Tania Kolarik (PhD Candidate) and Claire Kilgore (PhD Student) have been accepted to the Newberry Library’s Dissertation Seminar on Gender, Power and Culture. This seminar begins in September and will end in May 2021. It provides an interdisciplinary community …
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Art History Remembers Professor Emerita Jane Campbell Hutchison
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Professor Emerita Jane Campbell Hutchison, 87, on July 12th, 2020, at her home in Chevy Chase, MD. An expert in the history of Northern European Art …
Fall 2020 Course Highlight: “Taste” with Prof. Chopra
Professor Preeti Chopra will be teaching her seminar course “Taste” on Mondays from 2:30–5:00pm this fall. It will explore the idea of taste—both “good” and bad”, in “popular” and “high” culture—drawing on material from the …
Tax Day 2020 is TODAY!
The extended tax deadline is TODAY! https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/danecountyfinancialeducationcenter/
Student Spotlight: Kendra Greendeer Wins Place in CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice
Kendra Greendeer (PhD Candidate) has won a place in the prestigious CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice. The seminar takes place over two weeks in New York City and provides an in-depth introduction for Art History PhD …
Faculty News: Prof. Jennifer Pruitt Promoted to Associate Professor!
Congratulations to Prof. Jennifer Pruitt for her promotion to Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture!!! Earlier this year she published her book Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture …
Student Spotlight: Opening Day of “Gender Euphoria”
Today is the opening of incoming PhD Student Becca Owen‘s exhibition Gender Euphoria: Contemporary Art Beyond the Binary! It begins with a Drag Performance by Hailey Tayathy at 9:00pm CST. You can register here: https://linktr.ee/gender_euphoria_art
First Year Friendly Courses!
Have you wanted to take Art History courses but don’t know where to start? Or are you an incoming freshman who needs their humanities credit? Check out the attached list of First Year Friendly/SOAR Courses …
Student Spotlight: Trans Art Show Curated by Becca Owen (Incoming PhD Student)
Gender Euphoria: Contemporary Art Beyond the Binary opens on July 9! Becca Owen, an incoming student to the Art History PhD program, curated Gender Euphoria for Five Oaks Museum. The exhibition features twelve contemporary transgender …
Summer 2020 Course Highlight: AH 201 “From Pyramids to Cathedrals” Is A Week Away!
Summer 2020 Course Highlight: We are about a week away from AH 201: From Pyramids to Cathedrals! This art history survey from the ancient to medieval begins July 13th, 2020 online. Make sure you sign …