“Winds, Dreams, Theater: A Genealogy of Emotion Realms through the Lens of the Peony Pavilion,” a public lecture by Prof. Ling Hon Lam. The lecture will raise many issues of art historical interests by looking …
Events
Lecture: Seeing Data: Information in Culture & Commerce
Miriam Posner is an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Information. She’s also a digital humanist with interests in labor, race, feminism, and the history and philosophy of data. As a digital humanist, she …
American Profanations: A lecture by Professor Tavia Nyong’o
Tavia Nyong’o, Professor of African American Studies, American Studies, and Theater Studies at Yale University, will present his research that takes the 1957 MGM film, “Something of Value,” a film that allegorically maps Native North …
Symposium “On Human Nature: Machiavelli’s Mandrake at 500”
Niccolò Machiavelli’s political treatise The Prince (1513) casts its shadow far and wide across the humanities and social sciences. Often eclipsed by the scandalous, utilitarian ethics of the treatise – as well as by Shakespeare’s …
Lecture: Cultivating Citizens with Art in Wisconsin by Prof. Lauren Kroiz
Prof. Lauren Kroiz (University of California, Berkeley) discusses the Wisconsin origins of her new book, Cultivating Citizens: The Regional Work of Art in the New Deal Era. Her lecture centers on the University of …
Graduation Celebration
Please join us for the annual graduation celebration at 3:00 p.m. at the University Club.
Senior Thesis Presentations
Please join us for the annual senior thesis presentations at 2:30 p.m. in Elvehjem L170, followed by a reception in the Hagen Room.
Graduate Recruitment Weekend
The annual graduate student recruitment weekend will be held over a two day period on March 7-8, 2019. We look forward to your participation.
Schewe Award & Welcome Back Reception
Join us for the Annual Presentation of the Schewe Award for Best Graduate Student Paper during the 2017-18 academic year. This year’s winner is Michelle Prestholt, Ph.D student, for her paper entitled “Oppositional Identities: The Monstrous …
An Evening with Ako Castuera & Rob Sato
Join the Art History Society Thursday, April 26th, from 6:00–7:00 PM in Elvehjem for an evening with Ako Castuera and Rob Sato! It’s a rare opportunity to meet and talk with the esteemed artists before …