Past Events Category: Public Lecture

September 4, 2025 @ 3:00 pm

Please join us on Thursday, September 4th at 3:00pm CT for the 2025 Douglas Schewe Award lecture. This year’s award will be presented to two awardees: Sarah Ganzel and Katie Juneau. Sarah Ganzel (Ph.D. Student) …

Chazen Museum of Art, Auditorium
February 7, 2025 @ 4:30 pm
https://youtube.com/live/-LhdhAyz06M

Please join us for a Art History Centennial panel discussion featuring distinguished alumni Marcela Guerrero, Linde B. Lehtinen, and Drew Sawyer moderated by Katherine Alcauskas, Chazen Museum of Art and Professor Jill Casid. Marcela Guerrero …

Chazen Museum Auditorium
February 6, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
https://youtube.com/live/K8jW0CvCb9o

Please join us for an Art History Distinguished Alum Lecture with Linde B. Lehtinen followed by a reception in the Chazen Museum of Art Lobby. Linde B. Lehtinen is responsible for The Huntington Library’s vast photography …

November 7 - Chazen Auditorium | November 8 - L140 Elvehjem Building
November 7, 2024 - November 8, 2024
Symposium Zoom Link (registration required)

On November 7 and 8, 2024, Professor Jennifer Pruitt will host the “Reinventing Islamic Architecture in the 20th and 21st Centuries” symposium. Eleven scholars from the U.S. and abroad will present papers that investigate the phenomenon …

Elvehjem Building, Room L150
October 1, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Professor Jennifer Dorothy Lee of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago will discuss her new book, Anxiety Aesthetics: Maoist Legacies in China, 1978–1985, on October 1. This event is sponsored by the Center …

Elvehjem L150
September 20, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUOffq9qrvM

Please join us for a lecture Visualizing Textiles Across the Dutch Empire by Marsely Kehoe, Independent Scholar. The lecture will be hosted in person but also via YouTube live. The lecture will follow a panel …

Elvehjem L150
September 20, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

This panel discussion will consider public (especially digital) humanities projects with input from 3 distinguished alumni: Marsely Kehoe (Independent Scholar), Emily Pfotenhauer (Taliesin Preservation), and Sarah Fayen Scarlett (Michigan Technological University). The panel discussion is …

Elvehjem Building, Room L160
September 5, 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Please join us on Thursday, September 5th at 2:30pm CT for the 2024 Douglas Schewe Award Lecture. Xiaoyan Jiang (Ph.D. Student) will be presenting her winning paper, “Staging Realities: Theatricality and Illusion in M. Butterfly,” …

Chazen Museum of Art | 750 University Ave. Madison, WI
June 30, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunday-tour-wisconsin-artists-tickets-920851821587?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2X7CkHUM-lMqNj5NP9i6PU4QKXpglmUn7uvQ8Uta7fGkKzzyfo6dsBAHY_aem_Karnu9J0piRkFAZ2A1ULwg

Sunday Tour: Wisconsin Artists Join us for a guided tour delving into the world of Wisconsin-based artists! Meet our guide at the welcome desk for a 60-minute exploration of collection highlights. Engage in conversation and …

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art | 211 State St. Madison, WI
June 29, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
https://www.mmoca.org/events/shashko/

Ribbon in the Sky: Soul, Funk, and the Enduring Power of Black Art Drawing from the musicians who have inspired William Villalongo’s work, from Nina Simone to Steve Wonder to George Clinton, this lecture will …