News
Thursday, October 5th
Juliet Wiersema, an alumna of the Department (Ph.D., 2010), enjoys a nice review in this week's caa.reviews of Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas, an exhibition catalog to which she contributed an... [more]
Thursday, September 14th
Dr. Suzie Kim, who received her Ph.D. from the Department in 2015, has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she will specialize in East Asian Art, Modern and Contemporary Asian Art, Methods of Art History, Survey courses on Western Art.
Congratulations Suzie!
Friday, September 8th
Congratulations to Raino Isto and Cecilia Wichmann, winners of this year's John Dorsey Prize, which is awarded by the Department of Art to students of exceptional curatorial promise and who excel in critical thinking. The John Dorsey Prize supports the realization of a single exhibition proposal.
Friday, September 8th
Bart Pushaw, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art History and Archaeology who has been living and researching in Europe for the past two years, curated the exhibition, "Värvide Dirigended: Muusika ja Modernsus Eesti Kunstis - Conductors of Colour: Music and Modernity in... [more]
Friday, August 4th
Sara Berkowitz has been named the Provost's Graduate Assistant Academic Advior of the Year for the Academic Year 2016-2017. Selected from a very competitive pool of candidates, Sara stood out for her "compassion and commitment to each student," which will ring true to all of who have had the pleasure to work with Sara. Sara will be publicly recognized for this honor at the University of Maryland'... [more]
Wednesday, July 26th
Dr. Sarah Mellott Cadagin, a 2017 Ph.D. graduate of the Department, has been named professor of art history at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Cadagin, a specialist in Italian Renaissance art, will begin teaching in September. The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) was founded in 1978 in Savannah, Georgia, and now has additional campuses in Atlanta; Lacoste... [more]
Tuesday, July 25th
Two recent graduates of the Department's Ph.D. program, Steven J. Cody (2015) and Alexandra Libby (2014), are published in the latest issue of artibus et historiae... [more]
Friday, June 2nd
Dr. Kate E. Cowcher, a scholar of the art of Africa during the Cold War and 2017 graduate of Stanford University, has been named by the University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge at The Phillips Collection as the 2017-2018 Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Art History. Dr. Cowcher's revelatory work focuses on the art of the Ethiopian revolution and the negotiation of artists there... [more]
Wednesday, May 31st
Caroline Shields, who recently completed her Ph.D. in the Department under the direction of Professor June Hargrove, has been named Assistant Curator of European Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Congratulations Dr. Shields, and good luck in your new job!
Monday, May 15th
The Smithsonian Instiution recently announced Fellowship Appointments for the 2017-2018 academic year. Among the awardees, Danielle O'Steen is the recipient of the highly competitive and prestigious Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship, which will enable her to... [more]
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