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History of Art students collaborate on MFA Virtual Catalogue
Seven PhD students and one undergraduate student from the History of Art department collaborated with the eight artists exhibiting their work at OSU’s Urban Arts Space as part of the MFA Thesis…

PhD Candidate Keyu Yan Presents at the Global Asias Annual Conference
On February 22, PhD Candidate Keyu Yan presented a paper entitled “Remaking Spaces: Agency and Queerness in the Art of Tseng Kwong Chi (1950-1990)” for the panel “Spaces” at this year's …

PhD Candidate Allie Mickle Presents at College Art Association Conference
PhD Candidate Allie Mickle presented her paper, "Aesthetic Kitsch as Global Commodity in Mika Rottenberg's Cosmic Generator" at this year's College Art Association conference in Chicago, Illinois…

OSU Professors, Students, and Alumni Reunite at College Art Association Conference
A group of OSU professors and students (past and present) attended Professor Namiko Kunimoto’s panel “Re-Animating History in Contemporary East Asian Art” at the College Art Association conference…

History of Art Fall 2023 Newsletter is Published
Each year the History of Art Department publishes its annual newsletter, featuring a letter from our department chair, updates on research from our faculty, spotlights on graduate and…

Call for Papers Announced for 2024 Graduate Symposium 'Beyond Habituality'
Call for Papers - The Ohio State University 2024 Graduate SymposiumHosted by the OSU History of Art Graduate Student Association
Beyond Habitability: Homes as Built and Imagined Spaces…

Career Update: Izzy Desantis (BA 2020)
Izzy Desantis graduated from OSU’s History of Art department with her BA in 2020. Read below for an update on what she’s been up to since graduation:
Since graduating from Ohio State…

PhD Candidate Dareen Hussein Travels to France to Conduct Archival Research
In December 2023, PhD candidate Dareen Hussein traveled to France to conduct archival research for her dissertation. In Paris, she compiled research on the Mouvement des travailleurs arabes (Arab…

PhD Student Asia Adomanis Travels to Hong Kong and Taipei to Conduct Dissertation Research
This winter, PhD student Asia Adomanis travelled to Hong Kong and Taipei to conduct dissertation research. Asia spent time studying library and archival materials related to the artists Tseng Yuho…