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PhD Student Christy Sher Travels to the University of Pennsylvania to Conduct Research on the Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books and Prints
Ph.D. student Christy Sher traveled to Philadelphia to conduct research on the Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books and Prints at the University of Pennsylvania. She visited the…
PhD Student Allie Mickle Attends New York Film Festival's Screening of Artist Mika Rottenberg
With support from the Aida Cannarsa Snow Endowment, PhD Candidate Allie Mickle traveled to New York City to complete dissertation research on artist Mika Rottenberg, attending the New York…
PhD Student Sophie Richard Travels to New Mexico to Conduct Research on Nina Otero-Warren
Over fall break, PhD student Sophie Richard visited the New Mexico State Archives to review historic family records and drawings by Gilded Age activist, Nina Otero-Warren, whose legacy was…
PhD Student Asia Adomanis Attends MCAA Conference at the University of Kansas
In September 2022, PhD student Asia Adomanis travelled to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KA to present a paper entitled “Surface, Text, and Racial (Il)legibility in the Prints of Seong Moy…
PhD Student Emilela Thomas Attends Textile Course and Conducts Research in Germany and the Netherlands
During the last few weeks of August 2022, PhD student Emilela Thomas-Adams traveled to Germany and the Netherlands to conduct preliminary dissertation research and attend a textile course. Emilela…
PhD Student Lauren Caskey Travels to Columbus, Georgia to view Alma W. Thomas Exhibition
In September 2022, Lauren traveled to Georgia to view Everything Is Beautiful at the Columbus Museum. The exhibition featured Alma W. Thomas, an American abstract painter. Thomas is the…
PhD Student Cole J. Graham Presents Paper at the University of Northampton
On Saturday, September 11, PhD student Cole J. Graham presented the paper "Monstrous Possibilities: States of Racial Transmutation in Hiromu Arakawa's FullMetal Alchemist" at the third…
Graduate Students and Alum Participate in Mellon Chinese Object Study Workshop
In August 2022, graduate students Yifan Li and Keyu Yan and PhD Alumna Effie Yin (2019) joined the Mellon Chinese Object Study Workshop Convening at the National Museum of Asian Art in…
PhD Student Dareen Hussein Attended the Sijal Institute for Arabic Language in Culture in Jordan
In July and August 2022, PhD student Dareen Hussein attended the Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture in Amman, Jordan, where she took an immersive Arabic language course, and a class…