Professor Yuhang Li‘s AH 411: Modern & Contemporary Chinese Art will be taught in-person MWF 11:00–11:50am. There are no prerequisites, humanities breadth and L&S credit. In the beginning of this century, China plays a crucial role in …
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Fall 2021 Course Highlight: AH 431 Crip Tactics
This fall, Professor Jill Casid will teach AH 431: Crip Tactics on Tuesdays/Thursday from 11:00am–12:15pm. Interested in tactics for social justice and transformation when it comes to sexuality and ability? Want new critical tools for the task? This course …
Student & Faculty Spotlight: UW–Madison Art History at IMC Leeds
Last week Ph.D. Candidates Claire Kilgore and Tania Kolarik, along with Professor Thomas Dale, presented papers at the International Medieval Congress hosted by the University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom. Kilgore’s paper, “A Climate of Exchange: Saintly Bones, Imported Silks, and …
Faculty News: Andrzejewski Writes on Costs of Leisure
Professor Anna Andrzejewski publishes “The Costs of Leisure in South Florida” in response to the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida. You can read her full article here.
Faculty News: Casid’s Film ArtNet Pick of the Week for June 7–13!
Professor Jill Casid debuted a specially commissioned film, Untitled (Melancholy as Medium) on Wednesday, June 9th. Casid conceived the fifth chapter Melancholy as Medium of the exhibition Indisposable: Structures of Support after the ADA curated by UW Art History Ph.D. candidate Jessica A. …
Student & Faculty Spotlight: Cooley and Prof. Casid Collaboration
We are pleased to announce the next online chapter of Indisposable: Structures of Support After the ADA, co-curated by Jessica Cooley (UW–Madison, Art History, Ph.D. Candidate) and Ann M. Fox on Wednesday, June 9th from …
Faculty News: Greener-Pastures Borghesi-Mellon Workshop Continues in 2021–22
Greener-Pastures: Remembering the Past and Reimagining the Future of America’s Dairyland, a Borghesi-Mellon Workshop through the Center for the Humanities, will continue in 2021–22. Please contact Prof. Anna Andrzejewski if you are interested in becoming involved.
Faculty News: Prof. Ann Smart Martin Consulted for “The Underground Railroad”
Professor Ann Smart Martin served as a consultant on a tea-drinking scene in the Academy award-winning director Barry Jenkins’ filming of The Underground Railroad. Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, the multi-part series …
Faculty News: Prof. Andrzejewski’s Florida Research
Professor Anna Andrzejewski will be giving another paper on her research on retirement housing in South Florida. She will deliver “Building Paradise: Shaping the Architecture of Retirement in South Florida, 1945–1965,” focusing on Orange Lake Village in …
Invaluable Support: Japanese Art History and the Legacy of Joan B. Mirviss
The Department of Art History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is excited to announce the full endowment of the Joan B. Mirviss Chair in Japanese Art through the generosity of alumna Joan B. Mirviss. The …