On October 21st, Anna Betz (B.A. 2017; M.A. 2020) hosted the first viewing of her original ballet based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, including original choreography and music. Ph.D. Candidates Claire Kilgore and Tania Kolarik attended the evening, and …
Year: 2023
Student Spotlight | Levi Sherman Presents at APHA
Ph.D. Student Levi Sherman presented at the 48th annual conference of the American Printing History Association (APHA) at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Levi presented his paper, “Ojalá: Material and Moral Cheapness on …
Faculty News | Professor Andrzejewski’s Work Featured by the Nelson Institute
Professor Anna Andrzejewski‘s current research project on South Florida’s leisure landscape is featured in the October 2023 edition of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies’ monthly newsletter, The Commons. You can read the full article here.
Spring 2024 Course Highlight | Death and the Afterlife
Professor Thomas Dale will be teaching ART HIST/MEDIEVAL 415/715: Death & the Afterlife this Spring 2024 semester. MW 4:00–5:15pm | Sophomore Standing | Humanities Breadth | L&S Credit | Enroll here Description: Medieval Christianity was preoccupied with the care and commemoration of the dead. This …
Alumni Update | Job News for Amy L. Powell (Ph.D.’12; M.A.’07)
Amy L. Powell (Ph.D. 2012, M.A. 2007) has been appointed Curator of Campus Arts Research at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. In this newly created position in the office of Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Arts Integration, …
Student Spotlight | Levi Sherman in “The Blue Notebook”
Ph.D. Student Levi Sherman’s essay, “Dis/continuity in Reading and Walking: Hamish Fulton’s Ontology of the Environment” appears in the Autumn-Winter issue of The Blue Notebook: Journal for artists’ books. The essay began in Prof. Jonathan Senchyne’s book …
Thanksgiving Recess
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will be closed this week, November 23rd–26th, for Thanksgiving Recess. Safe travels and enjoy your holiday Badgers!!! Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂🍁
Spring 2024 Course Highlight | Art and Power in the Arab World
Professor Jennifer Pruitt will be teaching ART HIST 440: Art and Power in the Arab World this Spring 2024 semester. TR 4:45–6:00pm | Sophomore Standing | Humanities Breadth | L&S Credit | Enroll here Description: This course considers the use of art and architecture as an …
Report from the Field | Professor Chopra in Rome
While in Rome, during her residency at the American Academy in Rome last year, Professor Preeti Chopra worked on a project entitled Historic Preservation, British Monuments, and the Legacy of Ancient Rome in Modern India. Her work took the shape of …
Faculty News | Prof. Campbell Presents in Slovenia
On May 17, 2023, Professor Anna Campbell gave an artist workshop presentation on recent and ongoing artwork, including their exhibition Dress Rehearsal for a Dream Sequence (Participant Inc., NYC, 2022) at the University in Ljubljana, Slovenia.