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Namiko Kunimoto Mentors with CAA/Getty International Program
Namiko Kunimoto had the pleasure of mentoring scholars from Mongolia, Malaysia, and Singapore while visiting Chicago as part of the College Art Association Conference. The mentorship program is…
Students from Five History of Art Courses Take Bus Trip to Cleveland Museum of Art
Students from various courses braved the cold in early February to travel to the Cleveland Musuem of Art. Accompanied by Professor Kristen Adams and Lecturer Hannah Slater, the students explored the…
The Brooklyn Rail publishes “The Crossovers: Women Artists Making Downtown Music” by PhD candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass
PhD candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass has written a piece for The Brooklyn Rail highlighting artists working at the intersections of performance art and music in 1980s New York. This article reflects Liz…
Four Faculty Members Present: Current Threads in and against Art History: Power, Colonialism, Genocide
Four History of Art faculty members presented on their research in “Current Threads in and against Art History: Power, Colonialism, Genocide,” a department-sponsored event. Aaron Katzeman, Benjamin…
PhD Student Tony Del Aversano Travels to Italy for Dissertation Research
In January, PhD student Tony Del Aversano traveled to Florence, Italy to see the exhibition Fra Angelico, a retrospective on the renowned fifteenth-century Italian artist. There, he saw art works…
PhD Student Michiko Kubota’s Book Review Published by CAA.reviews
PhD student Michiko Kubota’s book review of Alicia Volk’s In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan has just been published by caa.reviews. And of course, we highly recommend reading this…
Professor Sam Aranke Participates in Getty Research Institute and Royal Academy of Arts Forum
Professor Sam Aranke participated in Getty Research Institute and Royal Academy of Arts two-day public forum Kerry James Marshall: Conversations examining the many influences behind Marshall’s…
PhD Candidate Maggie Wilson Visits The Netherlands and Belgium for Dissertation Research
At the start of January, PhD candidate Maggie Wilson traveled to the Netherlands and Belgium in order to visit collections related to her dissertation, “Making and Breaking Enclosure: the Movement of…
Professor Ujaan Ghosh Completes Translation of Odia "Rāmāyaṇa, Baidehiśa Bilāsa"
Ujaan Ghosh has completed a decade-long project translating the seventeenth-century Odia Rāmāyaṇa, Baidehiśa Bilāsa. Co-authored with Amrita Chowdhury, this first English translation brings to light…