Undergraduates Noah Mapes and Zhaojie Zhong will present their research at the first Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium on August 19th, 2020. This fellowship program offers undergraduate UW–Madison students an opportunity to conduct research in …
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Are You Ready For The Fall Semester?
The fall semester is around four weeks away, are you ready? Make sure to check out UW-Madison’s Smart Restart plan at: https://smartrestart.wisc.edu/
Fall 2020 Course Highlight: Seminar in Japan and Western Modernity in Art
Ever wondered about how Japan and nineteenth century France are related? Enroll into AH 575/875: “Japan and Western Modernity in Art” with Prof. Gene Phillips on Thursdays from 4:30–7:00pm.
Student Spotlight: Jessica Cooley Curating for the Ford Foundation Art Gallery
Jessica Cooley (PhD Candidate) has been commissioned by Ford Foundation’s Art Gallery where she is co-curating a yearlong online and physical exhibition titled INDISPOSABLE: Structures of Support after the ADA. Stay tuned for updates on …
Faculty News: Affiliate Prof. Sarah Anne Carter Publishes Entry on Face Masks
“The COVID-19 crisis is altering our relationship to material things, and the stuff of this crisis will be important sources for historians. The stark choices we are all confronting as we practice social distancing—or we …
Fall 2020 Course Highlight: Learn How to Interpret Contemporary Art with Prof. Spaulding
Make sure to check out AH 409: “Interpreting Contemporary Art” taught by our newest faculty member, Professor Daniel Spaulding. He will cover an introduction to theories of contemporary art from the 1960s to the present. …
Student Spotlight: Lindsay Wells Writes Encyclopedia Entry
Lindsay Wells (PhD Candidate) recently published the entry on “Horticulture” in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women’s Writing (2020, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham). This entry chronicles the contributions that women such as Jane Loudon, Elizabeth A. …
Student Spotlight: Kendra Greendeer’s (PhD Candidate) Fall Exhibition Now Online
Intersections: Indigenous Textiles of the Americas curated by indigenous scholars Kendra Greendeer (Ho-Chunk) and Dakota Mace (Diné) explores the material interrelationships among cultures with long histories of exchange throughout the Americas. “As Indigenous curators, we felt that it was important …
Fall 2020 Course Highlight: Japanese Painting with Prof. Philips
Professor Gene Phillips will be teaching AH 411 “Japanese Painting: 1500 to 1850” this fall. Come learn about the development of Japanese painting with the emergence of the Kano School and its development up into …
Student Spotlight: Adi Dina Wins 2020 Iwanter Prize!
Art History major Adi Dina wins the 2020 Iwanter Prize, awarded by the Center for the Humanities to an outstanding interdisciplinary senior thesis in the humanities! Adi conducted her project, “Plastic Surveillance: Negotiating Digital Girlhood in the Work …