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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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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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April Riddle Travels to Los Angeles to Conduct Dissertation Research

In November 2024, PhD candidate April Riddle traveled to Los Angeles to conduct dissertation research. At the Getty Research Institute, April spent time in the archives studying documents from the…

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Prof. Sam Aranke wins MLA book award

Associate Professor Sam Aranke has won a major award from the MLA (Modern Language Association) for her book, Death’s Futurity: The Visual Life of Black Power, published last year. The award is…

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Distinguished University Professor Emerita Julia Andrews Lectures at Fondation Giacometti

On November 27, Distinguished University Professor Emerita Julia Andrews delivered a lecture at the Foundation Giacometti in Paris. Her talk, titled: “The Lure of the West: Chinese Modernists and…

PhD Student, Dareen Hussein wearing an olive green top in front of a white wall.

Dareen Hussein Awarded Presidential Fellowship for Dissertation

Dareen Hussein, a PhD student in History of Art, was recently awarded the Presidential Fellowship from the Graduate School at Ohio State.  This is the most prestigious award given by the…

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Field Notes: Cynthia Hodge- Thorne Reflects on Meg Onli's Visit

By Cynthia Hodge- Thorne

To highlight the department’s engagement with contemporary curatorial practice, we host and co-host events throughout the year that feature well-known curators and practitioners in the field…

Wang Zi 王子, Swimming Pool柳浪, acrylic on canvas, 40cm

Field Notes: Mia Kivel, PhD Student, Reflects on Kris Ercums' Talk About the Art of Wang Zi

By Mia Caroline Kivel

To highlight the department’s engagement with contemporary curatorial practice, we host and co-host events throughout the year that feature well-known curators and practitioners in the field…

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PhD Candidate Peter Smyth Views Exhibition in Paris

In November 2024, graduate student Peter Smyth traveled to Paris to visit the exhibition “Comics, 1964-2024” at the Centre Pompidou. The exhibition featured original comics pages and comics…