On this Memorial Day the UW–Madison Department of Art History remembers and honors those in the U.S. military who lost their lives during their service.
Month: May 2022
Student Spotlight | Tania Kolarik & Claire Kilgore Awarded Lemoine-Midelfort Fellowships
Ph.D. Candidates Tania Kolarik and Claire Kilgore have each been awarded Lemoine-Midelfort Fellowships for their dissertation research travel this summer. Tania will travel to the Italian cities of Lucca, Pisa, Florence, and Venice for her dissertation “The Fabric of …
Fall 2022 Course Highlight | The Art & Archaeology of Ancient Greece
Art History 300/Classics 300: The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece requires sophomore standing and can be used as a humanities breadth and L&S credit. Art History Affiliate Professor William Aylward will be teaching this class MW 8:25–9:40am in 104 …
Student Spotlight | Marie-Agathe Simonetti Presents at the Saigon Social Sciences Hub
On Friday, April 29th, 2022, Marie-Agathe Simonetti presented her research on photography in Vietnam for the Saigon Social Sciences Hub. This association gathers junior researchers on Vietnam in any field of Social Sciences and Humanities. Meetings …
Faculty News | Profs. Li and Phillips Host Religious Studies Affiliates at the Chazen
On Tuesday, April 26th, the Religious Studies Program invited affiliate faculty for coffee and an art discussion at the Chazen Museum of Art. After coffee, the religious studies affiliate faculty were given a tour of …
Student Spotlight | Ujaan Ghosh Interviews Partha Chatterjee
Ujaan Ghosh (Ph.D. Candidate) interviewed Partha Chatterjee on his recent work, The Truth and Lies of Nationalism as Narrated by Charvak for New Books Network. Professor Chatterjee is Professor Emeritus at Columbia University and the foremost scholar of …
Faculty News | Prof. Thomas Dale Appointed Chazen Distinguished Chair of Art History
Professor Thomas E. A. Dale has been selected by the Department of Art History to be the Simona and Jerome Chazen Distinguished Chair of Art History for 2022–2027. This position will support the completion of his …
Student Spotlight | Young Kim Awarded Dana-Allen Dissertation Fellowship
Young Kim (Ph.D. Candidate) has been awarded with a Dana-Allen Dissertation Fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, UW–Madison. As a Dana-Allen Dissertation Fellow, Young Kim will work on writing her dissertation that focuses on …
Spring 2022 Graduate Spotlight | Nicholas Santas (B.A. Art History, Political Science, Certificate in Gender & Women’s Studies, 2022)
Nicholas Santas graduated in Spring 2022 with a dual B.A. in Art History and Political Science with a Certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. “Highlights from my time in the Art History Department include working …
DOB’22 | Thank You Fernanda Villarroel Lamoza!!!
DOB’22 Thank you Fernanda Villarroel Lamoza for your #DayoftheBadger donation! Fernanda donated “in gratitude to Professors Jill Casid and Henry Drewal, for their relentless support.” We hope that you all enjoy this Qing dynasty Chinese …