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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…

PhD Candidate Cole J. Graham Participates in Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) Roundtable
Last Thursday, September 18th, PhD Candidate Cole J. Graham participated in a roundtable made up of comics scholars during Cartoon Crossroads Columbus. Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) is an annual…
PhD Candidate Mia Kivel Travels to Japan this August
History of Art PhD Candidate Mia Kivel traveled to Japan this August to conduct research for her upcoming colloquium and dissertation (tentatively titled Anti-Aphasic Art in Contemporary Ainu-…

PhD Student Michiko Kubota Travels to Japan for the Summer
PhD Student Michiko Kubota traveled to Japan from July through August to conduct research on postwar calligraphy. Supported by the Murnane Travel Scholarship, Start-up Departmental Research Funds…

PhD Student Maika Kagawa Bahr Travels to Tokyo to Conduct Research
In June of 2025, PhD student Maika Kagawa Bahr was able to travel to Tokyo to conduct research for her dissertation. Supported by the Graduate Research Small Grants Program, Maika’s…

PhD Candidate Maggie Wilson conducts research in Germany, Switzerland, and France
In May of 2025 PhD candidate Maggie Wilson traveled to the region around Lake Constance in Germany and Switzerland as well as Alsace, Germany and France to conduct research for her dissertation, “…

PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis Presents Paper at Space Between Society 2025 Conference
PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis recently traveled to the University of Kansas to present at the Space Between Society 2025 Conference, “Peace and Conflict in the Space Between.” The presentation,…

History of Art Department Newsletter Now Available Online
The History of Art Department's annual newsletter is now available in an accessible format on the department's website. Released each fall, newsletters bring together stories about the people of…