Going to the virtual 109th CAA Annual Conference this week? Make sure that you check out the papers by the Department of Art History’s graduate students. Cortney Anderson Kramer will be presenting her paper “The Artwork …
Student Spotlight: Tania Kolarik (Ph.D. Candidate) in Conversation with Texas Fashion Collection Director Annette Becker
Center for Design and Material Culture Conversation Series Annette Becker is a fashion historian and arts educator whose work focuses on accessible material culture studies. She currently serves as the director of the Texas Fashion Collection …
Student Spotlight: Ph.D. Student Ehsan Behbahani-Nia Appointed a Research Associate at the Université Bourdeaux-Montaigne
Ph.D. Student, Ehsan Behbahani-Nia, has been appointed to the position of research associate in the Ausonius Research Institute at the Université Bordeaux-Montaigne in France. Famous for its wine, Bordeaux is located in the southwest of France …
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Alumni Update: Alicia Cannizzo (M.A., 2014) Wins Schallek Fellowship!
The Medieval Academy of America has awarded the 2021–22 Schallek Fellowship to Alicia Cannizzo (M.A., 2014 and a current Ph.D. Candidate at the Graduate Center, City University of New York) to support her thesis project, “Matter En Transir: …
Art History Lecture: “Folk Farmsteads on the Frontier”
Prof. Anna Andrzejewski and PhD candidate Travis Olson will be presenting their research in a live virtual lecture entitled: “Folk Farmsteads on the Frontier: German-American Farm Buildings in Southwestern North Dakota” on Thursday, January 28th at 6:00pm (CST). The …
Stay Cozy This First Day of the Spring 2021 Semester!
Stay warm and cozy on your first day of the Spring 2021 semester Badgers! #wesmellsnow #uwmadison #arthistory #spring2021 #OnWisconsin #staywarmandcozy #CoffeeCoffeeCoffee #needcaffeine
Faculty & Alumni News: Prof. Emerita Buenger and Joann Skrypzak-Davidsmeyer (Ph.D., 2006) Contribute to Max Beckmann Catalogue Raisonné
Professor Emerita Barbara C. Buenger‘s research on Max Beckmann is featured within the newly online Max Beckmann catalogue raisonné, which you can access here. A member of the Beckmann Advisory Board, Prof. Buenger was supposed to speak at the …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: AH 440/779 “Art & Power in the Arab World”
This course considers the use of art and architecture as an expression of power in the Arab world, from the seventh century to the present. Beginning with the establishment of the caliphate and ending with …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: AH 411/775 “Ukiyo-e”
Check out Prof. Gene Phillips‘ AH 411/775: Ukiyo-e course MWF 9:55–10:45am. In this course, you will take an in-depth look at Japanese woodblock prints, primarily of the Edo Period (1600–1868).