Day of the Badger 2022 is less than a week away and we have some exciting news for the UW–Madison Art History community! Thanks to our generous donors the first 60 gifts to the department …
Month: March 2022
Student Spotlight | Ujaan Ghosh Presents at AAS
Ujaan Ghosh, Ph.D. Candidate, presented his paper virtually on the annual meeting of the Association of Asian Studies. The paper is titled, “The God of Controversy: Hindu History Writing of Jagannatha’s Buddhist Past.” AAS brings …
Summer 2022 Course Highlight | The Ends of Modernism
This summer AH 227 The Ends of Modernism will be offered online with Ph.D. Candidate Saeedeh Asadipour, June 20th–August 14th, TWR 1:45–4:00pm. Satisfies L&S credit, humanities breadth, and Comm B. Enroll here. Description: This course considers the …
Student Spotlight: Michael Feinberg Presents at American Society for 18th Century Studies Conference
This month, Ph.D. Candidate Michael Feinberg will present their paper entitled, “Stedman’s Flaming Landscape Engravings” at the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Conference in Baltimore, MD. Based on Michael’s second dissertation chapter, this explores how textual-visual representations of …
Student Spotlight | Drew Narayanan Presents at MAA
Ph.D. Student, Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan, presented his paper, “‘As Black as Ink’: Text-Image Mismatches in Les Grandes Chroniques de France (Royal MS 16 G VI),” on Friday, March 11th as part of the Rethinking Monstrosity and Race in …
Faculty News | Welcome to UW–Madison Professor Steffani Bennett!
The Department of Art History is excited to announce that Professor Steffani Bennett will be joining us this fall as the Joan B. Mirviss Chair in Japanese Art.She wants our UW–Madison art history community to know:“I am …
***UPDATED LOCATION*** | Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture w/Prof. Steven Nelson
UPDATED LOCATION Please join the Department of Art History on Thursday, March 31st at 7:00pm CT in the Humanities Building, Room 3650 at 455 N. Park St. for the 2022 Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual …
Summer 2022 Course Highlight | History of Western Art II: From Renaissance to Contemporary
This summer, Ph.D. Student, Abby Armstrong Check will be teaching AH 203 History of Western Art II: From Renaissance to Contemporary, asynchronous online, June 27th–August 21st. Satisfies L&S credit and humanities breadth. Enroll here. Description: The purpose of this course is to …
Faculty News | Prof. Thomas Dale at MAA
Professor Thomas Dale and current President of the Medieval Academy of America gave his outgoing presidential address this past Saturday at the Medieval Academy Annual Meeting in Charlottesville, Virginia. His talk was titled “Cultural Encounter, Race, and a Humanist …
Summer 2022 Course Highlight | Animating Art History
This summer, Ph.D. Candidate Claire Kilgore will be teaching a *NEW COURSE* AH 103 Animating Art History, TR 9:30–11:00am, July 11th–August 21st. Satisfies L&S credit and humanities breadth. Enroll here. Description: What did the classic movies of your childhood get …