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Professor Namiko Kunimoto Publishes in Verge: Studies in Global Asia, Volume 8.2
Read Professor Kunitmoto's newest publication on Situating Being a Statue of a Japanese “Comfort Woman:” Shimada Yoshiko, Bourgeois Liberalism, and the Afterlives of Japanese Imperialism…

PhD Student Lauren Caskey Travels to Columbus, Georgia to view Alma W. Thomas Exhibition
In September 2022, Lauren traveled to Georgia to view Everything Is Beautiful at the Columbus Museum. The exhibition featured Alma W. Thomas, an American abstract painter. Thomas is the…

PhD Student Cole J. Graham Presents Paper at the University of Northampton
On Saturday, September 11, PhD student Cole J. Graham presented the paper "Monstrous Possibilities: States of Racial Transmutation in Hiromu Arakawa's FullMetal Alchemist" at the third…

The Department Congratulates Lisa Florman
The History of Art Department congratulates Professor Lisa Florman, who has been appointed Ohio State’s Vice Provost for the Arts, effective September 15, 2022. As vice provost for the arts…

Gillian Zhang (PhD 2022) Accepts Curatorial Research Associate Position with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Dr. Gillian Zhang (PhD 2022) accepted an offer from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as a Curatorial Research Associate in Chinese art. In this position, she will be working on projects…

Graduate Students and Alum Participate in Mellon Chinese Object Study Workshop
In August 2022, graduate students Yifan Li and Keyu Yan and PhD Alumna Effie Yin (2019) joined the Mellon Chinese Object Study Workshop Convening at the National Museum of Asian Art in…

The Department Gathers to Mark the Beginning of the School Year
History of Art faculty, lecturers, staff, and graduate students gathered at Goodale Park for a picnic to celebrate the start of the semester. Among the attendees were five incoming graduate…

PhD Student Dareen Hussein Attended the Sijal Institute for Arabic Language in Culture in Jordan
In July and August 2022, PhD student Dareen Hussein attended the Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture in Amman, Jordan, where she took an immersive Arabic language course, and a class…

History of Art Graduate Student Association Announces 2022-23 Officers
The History of Art Graduate Student Association (HAGS) is pleased to announce its leadership committee for the upcoming year: Liz Heise-Glass, President; Cole Graham, Vice President;…