Ph.D. Candidate LauraLee Brott’s course AH 430 History of the Museum: From “Prehistory” to Covid-19 will be taught in-person, MTWR, 11:00am–1:00pm, June 13th–July 17th. There will be occasional field trips to museums/collections around the UW–Madison campus. Satisfies L&S credit …
Month: May 2022
Student Spotlight | Sophia Abrams (AH Undergrad) Curates “Black Expressions”/Closing Reception 5/12
Black Expressions: 50 Years of Black Student Artists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison surveys the work of Black student artists who attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. These works capture a 20th and 21st-century interpretation of …
Student Spotlight | Tong Su Receives Research Grant
Ph.D. Candidate Tong Su has been awarded a grant from The Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies in Japan for conducting field research on her dissertation in China for the year of 2022–23. Congratulations Tong!
Good Luck on Your Final Exams Badgers!!!
Happy Last Day of Spring 2022 Classes!!! Good Luck on your Final Exams Badgers! #uwmadisonarthistory #uwmadison #OnWisconsin #arthistory #almostsummertime #byespring2022
Student Spotlight | Gabriel Chazan Co-Organizes “Ancestors and the Archive”
Gabriel Chazan (Ph.D. Student) co-organized the event “Ancestors and the Archive” with The Magnum Foundation’s Counter-Histories Initiative, a virtual panel discussion about the ethics and future of institutional archives in light of ongoing decolonization debates. Bringing together academics, …
2022 Schwartz Lecture with Prof. Steven Nelson Now On YouTube
Miss Professor Steven Nelson’s Lecture? The 2022 Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture by Professor Steven Nelson is now available on our YouTube channel. You can watch Prof. Nelson’s lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMe8Q0lowtY
Student Spotlight | Sara Champlin Defends Dissertation
Dr. Sara Champlin (Ph.D., 2022) has defended her doctoral dissertation “Transformation and Re-Use of Public Baths in Western Asia Minor, 400–700 A.D.” She was advised by Professor Nicholas Cahill. Congratulations Dr. Champlin!!!
DOB’22 | Thank You Bethany Scott!!!
DOB’22 A huge thank you to Bethany Scott for their #DayoftheBadger donation! Please enjoy this badger netsuke wrapped in a lotus leaf from 19th c. Japan that would have been used to suspend pouches. Netsuke, …
DOB’22 | Thank You Malú Machuca Rose for Donating in Honor of Prof. Jill Casid!
DOB’22 Special thanks to Malú Machuca Rose for their #DayoftheBadger donation to sustain the radical vision of Jill Casid! We hope that both of you enjoy this Badger Vessel from the Mississippians! Badger Vessel, Mississippian, …
DOB’22 | Thank You Brooke Gilbertson!!!
DOB’22 Thank you Brooke Gilbertson for your #dayofthebadger gift!!! Please enjoy this Badger from the Hokusai School in Edo period Japan! Hokusai School, Badger, Edo period, 19th c., Japan, The Met, Fletcher Fund, 1938, 38.106.5 …