Faculty

As we begin the Fall 2022 semester please take a moment to read this year’s Welcome Letter from our department chair, Professor Kirsten Wolf. Read the full letter here: https://arthistory.wisc.edu/about-2/

Celebration of Professor Emerita Ann Smart Martin! Saturday, September 24th, 2022, 3:30–6:00pm CT. The Center for Design and Material Culture, in partnership with the Department of Art History, is hosting a Material Culture Symposium in …

This fall, Professor Nick Cahill will be teaching AH 405: Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece, MWF 1:20–2:10pm. This course requires sophomore standing, is honors optional, satisfies humanities breadth and L&S credit. Enroll here. Description: Topics include urbanism in ancient Greece in theory …

This fall, Professor Jennifer Pruitt will be teaching AH 440: Art & Power in the Arab World, TR 9:30–10:45am. This course requires sophomore standing and satisfies humanities breadth and L&S credit. Enroll here.  Description: This course considers the use of art and …

Professor Daniel Spaulding will be teaching AH 409: Interpreting Contemporary Art, MW 5:30–6:45pm, during the fall 2022 semester. Sophomore standing, humanities breadth, and L&S credit. Enroll here.Description: This course provides an introduction to global art from the 1960s to the present, …

In addition to being awarded the Hagley-NEH Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for Spring 2023, Professor Anna Andrzejewski has been awarded an Institute for Research in the Humanities (IRH) Fellowship for Fall 2022. During the 2022–23 academic …

AH 354 “Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim: 1800 to the Present” will be taught by Professor Jill Casid TR 11:00–12:15pm this fall. Sophomore standing, Honors Optional, Ethnic Studies, Humanities Breadth, and L&S Credit. Description: …

After a year of leave, Professor Thomas Dale will be teaching AH 103: Religion and Art, TR 11:00–11:50am in Elvehjem L140. First year friendly, no prereqs, counts toward religious studies certificate, satisfies humanities breadth and L&S credit. Enroll here.  Description: What makes a particular place …

 On Friday, July 8th, Professor Jill Casid took part in the Finding Common Ground: Making the Landscape Radical symposium at Tate Liverpool. Prof. Casid’s paper was titled “Going to Seed in the Necrocene.” Imagined as an …

This fall, Professor Jennifer Nelson will be teaching AH 103: Seeing Through Conspiracies, Monday and Wednesday, 12:05–12:55pm in Elvehjem L160. Comm B optional, satisfies humanities breadth and L&S credit. Enroll here. Description: Fake news is not a new problem. …