Associate Professor of African and Black Atlantic Art History at Oberlin College Matthew Francis Rarey‘s (M.A. 2008; Ph.D. 2014), first book, Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic, is now available through Duke University …
Student Spotlight | Ahmed Abdelazim’s Exhibition in Philly!
The Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia, PA is hosting The Mashrabiya Project during March 3rd–July 23rd, 2023. The multidisciplinary project, which explores this complex element in Islamic architecture and craft, comprises an exhibition presenting new …
Alumni News | Anna Betz (BA, 2017; MA, 2020) Launches Indiegogo for Divine Comedy Ballet
Art History alumna Anna Betz (B.A., 2017; M.A., 2020), Interim School Manager and Teaching Artist at Ballet Co. Laboratory, has just launched her Indiegogo fundraising campaign to begin production of the first phase of the ballet. Inspired …
Alumni Update | Matthew Westerby Appointed Digital Research Officer at CASVA
Matthew Westerby (Ph.D., 2017) has been appointed as the new Digital Research Officer at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery of Art. Matt is a specialist in Western European …
Student Spotlight | Levi Sherman at Artists’ Show and Tell
Ph.D. Student Levi Sherman participated at the James Watrous Gallery Artists’ Show and Tell: Session 1 on Saturday, March 4th, 2023.Stephen Perkins, Levi Sherman, and Kayla Bauer are artists and collectors who share a fascination with …
Student Spotlight | Gabriel Chazan Presenting at Midwest AAR
UW–Madison Art History Ph.D. Candidate Gabriel Chazan will present a paper entitled “Robert Giard’s Queer Portraits as Jewish History” at the Midwest American Academy of Religion Conference hosted at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO from March 23–25. His …
Student Spotlight | Özlem Eren at the Newberry Library
Ph.D. Candidate Özlem Eren attended the research methods workshop on “Exploring Early Modern Maps” on Friday, February 17, 2023 at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL. The workshop was hosted by the Newberry’s Center for Renaissance Studies. …
MONDAY!!! 2023 Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture!
MONDAY!!! 2023 Howard S. Schwartz Memorial Annual Lecture Series! Please join us for Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black’s lecture “Sacred Art & Censorship in the Hispanic World: Mary’s Lactating Breast” at 7:00pm! 2023 Howard S. Schwartz …
TOMORROW!!! Join Us for the 2023 Gombar/Duychak Lecture “The Dynamic Spread of Buddhist Print Culture”
Gombar/Duychak Lecture 2022–23 “The Dynamic Spread of Buddhist Print Culture: Mapping Book Roads under Mongol Rule”Shih-shan Susan Huang, Associate Professor, Rice University, Dept. of Transnational Asian StudiesThursday, April 13th, 2023 | 7:00–8:30pm Conrad A. Elvehjem Bldg, Rm. L140 …
Summer 2023 Course Highlight | History of Western Art I: From Pyramids to Cathedrals
Ph.D. Student Abby Armstrong Check will be teaching ART HIST 201 “History of Western Art I: From Pyramids to Cathedrals” | June 12th–July 16th (CEE) | Online | Asynchronous | No Prereqs! | L&S Credit …