Professor Nancy Rose Marshall‘s latest edited volume, Victorian Science & Imagery: Representation & Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture, is now available through University of Pittsburgh Press. In addition to editing the volume, Prof. Marshall wrote the …
Year: 2021
Faculty News: Prof. Nelson Featured in State of Renaissance Art History Article
Professor Jennifer Nelson‘s latest book Disharmony of the Spheres: The Europe of Holbein’s Ambassadors been featured in the article “After the Plague: The State of the Renaissance Art History.” You can read the glowing review of Prof. Nelson’s place …
Student Spotlight: Ph.D. Student Ehsan Behbahani-Nia to Present at “Working Stones in the Achaemenid Empire”
Art History Ph.D. Student Ehsan Behbahani-Nia is giving a virtual lecture this Friday, September 17, 2021, as part of the symposium “Working on Stones in the Achaemenid Empire,” organized by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and Iran’s …
Student Spotlight: Tania Kolarik Named ICMA Newsletter Assistant Editor
Ph.D. Candidate Tania Kolarik is the incoming Assistant Editor for the International Center for Medieval Art (ICMA) Newsletter. It is a two-year graduate student position with the ICMA. Tania will be in charge of the events and exhibitions section and …
Happy First Day of Classes Badgers!
Happy First Day of the Fall Semester Badgers! #fall2021 #uwmadisonarthistory #uwmadison #onwisconsin #arthistory #fallinwisconsin
Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day from the UW–Madison Department of Art History!
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 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 …
Student & Alumni Spotlight: Matthew Westerby & LauraLee Brott to present at the National Gallery of Art
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 …
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 …