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OSU Welcomed Artist Xu Bing in March 2023
The Department of History of Art and the Institute for Chinese Studies were thrilled to welcome the conceptual artist and MacArthur fellow Xu Bing back to OSU on March 9, 2023. His well-attended…

Department Congratulates PhD Student Yifan Li for Winning the Best Graduate Student Paper Prize on East and Inner Asia from the Association for Asian Studies
At the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) annual conference in Boston, Yifan Li accepted the Best Graduate Student Paper Prize on East and Inner Asia for his 2022 AAS paper "The New Architectural…

Three Graduate Students, Maika Kagawa Bahr, Allie Mickle, and Yifan Li, Present at Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Conference in Boston
In March 2023, three PhD students took part in the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) annual conference in Boston. While in Boston, Students and faculty were able to tour the Chinese galleries at…

PhD Student Karin Flora Presents Paper at Renaissance Society of America conference in Puerto Rico
On March 9, 2023, Karin Flora travelled to the Renaissance Society of America conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico and presented her research paper, “Roman Goddess and Mary: Clashing…

Department Students and Faculty Tour Boston Museum of Fine Arts with Alumnus Gillian Zhang (PhD 2022)
Alumnus, Gillian Zhang (Ph.D., 2022), Curatorial Research Associate at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, led Professor Julia Andrews, Professor Kuiyi Shen, and current and former OSU grad students…

Conference Session Honors Late Professor Emeritus John Huntington
In honor of late Professor Emeritus John C. Huntington (1937-2021), Christina Wei-Szu Burke Mathison organized a panel entitled “Perspectives on Asian Art – In Memory of John Huntington” for the…

History of Art 8821: Graduate Seminar on Global Art History and its Discontents visits the Columbus Museum of Art
Graduate Students from Professor Kunimoto's Global Art History and its Discontents visited the Columbus Museum of Art to see Gina Osterloh's solo show, Mirror, Shadow, Shape. March 21, 2023.

PhD Candidate Yifan Li Travels to “(De)constructing Ideology: The Cultural Revolution and Beyond” Exhibition at Wende Museum in Los Angeles
In late February, PhD candidate Yifan Li traveled to Los Angeles to view the exhibition “(De)constructing Ideology: The Cultural Revolution and Beyond” at Wende Museum of the Cold War, where he…

PhD Student Peter Smyth Presents Paper at the 2023 International Conference on Narrative in Dallas
On March 2, PhD student Peter Smyth presented a paper entitled “Miraculous Kitsch: Comics, Painting, and the Modernist Anticipation of Novelty” at the 2023 International Conference…