The 2022 International Medieval Congress, which takes place annually at the University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., featured paper presentations by both current and former UW–Madison Art History Ph.D. students. These badgers met up at a …
Student Spotlight | Drew Narayanan Publishes Book Chapter
Art History Ph.D. Student Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan‘s chapter “Sir Palamedes, the Indelibly ‘Saracen’ Knight Heraldry, Monstrosity, and Race in Fifteenth-Century Arthurian Romance Manuscripts” has been published in The Arthurian World (Routledge, 2022).
Fall 2022 Course Highlight | Art & Power in the Arab World
This fall, Professor Jennifer Pruitt will be teaching AH 440: Art & Power in the Arab World, TR 9:30–10:45am. This course requires sophomore standing and satisfies humanities breadth and L&S credit. Enroll here. Description: This course considers the use of art and …
Alumni Update | Lex Lancaster (Ph.D., ’17) Publishes Book
Lex Morgan Lancaster (Ph.D., 2017) published their book, Dragging Away: Queer Abstraction in Contemporary Art, with Duke University Press. Available now for pre-order, use code E22DRAG for 30% off on the Duke Press website. Lancaster was advised by …
Fall 2022 Course Highlight | DS 920 Artisans & Artists: Histories & Theories of Making
Department of Art History Affiliate Professor Marina Moskowitz will be teaching the graduate seminar DS 920 “Artisans & Artists: Histories & Theories of Making” this fall on Tuesdays 9:30am–12:00pm. If you would like to learn …
Student Spotlight | Özlem Eren Published in “Medieval World”
Ph.D. Candidate Özlem Eren has contributed to the second issue of Medieval World: Culture & Conflict with her article titled “Yaroslav the Wise and Saint Sophia in Kyiv.” Learn more here. The issue is dedicated to the history, art and …
Fall 2022 Course Highlight | Interpreting Contemporary Art
Professor Daniel Spaulding will be teaching AH 409: Interpreting Contemporary Art, MW 5:30–6:45pm, during the fall 2022 semester. Sophomore standing, humanities breadth, and L&S credit. Enroll here.Description: This course provides an introduction to global art from the 1960s to the present, …
Faculty News | Prof. Andrzejewski Awarded IRH Fellowship for Fall 2022
In addition to being awarded the Hagley-NEH Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for Spring 2023, Professor Anna Andrzejewski has been awarded an Institute for Research in the Humanities (IRH) Fellowship for Fall 2022. During the 2022–23 academic …
Fall 2022 Course Highlight | Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim: 1800 to the Present
AH 354 “Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim: 1800 to the Present” will be taught by Professor Jill Casid TR 11:00–12:15pm this fall. Sophomore standing, Honors Optional, Ethnic Studies, Humanities Breadth, and L&S Credit. Description: …
Reports from the Field | Tania Kolarik Notes from Lucca
This summer many of our graduate students are traveling across the U.S. and abroad to conduct research for their dissertations. Our new series, Reports from the Field, will feature portions of our graduate student’s research and …