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PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis’ Article Published in Archives of American Art Journal
The Archives of American Art Journal Spring 2026 issue includes an article from PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis. The essay analyzes the reception of Chinese American painter and…
PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis Presents at 51st Annual Association for Art History Conference
Asia Adomanis, a doctoral candidate in the department, presented a paper entitled “Monumental Immateriality: Abstractions and Borders in Tseng Yuho’s Western Frontier (1964)” as part of…
Ph.D. Candidate Christy Sher Awarded 2026-27 GAHDT Fellowship
The Department of History of Art is excited to share that Ph.D. Candidate Christy Sher has been named as one of fourteen recipients of the 2026-27 Society of Fellows faculty and Graduate Team…
PhD Candidate Christy Sher Presents at the 31st Columbia University Graduate Student Conference on East Asia
Christy Sher, Ph.D. candidate, presented a paper titled “Seduction, Science, and Statecraft: The Erotics of “Civic Obstetrics” in Utagawa Yoshitora’s Realize One’s Parental Love” at the…
The Brooklyn Rail publishes “The Crossovers: Women Artists Making Downtown Music” by PhD candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass
PhD candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass has written a piece for The Brooklyn Rail highlighting artists working at the intersections of performance art and music in 1980s New York. This article…
PhD Student Michiko Kubota’s Book Review Published by CAA.reviews
PhD student Michiko Kubota’s book review of Alicia Volk’s In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan has just been published by caa.reviews.
And of course, we highly…
PhD Candidates Cole Graham and Peter Smyth Win Presidential Fellowships
Two History of Art PhD Candidates, Cole Graham and Peter Smyth, have won the prestigious Presidential Fellowship from Ohio State, which provides a year of funding during the 2026-27 Academic Year…
PhD Candidate Christy Sher Presents at the 51st Annual Cleveland Symposium
Ph.D. candidate Christy Sher presented a paper titled “Procreative Passions: Visualizing Love, Desire, and Lineage in Edo-Period Japanese Erotica” at the 51st Annual Cleveland Symposium on
PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis’s Essay about Artist Seong Moy Included in Art Student League’s Anthology
In September, PhD candidate Asia Adomanis attended a reception for the publication of the Art Student League’s recent anthology 150 Stories: Lives of the Artists at the League (