Established in 1966 to honor professor and former department chair Franklin M. Ludden (1916-2002), these lectures are intended to reflect an interdisciplinary approach to the study of art history, with a particular emphasis on theory and criticism.
This lecture series, established in 2011 through the generous donations of our patrons, fosters intellectual exchange among the department’s students & faculty and members of the broader Columbus community who share our interest in art and its history.
The Group for the Intellectual Life of the Department (GILD) routinely invites emerging scholars to give a lecture highlighting new directions in art history.
Established in 1966 to honor professor and former department chair Franklin M. Ludden (1916-2002), these lectures are intended to reflect an interdisciplinary approach to the study of art history, with a particular emphasis on theory and criticism.
This lecture series, established in 2011 through the generous donations of our patrons, fosters intellectual exchange among the department’s students & faculty and members of the broader Columbus community who share our interest in art and its history.
The Group for the Intellectual Life of the Department (GILD) routinely invites emerging scholars to give a lecture highlighting new directions in art history.
A wide range of curatorial talks and events are organized by the Department of History of Art, the Wexner Center for the Arts, the Department of Art, and other units around the university and across Columbus.
Various symposia are organized within the History of Art Department, including an annual graduate symposium featuring recent work by our PhD students and a biennial research symposium organized by our graduate students and featuring student researchers from other institutions.
Film screenings organized by members of our faculty, often in collaboration with the Wexner Center for the Arts, are a regular part of departmental programming.
A wide range of curatorial talks and events are organized by the Department of History of Art, the Wexner Center for the Arts, the Department of Art, and other units around the university and across Columbus.
Various symposia are organized within the History of Art Department, including an annual graduate symposium featuring recent work by our PhD students and a biennial research symposium organized by our graduate students and featuring student researchers from other institutions.
Film screenings organized by members of our faculty, often in collaboration with the Wexner Center for the Arts, are a regular part of departmental programming.
When visiting speakers come to campus, we frequently organize informal lunchtime discussions during their visits so that faculty and particularly graduate students can engage with the speaker. These discussions usually involve discussion of a pre-circulated recent article or book chapter.
After completing their PhD exams, graduate students present their dissertation topics at a public lecture in the department that we call the Colloquium, offering them a chance to get constructive feedback on their topic and approach from the department community.
History of Art co-sponsors and/or promotes numerous other speakers, conferences, and events happening around campus.
When visiting speakers come to campus, we frequently organize informal lunchtime discussions during their visits so that faculty and particularly graduate students can engage with the speaker. These discussions usually involve discussion of a pre-circulated recent article or book chapter.
After completing their PhD exams, graduate students present their dissertation topics at a public lecture in the department that we call the Colloquium, offering them a chance to get constructive feedback on their topic and approach from the department community.
History of Art co-sponsors and/or promotes numerous other speakers, conferences, and events happening around campus.
2009 – Andrew Stewart (University of California, Berkeley), Innovation and Individuality in Greek Sculpture
2007 – Georges Didi-Huberman (École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales, Paris), Images of Lament, Lamentable Images?
2004 – Hayden B.J. Maginnis (McMaster University, Ontario), Rome: The Missing Maps
2001 – David Rosand (Columbia University),The Lessons of Meyer Shapiro
1998 – Michael Ann Holly (Clark Art Institute), Of Origins Known and Unknown
1997 – Michael Fried, Johns Hopkins University; Some Thoughts on Caravaggio
1994 – Joseph Koerner (Harvard University), The Family Portrait
1992 – Keith Moxey (Columbia University), Art History and Critical Theory: A Renaissance Example
1990 – W.J.T. Mitchell (University of Chicago), The Violence of Public Art: Do the Right Thing
1988 – Svetlana Alpers (University of California, Berkeley), Rubens and the Engendering of Art
1987 – Norman Bryson (Harvard University), Repressing History: Gros and Napoleon
2009 – Akiko Walley (PhD, Harvard University), Wheels within Wheels: The Yomo-ren Kyoka Circle and Hokusai’s “Book Cart and Porcelain Vase with Plum Branches” Surimono
2004 – Rebecca Zorach (PhD, University of Chicago), Pulled by night from its tomb: Animating Dead Antiquity in 16th Century France
2002 – Laura Hollengreen (PhD, University of California, Berkeley), From Calm Sobriety to Violent Sensuality: Changes in French Old Testament Imagery of the 13th Century