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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…
PhD Candidate Emilela Thomas-Adams Receives ICMA Travel Grant
PhD Candidate Emilela Thomas-Adams has been awarded a prestigious travel grant from the International Center of Medieval Art. The “Student Travel Grant” of 3500 dollars will support research…

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…

Department Chair Karl Whittington Promoted to Professor
The Office of Academic Affairs and the Board of Trustees have approved the promotion of History of Art Department Chair Karl Whittington from Associate Professor to Professor. Professor…

PhD Student Michiko Kubota Conducts Research in Chicago
PhD student Michiko Kubota traveled to Chicago, IL in May to conduct research for her MA. She attended the Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan symposium and visited its corresponding exhibition…

Alanna Radlo-Dzur (PhD 2023) Featured for Research and Teaching on Nahua Women
Alanna Radlo-Dzur, who received her PhD in History of Art from Ohio State in 2023, has been teaching this year at Princeton University as a postdoctoral fellow in Indigenous Studies. Her research…

PhD Candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass Attends the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference in Boston
In March 2024, PhD Candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass attended the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) annual conference in Boston. At the conference, Liz was featured on a panel on the…

PhD Candidate Margaret Wilson Presents Research at Medieval Conference
PhD Candidate Margaret Wilson presented a paper at the 2024 International Medieval Congress at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, the largest annual conference of medieval studies in the…

Associate Professor Namiko Kunimoto named a Global Arts + Humanities Fellow
Associate Professor Namiko Kunimoto has been selected as a member of the Global Arts + Humanities Society of Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. Her project situates Japanese Empire as a…