni Update: Art History Undergrads Win Iwanter Prize & Honorable Mention!
The Center of Humanities has awarded Noah Mapes (B.A.’21, left) the Iwanter Prize for his thesis “Supermarket Activism: Locating Identity and Red Power Rhetoric in Peter B. Jones’ Indian Brand Series.” Taylor Leigh Scofield (B.A.’21, Art …
Fall 2021 Course Highlight: AH 431 Crip Tactics
This fall, Professor Jill Casid will teach AH 431: Crip Tactics on Tuesdays/Thursday from 11:00am–12:15pm. Interested in tactics for social justice and transformation when it comes to sexuality and ability? Want new critical tools for the task? This course …
Fall 2021 Course Highlight: AH 355 History & Theory of Photography
Art History 355: History & Theory of Photography is a first-year friendly course that has no prerequisites and can be used as a humanities breadth and L&C credit. Ph.D. Student Gabriel Chazan will be teaching this …
Student & Faculty Spotlight: UW–Madison Art History at IMC Leeds
Last week Ph.D. Candidates Claire Kilgore and Tania Kolarik, along with Professor Thomas Dale, presented papers at the International Medieval Congress hosted by the University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom. Kilgore’s paper, “A Climate of Exchange: Saintly Bones, Imported Silks, and …
Faculty News: Andrzejewski Writes on Costs of Leisure
Professor Anna Andrzejewski publishes “The Costs of Leisure in South Florida” in response to the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida. You can read her full article here.
Fall 2021 Course Highlight: Cities of Asia
Professor Preeti Chopra will be teaching her much anticipated course AH 379/779: Cities of Asia MW 2:30–3:45pm, L140 Elvehjem. This semester long survey course, presents a historical overview of the built environment of the cities of Asia from antiquity …