Christy Wahl, Ph.D. Candidate, attended the German Studies Association Conference in Portland at the beginning of October as the organization’s first Graduate Student Representative. She successfully negotiated changes in the dues structure reducing membership fees …
Prof. Andrzejewski’s 2018 Field School Class’s E-Book—Perspectives on Place: North Dakota Field School 2018
Prof. Anna Andrzejewski is proud to announce the release of the e-book for her Fall 2018 Field School class in North Dakota. The book is titled: Perspectives on Place: North Dakota Field School 2018. Please see …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Drewal Wins Award!!!
Evjue-Bascom Professor Henry John Drewal was recently awarded the 2019 Margaret Herz Demant African Art Award at the Detroit Institute of Arts and gave a lecture there on Sunday, October 27, 2019. He spoke about …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Thomas Dale’s Latest Book Pygmalion’s Power is Out!
Professor Thomas Dale’s much anticipated book, Pygmalion’s Power: Romanesque Sculpture, the Senses, and Religious Experience is now available through Penn State University Press. His book is the product of research that began over twenty years …
Student Podcast Series: Art of Spain & Spanish America Now Live!
This podcast series explores the visual culture of Spanish America and Spain and is presented by doctoral students from Dr. Carolina Alarcon’s Renaissance Spain and Colonial Latin America class. This series seeks to bring attention …
Student Spotlight: Claire Kilgore (PhD Student), Mya Frieze (MA Student), and Tania Kolarik (PhD Student) attend “Collecting Histories” Workshop at the Newberry Library
This past Friday, Claire Kilgore (PhD Student), Mya Frieze (MA Student), and Tania Kolarik (PhD Student) attended the “Collecting Histories: Introduction to Provenance Research” workshop at the Newberry Library in Chicago. They were able to look …
Interview with Professor Jennifer Nelson
This fall the Department of Art History welcomed our newest faculty member, Professor Jennifer Nelson, into the University of Wisconsin-Madison family. Prof. Nelson’s courses and research cover the early modern period, which is roughly from …
Student/Faculty Spotlight: 45th Byzantine Studies Conference Presentations
This weekend UW-Madison hosted the 45th Byzantine Studies Conference and the Art History Department had three PhD students present, along with Professor Thomas Dale. Congratulations to our Byzantine medievalists! Özlem Eren, PhD Student, presented …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Jennifer Nelson’s New Book
Professor Jennifer Nelson‘s book, Disharmony of the Spheres: The Europe of Holbein’s Ambassadors, was released last month. Fun Fact: It’s now the #1 New Release in Religious History on Amazon!
Interview with an Auditor: Dr. Beth Neary
The Department of Art History would like to introduce our new series: Interview with an Auditor! The department will be sharing interviews with various auditors during the course of the upcoming 2019–2020 academic year. Everyone …