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PhD Candidate Christy Sher Presents at the 74th Annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs
Ph.D. candidate Christy Sher presents a paper, “Visualizing the Maternal Body: Pregnancy, Pedagogy, and Civic Instruction in Utagawa Yoshitora’s Fubo no on o shiru zu (Realize…
PhD candidate Dareen Hussein presents a paper at the 2025 European Network of Cinema and Media Studies conference
In June 2025, PhD candidate Dareen Hussein presented a paper entitled "Les deux écrans and the Shaping of Contemporary Arab Women's Film Criticism" at the 2025 European Network of Cinema and Media…

PhD Student Christy Sher Attends the Kuzushiji Workshop at the University of Chicago
Ph.D. student Christy Sher attended the Kuzushiji workshop at the University of Chicago this past weekend (October 3-4), led by Professor Emeritus Takahashi Akinori of the Graduate School of Arts…
Director of Learning and Engagement at Clyfford Still Museum Visits Decolonizing Museums Course
Nicole Cromartie, Director of Learning and Engagement at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, CO, visited Professor Aaron Katzeman's HISTART 4030: Museum Studies Seminar - Decolonizing Museums…
Students in Professor Namiko Kunimoto's HA 4001, Envisioning the Nation: Modern and Contemporary Art in Asia View Items in Thompson Library Special Collections
Students in Professor Kunimoto's HA 4001, Envisioning the Nation: Modern and Contemporary Art in Asia, enjoyed viewing items in Thompson Library Special Collections. Librarian Dr. Lisa Iacobellis…

Study Abroad in Venice with Prof. Kris Paulsen in May 2026
Professor Kris Paulsen will be leading a study abroad program to visit Venice, Italy in May 2026. The course will provide class credit for History of Art 4789.4, as well as complete the entire GE…

Manga Artists Guest Speakers Visit History of Art Class
Professor Namiko Kunimoto's History of Art 4001 Writing seminar learned about the process of making manga from two manga artists from Japan. This visit was sponsored by the Institute for Japanese…

History of Art 4001 Takes a Field Trip to the Columbus Museum of Art
Professor Namiko Kunimoto's History of Art 4001 Writing seminar visited the Columbus of Museum of Art today to practice their visual description skills.
