Happy New Year from the Department of Art History! We’re looking forward to 2021, so keep an eye out for upcoming virtual lectures.
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: “Race & Cultural Encounter in Europe and The Mediterranean Basin: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Crusades”
Prof. Thomas Dale will be teaching AH 415 (Honors) “Race & Cultural Encounter in Europe and The Mediterranean Basin: From Late Antiquity to the Age of Crusades” TR 9:30–10:45am. There are NO Prereqs Needed to …
Alumni Update: Susan Funkenstein (Ph.D. 2001) Publishes Book
Susan Funkenstein (Ph.D. 2001), a student of Prof. Emerita Barbara C. Buenger, has published Marking Modern Movement: Dance and Gender in the Visual Imagery of the Weimar Republic. Susan is currently a lecturer at the …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: “Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim”
Ph.D. Candidate Kyungso Min will be teaching AH 354 Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim TR 2:30–3:45pm. The development of modern and contemporary art is unthinkable without consideration of the constitutively shaping role of race and ethnicity. This course …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: DS 501 “The Material Culture of Childhood”
Need more material culture in your life? Check out Prof. Sarah Carter’s new course DS 501: “The Material Culture of Childhood.” The course will explore the histories of children and childhood and use material culture …
Student Spotlight: You’re Invited to the “Critique in the Postcolonial Anthropocene” Working Group
Michael Feinberg (Ph.D. Candidate) invites you to stop by the working group, Critique in the Postcolonial Anthropocene at the upcoming MLA conference. He will be presenting “Marcus Rainsford’s Revolutionary Ecologies in Historical Account,” on Saturday, January 9th, 2021 …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: “History of American Art: Art, Material Culture, and Constructions of Identity, 1607–present”
Ph.D. Candidate Travis Olson will be teaching AH 364 History of American Art: Art, Material Culture, and Constructions of Identity, 1607–present, MWF 11:00–11:50 am. To see this course and our other course offerings please click here.
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays to our students, faculty, auditors, alumni and friends! We hope that you have a healthy and safe holiday season. (p.s. 2020 is ALMOST over!)
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: “Queer Theory, Visual Culture”
In Spring 2021, Professor Jill Casid will be teaching “Queer Theory, Visual Culture” TR 5:00–6:15pm. This course can be taken either as Art History 431 or Gender & Women Studies 449. Go to https://enroll.wisc.edu/search?term=1214&subject=180 to …
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: “The Art of Antagonism”
Spring 2021 Course Highlight: Learn more about The Art of Antagonism in Professor Spaulding’s seminar (AH 500/800) on Mondays, 5:30–8:00pm. This proseminar aims to understand how art (primarily visual art, though we will also address …