On October 1, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art is hosting a virtual program, Fragments and Frameworks: Illuminated Manuscripts and Illustrated Books in Digital Humanities, organized by UW Art …
Month: August 2021
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 Welcome Letter
As we begin the Fall 2021 semester 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 …
Student Spotlight: Undergrad Sarah Olk to Present at Chipstone-CDMC Undergrad Research Fellowship Symposium
Sarah Olk studies History and Art History in the College of Letters & Science. She is advised by Jill Casid, Professor of Visual Studies in the Departments of Art History and Gender & Women’s Studies, and …
Student Spotlight: Abby Armstrong Check Interview with Mary B. Shepard
Abby Armstrong Check, Ph.D. Student, recently participated in the International Center for Medieval Art’s Oral History Project, interviewing Art Historian Mary B. Shepard. Check out Episode 8 HERE and listen to their conversation about hinge moments in the …
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&S credit. Ph.D. Student Gabriel Chazan will be teaching this class during the …
Alumni Update: Sophia Maxine Farmer (MA 2014, PhD 2019) Appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Sophia Maxine Farmer (M.A. 2014, Ph.D. 2019) will begin a new position this fall as Assistant Professor of Art History in the Art and Design Department at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. As the sole art historian …
Fall 2021 Course Highlight: AH/Classics 300 “The Art & Archaeology of Ancient Greece”
Art History 300/Classics 300: The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece is a first-year friendly course that has no prerequisites and can be used as a humanities breadth and L&S credit. Art History Affiliate Professor William …
Student Spotlight: Drew Narayanan Guest on Medievalists.net Podcast on Race!
Ph.D. Student Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan has been featured on a Medievalists.net Podcast! Today, we tend to associate race with skin colour. But, what did “Race” mean in the Medieval era? In an interview with Lucie Laumonier, Drew talks …
Fall 2021 Course Highlight: AH/ASIAN 379/779 “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 class is first-year friendly, no prereqs, humanities breadth and L&S credit. This semester long survey course, presents a historical …