Ph.D. candidate Ahmed Abdelazim has concluded a research project sponsored by UNESCO and the American University in Cairo architectural archives. Ahmed examined all the available documents, drawings, photographs, audio tapes, notes, and papers at the AUC …
Graduate Students
Student Spotlight | Tania Kolarik to Present at CIHA 2024
Ph.D. Candidate Tania Kolarik will be presenting part of her dissertation research, “Textility: A New Textile Centric Art Historical Methodology,” during a roundtable session at the 36th Congrès du Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA) in Lyon, France. …
Student Spotlight | Medievalists to Attend MAA in 2024
Ph.D. Candidates (from top left) Abby Armstrong Check, Tania Kolarik, and Claire Kilgore will be attending the 99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America conference at the University of Notre Dame in March 2024. Kolarik and Armstrong …
Student & Alumni Spotlight | First Look at the Divine Comedy Ballet
On October 21st, Anna Betz (B.A. 2017; M.A. 2020) hosted the first viewing of her original ballet based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, including original choreography and music. Ph.D. Candidates Claire Kilgore and Tania Kolarik attended the evening, and …
Student Spotlight | Levi Sherman Presents at APHA
Ph.D. Student Levi Sherman presented at the 48th annual conference of the American Printing History Association (APHA) at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Levi presented his paper, “Ojalá: Material and Moral Cheapness on …
Student Spotlight | Levi Sherman in “The Blue Notebook”
Ph.D. Student Levi Sherman’s essay, “Dis/continuity in Reading and Walking: Hamish Fulton’s Ontology of the Environment” appears in the Autumn-Winter issue of The Blue Notebook: Journal for artists’ books. The essay began in Prof. Jonathan Senchyne’s book …
Student Spotlight | Levi Sherman included in JAB Anthology
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 …
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 …