The Achaemenid Persians ruled most of the Near East for more than 200 years, from 550–330 BC, unifying for the first time in history a diverse empire stretching from the Aegean to Afghanistan and from …
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Spring 2021 Course Highlight: AH 428 “Visual Cultures of India”
This spring, Prof. Preeti Chopra will be teaching AH 428 Visual Cultures of India MW 4:00–5:15pm. This lecture course concentrates on the images (art, advertisements, photography, television, and cinema), material culture (such as, clothing), and environments …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: AH 372 “Arts of Japan”
Want to learn more about the Arts of Japan? Make sure to enroll into Prof. Gene Phillip’s AH 372 course as he will be retiring soon! To see this course and our other course offerings please …
Faculty News: L&S Tenure Faculty Interview with Prof. Pruitt!
Check out the Fall 2020 College of Letters & Science Tenure Faculty Interview with our own Professor Jennifer Pruitt!
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: AAS/AH 242 “Intro to Afro-American Art”
Melanie Herzog, Senior Lecturer in Afro-American Studies, will be teaching AAS/AH 242 Intro to Afro-American Art TR 9:30–10:45am. Introduction to Afro-American Art is a survey course in which we will investigate the history of African American art …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: “Passage Through India: South Asia’s Global Architectural Histories”
Professor Preeti Chopra’s introductory AH 103 Passage Through India: South Asia’s Global Architectural Histories is giving us some serious #thecrown vibes. Whether you’re a fan of The Crown or not, Prof. Chopra’s course has no …
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from the Department of Art History! We’re looking forward to 2021, so keep an eye out for upcoming virtual lectures.
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: “Race & Cultural Encounter in Europe and The Mediterranean Basin: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Crusades”
Prof. Thomas Dale will be teaching AH 415 (Honors) “Race & Cultural Encounter in Europe and The Mediterranean Basin: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Crusades” TR 9:30–10:45am. There are NO Prereqs Needed to …
Alumni Update: Susan Funkenstein (Ph.D. 2001) Publishes Book
Susan Funkenstein (Ph.D. 2001), a student of Prof. Emerita Barbara C. Buenger, has published Marking Modern Movement: Dance and Gender in the Visual Imagery of the Weimar Republic. Susan is currently a lecturer at the …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: “Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim”
Ph.D. Candidate Kyungso Min will be teaching AH 354 Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim TR 2:30–3:45pm. The development of modern and contemporary art is unthinkable without consideration of the constitutively shaping role of race and ethnicity. This course …