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Professor Christina Burke Mathison Takes Students to the Cleveland Museum of Art
Professor Christina Burke Mathison took students from her History of Art 2003 East Asian Art and Visual Culture class and History of Art 5002 Art of Colonial Taiwan class to view the China’s…

PhD Student Sterling Nix Travels to London for 1-54ArtFair for Contemporary African Art
This October, PhD. Student Sterling Nix traveled to London to attend the 1-54ArtFair for Contemporary African Art. He focused on how artists incorporate issues of identity and migration into their…

PhD Student Cole J. Graham Presents Paper at Kansas Symposium
PhD Student Cole J. Graham traveled to Lawrence, Kansas last weekend for Distance and the In-Between, the 2023 graduate symposium held by the Kress Foundation Department of Art History at the…

Four Undergraduate History of Art Majors Receive Aida Cannarsa Snow Undergraduate Scholarships
Aida Cannarsa Snow Scholarships of $2,000 are awarded annually to undergraduate students working towards a degree in History of Art (majors or double-majors). Applicants are chosen on the basis of…

2 History of Art Graduate Students Awarded AGGRS Grants
The Department of History of Art Congratulates two students within the Graduate Program, Yifan Li and Dareen Hussein, who have been announced as recipients of awards from the 2023-2024 Alumni…

Senior History of Art Majors Visit New York City with Prof. Andrew Shelton
For the second consecutive year, students enrolled in our senior research seminar traveled to New York City over Fall Break in order to conduct research and visit exhibitions. Led this…

PhD Student Cole J. Graham Attends MPCA Annual Conference in Chicago
PhD Student Cole J. Graham traveled to Chicago this past week, October 6th-8th, where he attended the Midwest Popular Culture Association's annual conference. While there, he presented a section…

Ph.D. Candidate Emilela Thomas-Adams Traveled to Europe to Conduct Research for Her Dissertation
In August, Ph.D. candidate Emilela Thomas-Adams traveled to Europe to conduct research for her dissertation in which she explores medieval practices of reuse and recycling in religious contexts.…

PhD Candidate Lauren M. Caskey Traveled to Washington D.C. to see Alma Thomas exhibit
This October, PhD Candidate Lauren M. Caskey traveled to Washington D.C. to see Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Thomas is the…