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Student Spotlight | Gabriel Chazan Co-Organizes “Ancestors and the Archive”
Gabriel Chazan (Ph.D. Student) co-organized the event “Ancestors and the Archive” with The Magnum Foundation’s Counter-Histories Initiative, a virtual panel discussion about the ethics and future of institutional archives in light of ongoing decolonization debates. Bringing together academics, …
2022 Schwartz Lecture with Prof. Steven Nelson Now On YouTube
Miss Professor Steven Nelson’s Lecture? The 2022 Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture by Professor Steven Nelson is now available on our YouTube channel. You can watch Prof. Nelson’s lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMe8Q0lowtY
Student Spotlight | Sara Champlin Defends Dissertation
Dr. Sara Champlin (Ph.D., 2022) has defended her doctoral dissertation “Transformation and Re-Use of Public Baths in Western Asia Minor, 400–700 A.D.” She was advised by Professor Nicholas Cahill. Congratulations Dr. Champlin!!!
DOB’22 | Thank You Bethany Scott!!!
DOB’22 A huge thank you to Bethany Scott for their #DayoftheBadger donation! Please enjoy this badger netsuke wrapped in a lotus leaf from 19th c. Japan that would have been used to suspend pouches. Netsuke, …
DOB’22 | Thank You Malú Machuca Rose for Donating in Honor of Prof. Jill Casid!
DOB’22 Special thanks to Malú Machuca Rose for their #DayoftheBadger donation to sustain the radical vision of Jill Casid! We hope that both of you enjoy this Badger Vessel from the Mississippians! Badger Vessel, Mississippian, …
DOB’22 | Thank You Brooke Gilbertson!!!
DOB’22 Thank you Brooke Gilbertson for your #dayofthebadger gift!!! Please enjoy this Badger from the Hokusai School in Edo period Japan! Hokusai School, Badger, Edo period, 19th c., Japan, The Met, Fletcher Fund, 1938, 38.106.5 …
Alumni News | Fernanda Villarroel Lamoza Appointed Visiting Asst. Prof. at Oberlin
Fernanda Villarroel Lamoza, who graduated with a Ph.D. in Art History in 2021, has been appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History of Africa and the Black Atlantic at Oberlin College. As the current Sylvan …
Faculty News | Prof. Chopra Wins Rome Prize!!!
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Preeti Chopra is a recipient of the 2022–2023 Rome Prize! Congratulations Prof. Chopra on this prestigious international honor!!! For more information, please see here.
Student Spotlight | “Kafkaesque Modernity” by Ahmed Abdelazim
Ph.D. Candidate Ahmed Abdelazim contributed a chapter to the edited volume on Cairo’s Urban modernity. The chapter titled “Kafkaesque Modernity: Cairo in the 1980s and the Middle-Class housing crisis” examines the impact of neoliberal urbanization on middle-class …