As we get settled into the Fall 2023 semester please take a moment to read this year’s Welcome Letter from our department chair, Professor Kirsten Wolf. 🍂🍁🦡 Read the full letter here.
Year: 2023
Alumni News | Alumna Antje Gamble’s (B.A., 2005) 1st Book
Dr. Antje Gamble’s (B.A .in Art History, 2005) first book is coming out from Routledge. Titled Cold War American Exhibitions of Italian Art and Design: “Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today”, this book is …
Report from the Field | Professor Nick Cahill from Sardis!
This fall semester has begun with Professor Nick Cahill teaching remotely from Sardis, Turkey, where he is the Director of The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis. He was kind enough to share more information about the …
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Meet Dr. David W. Norman! The 2023–24 Henry John Drewal Postdoctoral Fellow
This fall we welcome Dr. David W. Norman as the Henry John Drewal Postdoctoral Fellow! Dr. Norman will be with us for the 2023–24 school year, and during the current fall semester he is teaching ART HIST 303 …
WEDNESDAY | 2023 Schewe Award Lecture: Nayoung Kim
Please join us on Wednesday, September 13th at 6:30pm CT for the 2023 Douglas Schewe Award Lecture. Nayoung Kim (Ph.D. Student) will be presenting her winning paper, “Beautiful and Monstrous: Late Medieval Images of the Unicorn Hunt,” …
Report from the Field | Ahmed Abdelazim’s Fieldwork on Egypt’s Dead Cities
Ph.D. Candidate Ahmed Abdelazim shares a report from his ongoing dissertation fieldwork on cities in Egypt. In this report, he provides insight into cities that once bustled with life and are now dead.“Dead Cities have been one …
Student Spotlight | Levi Sherman Presents at CBAA
On June 3rd, Ph.D. student Levi Sherman presented at the College Book Art Association’s annual symposium. As part of a panel titled “What if we…? Shared Dreaming as Public Good,” Levi’s presentation connected Artists Books Conversations (ABC) — …
Report from the Field | Kolarik & Kilgore Conduct Fieldwork in the Alps
This May, Ph.D. Candidates Tania Kolarik and Claire Kilgore drove through the Alps along the Brenner Pass that connected Venice to the German speaking regions of northern Europe to study the cross-cultural exchange that took place during the late …
Faculty News | Sialussuartut | Like a Cloudburst: Redefining Greenlandic Art History Symposium
This symposium celebrates the opening of the Danish National Gallery’s first major exhibition of work by Kalaaleq Inuk artist Jessie Kleemann. Sialussuartut / Like a Cloudburst honors Kleemann’s efforts to expand the field of possibility for Greenlandic …