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Prof. Kris Paulsen Named GADHT 2025-2026 Faculty Leadership Fellow
Prof. Kris Paulsen will serve as the 2025-2026 Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme (GAHDT) Faculty Leadership Fellow. The year’s theme, Automation, Intelligence, Creativity connects…
Prof. Jody Patterson wins 2025 Ratner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Associate Professor Jody Patterson was recently awarded a 2025 Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award. The Ratner Awards are presented annually for outstanding teaching by tenure-…
Julie Defossez (PhD 2024) Begins New Position at the Columbus Museum of Art
Julie Defossez (PhD 2024) will begin a new role as the Assistant Curator for Public Programming at the Columbus Museum of Art. She is excited to work alongside my new colleagues to enhance and…
Prof. Christina Wei-Szu Burke Mathison and Students Give Tour of Exhibition in Thompson Library Special Collections Atrium
In March, Prof. Christina Wei-Szu Burke Mathison and students from her The Art of Modern and Contemporary China course taught in Autumn ’24 gave a tour of the exhibition Mobility,…
Prof. Karl Whittington and PhD Student Tony del Aversano Present at Clark Art Institute
Prof. Karl Whittington and PhD student Tony del Aversano presented research at a symposium at the Clark Art Institute on Friday April 11, 2025. The symposium, “Queer Palimpsests: Rewriting…
PhD Student Tony Del Aversano Presents at the Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies in Durham, North Carolina
In April 2025, PhD student Tony Del Aversano attended the 24th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, in Durham, North Carolina and co-hosted by Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill. There, he…
PhD Candidate Margaret Wilson Conducts Object Research in Nuremburg
Margaret Wilson, PhD candidate, recently visited Nuremberg, Germany, in order to conduct object research to further her dissertation project “Making and Breaking Enclosure: The Movement of Art…
PhD Candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass Takes Research Trip to Southern California
Over the spring break, 2025, PhD candidate Liz Rae Heise-Glass took a fruitful research trip to southern California. Liz’s visit took her from the high desert where she conducted a studio visit…
The Department Congratulates Keyu Yan
The department congratulates Keyu Yan on the successful defense of his dissertation, “On Post-Mao Time and Space: Chinese Installation Art, 1980s-1990s.” Keyu was advised by Professor…