Fernanda Villarroel Lamoza, who graduated with a Ph.D. in Art History in 2021, has been appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History of Africa and the Black Atlantic at Oberlin College. As the current Sylvan …
Month: April 2022
Faculty News | Prof. Chopra Wins Rome Prize!!!
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Preeti Chopra is a recipient of the 2022–2023 Rome Prize! Congratulations Prof. Chopra on this prestigious international honor!!! For more information, please see here.
Student Spotlight | “Kafkaesque Modernity” by Ahmed Abdelazim
Ph.D. Candidate Ahmed Abdelazim contributed a chapter to the edited volume on Cairo’s Urban modernity. The chapter titled “Kafkaesque Modernity: Cairo in the 1980s and the Middle-Class housing crisis” examines the impact of neoliberal urbanization on middle-class …
Student Spotlight | Michael Feinberg Awarded Mayers Fellowship
Michael Feinberg (Ph.D. Candidate) has been awarded with a Mayers Fellowship at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. At the Huntington, Michael will work on their dissertation chapter that focuses on how the landscape imagery …
Student Spotlight | Kendra Greendeer Inducted Into Bouchet Honor Society
Kendra Greendeer (Ph.D. Candidate) was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society last week as one of five inductees for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Kendra was the only inductee from the arts and humanities. Learn more here.
DOB’22 | Thank You Dr. Andrea Frohne for Donating in Honor of Prof. Henry Drewal!!!
DOB’22 Special thanks to Dr. Andrea Frohne for their #dayofthebadger gift in honor of retiree Emeritus Professor Henry Drewal! We hope that you both enjoy this 19thc. lithograph of badgers! #uwmadisonarthistory #uwmadison #onwisconsin #arthistory “Blaireau. …
DOB’22 | Thank You Jonathan Dentler!!!
DOB’22 Thank you Jonathan Dentler for your #dayofthebadger gift! Enjoy this 16thc. badger with a Mongoose! #uwmadisonarthistory #uwmadison #onwisconsin #arthistory Joris Hoefnagel, Plate 43: Mongoose and Badger with Fruit Trees, c.1575/1580. NGA, Gift of Mrs. …
DOB’22 | Thank You Sasha Feldman!!!
DOB’22 Thank you @sascha_ for your #dayofthebadger donation! We hope that you enjoy this etching by Frances S. C. Badger of the Arno River in Florence. Frances S. C. Badger, Firenze – Along the Arno, …
Student Spotlight | Ph.D. Candidate Tania Kolarik at the Cleveland Museum of Art
On March 24th, Tania Kolarik (Ph.D. Candidate) was able to examine twelve medieval textiles held within the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. The textiles ranged from the year 1000 to 1400 and were …
Student Spotlight | Marie-Agathe Simonetti to Present at the Musée du Quai Branly
Marie-Agathe Simonetti (Ph.D. Candidate) is going to present her research on Vietnamese photography at the Musée du Quai Branly on May 4th, 2022. Her talk, based on the second chapter of her dissertation, demonstrates the link between …