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PhD student Tony Del Aversano Publishes Book Review in Sixteenth Century Journal
Tony Del Aversano, a PhD student in History of Art, recently published a book review in Sixteenth Century Journal. The review discusses the book Simone Martini in Orvieto, edited by the Isabella…
PhD Candidate April Riddle Awarded the 2025 Summer Graduate Research Fellowship by the Umwelt Center for Germanic Studies and Environmental Humanities
PhD candidate April Riddle was recently awarded the 2025 Summer Graduate Research Fellowship by the Umwelt Center for Germanic Studies and Environmental Humanities. This $7000 fellowship will allow…
PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis Visits the de Young Museum in San Francisco
This spring, PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis visited the de Young Museum in San Francisco to view Tseng Yuho’s Western Frontier (1964). The multi-panel mural is the focus of Asia’s third…

PhD Candidate Schuyler Black-Seitz Attends College Art Association’s Conference in New York City
In February 2025, PhD Candidate Schuyler Black-Seitz attended the College Art Association’s 113th annual conference in New York City. At the conference, Schuyler participated on a panel titled The…
History of Art Major Alexa Isaac Presents at Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
Senior History of Art major Alexa Isaac presented her research at the Spring 2025 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. Her poster, “Medieval Devotional Icons as an Assertion of Political and…

PhD Candidate Keyu Yan Presents at the CAA Annual Conference in New York
On February 13, PhD candidate Keyu Yan presented a paper titled “Beijing to Hangzhou: Maryn Varbanov and the Significance of Mixed Media in Post-Mao China” at the College Art Association Annual…

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…

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…

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…