Ph.D. Student Levi Sherman’s essay, “Books and Conflict: Witnessing Reality and Representation” was included in the Journal of Artists’ Books Anthology, just published by University of Iowa Press. “This anthology of articles selected from The Journal of Artists’ Books contains …
Graduate Students
Student Spotlight | Marie-Agathe Simonetti Presentation at UW–Madison’s Friday Forum
Marie-Agathe Simonetti (Ph.D. Candidate) presented her latest research at the Center for Southeast Asia Studies on September 29th. Her talk was part of the Friday Forum Lecture Series, a renowned forum presenting the work of leading …
Student Spotlight | Levi Sherman Will Co-Chair CAA 2024 Session
PhD student Levi Sherman is co-chairing a session at the 2024 College Art Association Annual Conference with Peter Tanner of University of Utah. The session is titled, “CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS AND INCREDIBLE BOOK WORKS: AN EXAMINATION …
Student Spotlight | Ahmed Abdelazim Delivers Paper in Munich
Ph.D. Candidate Ahmed Abdelazim attended the 18th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society that took place in Munich from the 6th to the 9th of July. The conference theme was “Islamic Art in Exchange.” Ahmed delivered …
Student Spotlight | Gabriel Chazan Publishes Book Review
Gabriel Chazan (PhD Candidate) has published a review of Rotem Rozental’s Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement on the George L. Mosse Program in History Blog. He writes that the book “makes a strong argument that photographs …
Fill the Hill 2023 | Open House Thank Yous!!!
Thank You to everyone who came out for our tableaux vivant at our Homecoming/Fill the Hill Open House!!! Please enjoy our students and faculty photos feeding the flamingos à la Louis Comfort Tiffany. Support art …
Fill the Hill 2023 | Homecoming Open House TOMORROW!
🦩FTH’23🦩 TOMORROW! Celebrate with members of the Department of Art History at our Homecoming Open House! Take a photo with our tableaux vivant (living picture), where you can put yourself into Louis Comfort Tiffany’s 1888 …
FTH’23 | Fill the Hill is NOW LIVE!
FTH’23 This year’s Fill the Hill campaign is NOW LIVE! Funds raised this year will go toward supporting graduate student research and conference travel! Make a direct impact on our student’s educational goals! Donate to …
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 …