Matthew Rarey (M.A. 2008, Ph.D. 2014) has won the College Art Association’s 2024 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award for his first book, Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic (Duke University …
Faculty News | Prof. Chopra’s Art Used to Promote Conference
Artworks that were created by Professor Preeti Chopra during her fellowship at the American Academy in Rome (2022–23) were used to advertise the conference Reception across the Disciplines: Theory & Praxis, Past & Present, Form & Content, …
Faculty News | Prof. Andrzejewski’s Use of AI in the Classroom
Professor Anna Andrzejewski was interviewed for The L&S Design for Learning Series about her use of AI in the classroom. The article, “Revise Assignments in Response to Generative AI,” provides different perspectives for how generative artificial intelligence …
SAVE THE DATE | Day of the Badger 2024!
Save the date in your calendars for Day of the Badger 2024! Gifts made during Day of the Badger will go toward maintaining the Department of Art History’s excellence in education and supporting our wonderful …
Student Spotlight | Tania Kolarik Awarded Kress Foundation Special Mobility Grant
Ph.D. Candidate Tania Kolarik has been awarded a 2024 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Special Mobility Grant to attend the 36th Congrès du Comité International d’Historie de l’Art (CIHA) in Lyon, France this coming June.
Student Spotlight | Meg Wilson (Ph.D. Student) To Present at CVC Research Forum
Ph.D. Student Meg Wilson will be presenting their work in this year’s Center for Visual Cultures Research Forum on Friday, March 15th, 2024. The Research Forum will take place at the University Club, Room 212, 9:00am–4:00pm, lunch …
Save the Date! Japanese Painting Circa 1500: A Time of Upheaval and Innovation
Make sure to mark your calendars for Friday, April 12th, 2024 for our symposium on Japanese Art: “Japanese Painting Circa 1500: A Time of Upheaval and Innovation.” The symposium will be a hybrid event, and …
Faculty News | Professor Li Wins Best First Book in Ming Studies!
Professor Yuhang Li has won a second award for her first monograph, Becoming Guanyin:Artistic Devotion of Buddhist Women in Late Imperial China (Columbia University Press, 2020), by the Society for Ming Studies for their Inaugural Geiss-Hsu Book Prize for the …
Faculty News | Professor Casid at the Kohler Arts Center
On January 25th, Professor Jill Casid and artist Sunny Leerasanthanah lead a conversation at the Kohler Arts Center in the Social STUDIO focused on the short story “The Bad Graft” by Karen Russell, published in …
Student Spotlight | Professor Pruitt to Give Lecture At UChicago
Professor Jennifer Pruitt will be giving a lecture as part of the Smart Lecture Series at the University of Chicago on February 29th, 2024. The talk will explore a portion of her new book-in-progress, Inheriting an Invented Tradition: Islamic Art in …