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Romare Bearden, The Dove, 1964, Cut-and-pasted printed paper, gouache, pencil, and colored pencil on board, 13 3/8 x 18 3/4" (33.8 x 47.5 cm), Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, © Romare Bearden Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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February 21, 2025

Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Maritime Humanities

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February 22, 2025

Department of History of Art 2025 Graduate Symposium

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February 25, 2025

Kathy High and Jennifer Johung in Conversation

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Layers of History: The Art of Taiwan and Its Multiplicities speakers

February 28, 2025

Conference | Layers of History: The Art of Taiwan and Its Multiplicities

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February 10, 2025

History of Art Students Create “Medieval” Manuscripts

Students in Prof. Karl Whittington’s Spring 2025 class, “HistArt 5422: Medieval Manuscript Illumination,” were assigned to make their own medieval-style manuscripts. These manuscripts are…

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February 3, 2025

Lauren Caskey (PhD 2024) Accepts Curatorial Fellowship

Dr. Lauren M. Caskey '24 has accepted a curatorial fellowship at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Over the next couple of years, Dr. Caskey will be researching and cataloging the museum's…

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January 13, 2025

PhD Student Sterling Nix Visits Anacostia Community Museum in Washington D.C.

PhD Student Sterling Nix attended the exhibition, A Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington D.C 1900-2000, at the Anacostia Community Museum in Washington…

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January 7, 2025

PhD Candidate Keyu Yan Awarded Grant from Bei Shan Tang Foundation and ACAH

PhD candidate Keyu Yan has been awarded a grant from the Association for Chinese Art History (ACAH) and the Bei Shan Tang Foundation to support his upcoming trip to the 2025 College Art…

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Professor of History of Art and Vice Provost for the Arts

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Liz Rae Heise-Glass

PhD Candidate

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Kristen Adams

Assistant Professor of Teaching

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Maika Bahr

PhD Student

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