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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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