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Professor Namiko Kunimoto Receives FirstGen Scholar Grant
Professor Namiko Kunimoto received a FirstGen Scholar Grant for her book, Imperial Animations in Transpacific Art, forthcoming from the University of California Press.
Professors Aranke and Jones Contribute to Driskell Center Exhibition
Professors Aranke and Jones, co-conveners of the Samella Lewis Initiative, are featured contributors to the exhibition “Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies” now on view at the David C. Driskell Center…
Professor Namiko Kunimoto in News in Japan for Virtual Talk
Professor Namiko Kunimoto was featured on the news in Japan for giving a virtual talk on Shiraga Kazuo on the 100th memorial of his birth at the Amagasaki Cultural Center.
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Professor Kris Paulsen Contributes Essay to New Book on Photographer Debi Cornwall
Professor Kris Paulsen contributed an essay, “Simulating Citizenship,” to a new book on Debi Cornwall, Model Citizens. Cornwall’s new body of work takes “the United States as a case study into a…
Professor Kris Paulsen Speaks at Nam June Paik Art Center in Yongin, South Korea
Professor Kris Paulsen was invited to speak at the Nam June Paik Art Center as part of the Trans-Spatial Symposium celebrating Nam June Paik’s birthday and the 40-year anniversary of his satellite…
Professor Namiko Kunimoto to Speak in Japan (virtually)
Namiko Kunimoto will speak (online) at a symposium in Ashiya, Japan, celebrating 100 years since Shiraga Kazuo was born.
Professor Karl Whittington Conducts Research in France
Professor and Department Chair Karl Whittington conducted research for two weeks in France, as part of his book in progress, Queer Making: Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe. He visited…
Distinguished University Professor Emerita Julia Andrews Publishes Co-edited Volume and Exhibition Catalogue Essay
Distinguished University Professor Emerita Julia Andrews recently published a co-edited volume of essays (with Shuyu Kong and Shengtian Zheng) for Routledge. Entitled "Art and Modernism in Socialist…
Namiko Kunimoto gives keynote address at UCLA Action and Perception conference
Namiko Kunimoto gave the keynote address at the UCLA Action and Perception conference on May 13, 2024. She spoke on work related to her current book project Imperial Animations in Transpacific…