Ph.D. Candidates Tania Kolarik and Claire Kilgore will each be presenting papers at the 59th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in May 2024. Both of their papers will incorporate their textile research that they completed this …
Month: December 2023
Spring 2024 Course Highlight | The Floating World: A History of Japanese Prints
Professor Steffani Bennett will be teaching ART HIST 411/775: The Floating World: A History of Japanese Prints MW 8:25–9:40am. Sophomore Standing | Humanities Breadth | L&S Credit. Enroll here. Description: Technological advancements in woodblock design in seventeenth-century Japan led to a flourishing …
Student Spotlight | Ahmed Abdelazim Writes Report for UNESCO
Ph.D. candidate Ahmed Abdelazim has concluded a research project sponsored by UNESCO and the American University in Cairo architectural archives. Ahmed examined all the available documents, drawings, photographs, audio tapes, notes, and papers at the AUC …
Student Spotlight | Tania Kolarik to Present at CIHA 2024
Ph.D. Candidate Tania Kolarik will be presenting part of her dissertation research, “Textility: A New Textile Centric Art Historical Methodology,” during a roundtable session at the 36th Congrès du Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA) in Lyon, France. …
Spring 2024 Course Highlight | Historical & Cultural Methods in Environmental Research
Professor Anna Andrzejewski will be teaching the graduate student seminar ART HIST/AFROAMER 802/ENVIR ST 922 “Historical and Cultural Methods in Environmental Research” on Tuesdays, 4:00–7:00pm. Graduate/professional standing and instructor consent is required. To enroll please email Prof. …
Student Spotlight | Medievalists to Attend MAA in 2024
Ph.D. Candidates (from top left) Abby Armstrong Check, Tania Kolarik, and Claire Kilgore will be attending the 99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America conference at the University of Notre Dame in March 2024. Kolarik and Armstrong …
We’re Hiring! Visiting Assistant Professor of Global Early Modern Art (2024–2026)
We’re Hiring (AGAIN)!!! The Department of Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a creative scholar of Global Early Modern Art/Architecture/Visual Culture (ca. 1400–1750) as a Visiting Assistant Professor for two years (2024–26). Thematic …
Last Day of Fall 2023 Classes
It’s the last day of Fall 2023 classes! Can you believe it? Good luck on your final exams! Congratulations to those graduating and safe travels Badgers!!!
Course Spotlight | An Art Historical Halloween
In ART HIST 210: A History of the World in 20 Buildings, Professor Jennifer Pruitt and her class celebrated Halloween by dressing up in costumes related to class. From left to right: Le Corbusier, the Phantom of the …
Spring 2024 Course Highlight | From Pollock to Warhol: American Art 1945–1975
This spring, Professor Daniel Spaulding will be teaching ART HIST 303 From Pollock to Warhol: American Art 1945–1975. MWF 1:20–2:10pm | Sophomore Standing | Humanities Breadth | L&S Credit. Enroll here.Description: At the end of World War II, the United …