Ph.D. Student, Ehsan Behbahani-Nia, has been appointed to the position of research associate in the Ausonius Research Institute at the Université Bordeaux-Montaigne in France. Famous for its wine, Bordeaux is located in the southwest of France …
Year: 2021
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Alumni Update: Alicia Cannizzo (M.A., 2014) Wins Schallek Fellowship!
The Medieval Academy of America has awarded the 2021–22 Schallek Fellowship to Alicia Cannizzo (M.A., 2014 and a current Ph.D. Candidate at the Graduate Center, City University of New York) to support her thesis project, “Matter En Transir: …
Art History Lecture: “Folk Farmsteads on the Frontier”
Prof. Anna Andrzejewski and PhD candidate Travis Olson will be presenting their research in a live virtual lecture entitled: “Folk Farmsteads on the Frontier: German-American Farm Buildings in Southwestern North Dakota” on Thursday, January 28th at 6:00pm (CST). The …
Stay Cozy This First Day of the Spring 2021 Semester!
Stay warm and cozy on your first day of the Spring 2021 semester Badgers! #wesmellsnow #uwmadison #arthistory #spring2021 #OnWisconsin #staywarmandcozy #CoffeeCoffeeCoffee #needcaffeine
Faculty & Alumni News: Prof. Emerita Buenger and Joann Skrypzak-Davidsmeyer (Ph.D., 2006) Contribute to Max Beckmann Catalogue Raisonné
Professor Emerita Barbara C. Buenger‘s research on Max Beckmann is featured within the newly online Max Beckmann catalogue raisonné, which you can access here. A member of the Beckmann Advisory Board, Prof. Buenger was supposed to speak at the …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: AH 440/779 “Art & Power in the Arab World”
This course considers the use of art and architecture as an expression of power in the Arab world, from the seventh century to the present. Beginning with the establishment of the caliphate and ending with …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: AH 411/775 “Ukiyo-e”
Check out Prof. Gene Phillips‘ AH 411/775: Ukiyo-e course MWF 9:55–10:45am. In this course, you will take an in-depth look at Japanese woodblock prints, primarily of the Edo Period (1600–1868).
Faculty News: Prof. Nelson Wins Historians of British Art Book Award
Professor Jennifer Nelson has won the Historians of British Art Book Award for Exemplary Scholarship on the Period before 1600 for Disharmony of the Spheres: The Europe of Hoblein’s Ambassadors! Congratulations Prof. Nelson!!! Read more …
Spring 2021 Freshman Friendly Courses!
Calling all first-year UW–Madison students! You can NOW Enroll in Spring 2021 classes. We have three introductory AH 103 courses available this spring. -AH 103: Passage Through India MW 1:20–2:10pm -AH 103: Religion and Art TR 1:20–2:10pm …