Where does the english word Juggernaut come from? Listen to Science Diction’s episode “Juggernaut: Indian Temple or Unstoppable Force?” that features Ph.D. Candidate Ujaan Ghosh as he talks about the perplexing linguistic, orthographic, and religious origin of this …
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Spring 2022 Course Highlight | Ancient Arts of Africa: The Nile & Niger Rivers
This spring, Dr. Marguerite Lenius will be teaching AH 303: “Ancient Africa: The Nile & Niger Rivers,” MWF 11:00–11:50am, in-person, fulfilling the L&S credit and humanities breadth. “The evolution of [artistic] style is like a large …
Faculty News | Day With(out) Art 2021: Enduring Care
Day With(out) Art 2021: Enduring CareThursday, December 2nd, 2021 | 5:30pm CTChazen Museum of Art | Zoom | Register herePlease join Professor Jill H. Casid for the virtual screening of ENDURING CARE at 5:30pm CT on Thursday, December 2nd as part …
Spring 2022 Course Highlight | Race in the Middle Ages
Ph.D. Student Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan will teach AH 303 “Race in the Middle Ages” in Spring 2022 on Tuesday/Thursday, 2:30–3:45pm, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room L140. Humanities Breadth and L&S Credit. Students will be introduced to the …
Student Spotlight: Michael Feinberg Awarded Grant from the Paul Mellon Centre
Doctoral candidate Michael H. Feinberg (he/they) has been awarded an Andrew Wyld Research Support Grant from the Paul Mellon Centre. Two grants are given every year to support the study of British works of art on paper of the …
Spring 2022 Course Highlight | Visual Cultures of India
This spring, Professor Preeti Chopra will be teaching the cross-listed AH/ASIAN 428 and AH 779 “Visual Cultures of India,” Monday/Wednesday, 2:30–3:45pm, in Conrad A. Elvehjem, Room L150. Humanities Breadth and L&S Credit. This lecture course concentrates on the images (art, …
Student Spotlight: Marie-Agathe Simonetti to present at AAS
Marie-Agathe Simonetti (Ph.D. Candidate) will present at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Conference on March 26, 2022, in Honolulu, Hawaii. AAS is the largest organization for Asian studies with 5,000 members worldwide. Her paper “Phan Châu Trinh’s …
Alumni Update: Sarah Scarlett (Ph.D.’14) Publishes First Book
Sarah Fayen Scarlett (Ph.D., 2014) has published Company Suburbs: Architecture, Power, and the Transformation of Michigan’s Mining Frontier with Univ. of Tennessee Press (2021). Sarah is Associate Professor of History at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI.
Spring 2022 Course Highlight | *NEW COURSE* AH 103: Seeing Through Conspiracies
*NEW COURSE* Professor Jennifer Nelson will teach AH 103 “Seeing Through Conspiracies” in Spring 2022 on Monday/Wednesday, 12:05–12:55pm, Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room L140. Fake news is not a new problem. This class takes a trendy issue and moves …
Faculty News: Prof. Pruitt Gives Lecture TODAY!!!
Professor Jennifer Pruitt will be speaking (virtually) as part of Harvard University’s Aga Khan Program in Islamic Art and Architecture lecture series. The talk takes place TODAY, Thursday, November 18th at 5:00pm CST. She’d love …