Professor Guillermina De Ferrari‘s co-edited volume The Routledge Companion to Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Latin American Literary and Cultural Forms is now available. The book was co-edited with Mariano Siskind and you can purchase it here. Description: Highlighting key trends …
Fall 2022 Welcome Letter from the Chair
As we begin the Fall 2022 semester please take a moment to read this year’s Welcome Letter from our department chair, Professor Kirsten Wolf. Read the full letter here: https://arthistory.wisc.edu/about-2/
Art History Lecture This Friday! Prof. Boreth Ly
Art History Lecture This Friday!!! “Of Rice and Roses: Preliminary Thoughts on Critical Pleasure and the Philosophy of Sabai” Prof. Boreth Ly, Art History, UC–Santa Cruz Friday, September 16th, 2022 | 12:00–1:30pm CT | 206 …
Student Spotlight | Ujaan Ghosh Leads Chazen Tour
Ujaan Ghosh (Ph.D. Candidate) lead a tour for the SASLI (South Asia Summer Language Institute) students making them acquainted with the South Asia Collection at the Chazen. The tour was organized by SASLI to give …
Save the Date! Celebration of Professor Emerita Ann Smart Martin!
Celebration of Professor Emerita Ann Smart Martin! Saturday, September 24th, 2022, 3:30–6:00pm CT. The Center for Design and Material Culture, in partnership with the Department of Art History, is hosting a Material Culture Symposium in …
Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day from the UW–Madison Department of Art History!
Student Spotlight | Ujaan Ghosh Interviews Wendy Doniger
Ujaan Ghosh (Ph.D. Candidate) interviewed Wendy Doniger for her upcoming book, After the War: The Last Books of the Mahabharata. Professor Doniger is the foremost authority on Hinduism and Indian Religion. She is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service …
Alumni Update | Vivien Green Fryd (Ph.D., 1984) Wins Charles Eldredge Prize
Vivien Green Fryd (Ph.D., 1984), Professor Emeritus in the Department of the History of Art at Vanderbilt University, has won the 34th Annual Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art for her …
Fall 2022 Course Highlight | Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece
This fall, Professor Nick Cahill will be teaching AH 405: Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece, MWF 1:20–2:10pm. This course requires sophomore standing, is honors optional, satisfies humanities breadth and L&S credit. Enroll here. Description: Topics include urbanism in ancient Greece in theory …
Report from the Field | Claire Kilgore Notes from Graz
This summer, Ph.D. Candidate Claire Kilgore traveled to Graz, Austria to examine the early-sixteenth-century Large Miracle Altar from the Mariazell pilgrimage church. She also examined woodcuts of the miracles that were produced to advertise the shrine that …