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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…

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…

PhD Candidate Asia Adomanis Presents at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum’s Inaugural Symposium
Asia Adomanis recently presented at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum’s inaugural symposium, Land, Place, Identity: Inaugural Symposium on American Art. The presentation, titled “…

Hannah Slater Completes PhD
Congratulations to Hannah Slater on completing her Ph.D! Her dissertation is called "Reframing 311: visual ecologies of reconstruction in Japan." With thanks to her committee, Dr. Erica Levin…

The Department Congratulates Julie Defossez
Julie Defossez successfully defended her dissertation, “Take Care: Gender, Labor, and Capitalism in the Maintenance Art of Mierle Laderman Ukeles.” Her dissertation committee consisted of…

The Department Congratulates Clayton Kindred
The department congratulates Clayton Kindred on the successful defense of his dissertation, "An Archaeology of Castration: The Image of the Eunuch in Nineteenth Century French Art." His…

PhD Student Peter Smyth Presents at Comics Crossroads Columbus (CXC)
History of Art PhD Student Peter Smyth presented at this year’s Comics Crossroads Columbus. The event at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Research Library, held at the city’s premier comics…

PhD Student Mia Kivel Wins Essay Prize
PhD Student Mia Kivel has won the 2024 Chino Kaori Memorial Essay Prize. The Japan Art History Forum’s Chino Kaori Memorial Essay Prize recognizes outstanding graduate…

Yifan Li Conducts Research in China with Support from the OSU Graduate School
Before completing his PhD degree, Yifan Li (PhD 2024) traveled to China in July 2024 for research in Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong. During this trip, he visited museums, gathered…