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Dr. Marie Spiro, Associate Professor Emerita, Late Roman and Early Christian Art and Archaeology, passes away
Thursday, October 24th
It is with sadness that we must observe the passing of Dr. Marie Spiro, Associate Professor Emerita, Late Roman and Early Christian Art and Archaeology. A devoted scholar and teacher, Dr. Spiro was a lively and memorable presence for many years in the Department, combining her sharp eye and razor wit with years of field experience in the Mediterranean to expose students to the wonders of ancient-... [more]
Grace Yasumura appointed as SAAM's inaugural Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow
Monday, October 21st
Grace Yasumura, who graduated this past spring with a PhD from the Department, has been named the inaugural Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This position is the first of its kind at the museum and one of two... [more]
Abby Eron explores the lands of Symbolism thanks to a travel abroad grant from CASVA
Monday, September 2nd
Thanks to an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Predoctoral Fellowship for Historians of American Art to Travel Abroad awarded by the Center for Advanced Studies in Visual Arts (CASVA), Abby Eron was able to travel this summer to Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland) and explore the landscapes, cityscapes, and cultural contexts of the turn of the twentieth-century Symbolist movement, which is the... [more]
Bart Pushaw awarded two year post-doctoral fellowship with the Art of Nordic Colonialism project
Tuesday, August 27th
Bart Pushaw (PhD, University of Maryland) has been awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship as part of the Art of Nordic Colonialism project, "which brings together researchers, curators and artists working on art and visual culture related to Nordic colonial projects in the Caribbean, West Africa, India, Greenland, Iceland, and Sápmi." In January Bart will join a team of researchers from... [more]
Marco Polo Juárez Awarded Prestigious Fellowship to Support Dissertation Work
Monday, August 19th
Marco Polo Juárez, who will start the PhD program this fall under the direction of Professor Abigail McEwen, has been awarded a four-year grant supporting the research of Mexican graduate students focusing on the Fine Arts.... [more]
Dr. Abayomi Ola to join the Department as a Frederick Burkhardt ACLS Residential Fellow (2019-2020)!
Friday, July 12th
The Department is delighted to welcome Dr. Abayomi Ola (Associate Professor of Art History, Spelman College) for a year-long residency, beginning in late August. Dr. Ola will be completing his study, Lines of Dissent in Anglophone West Africa, while collaborating with colleagues across campus, including specialists in Anthropology, African and African Diaspora studies, as well as those... [more]
Dr. Joshua Shannon and Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese promoted to Professor and Associate Professor
Tuesday, June 18th
The Department is pleased to share the good news that two of its faculty, Dr. Joshua Shannon and Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese, recently were promoted, respectively, to Professor and Associate Professor.
Dr. Alison Boyd named 2019-20 Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge at The Phillips Collection
Thursday, June 13th
Dr. Alison Boyd, a scholar studying the intersection of multiple modernities in American and European art with a focus on the arts of the African diaspora, the politics of display, and gender theory, has been named by the University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge at The Phillips Collection as the 2019-2020 Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Art History. Dr. Boyd completed her Ph.D in Art... [more]
The Department is pleased to announce the Professor Mark H. Sandler Endowed Undergraduate Experience Award
Monday, June 10th
The Department is delighted to announce the Professor Mark H. Sandler Endowed Undergraduate Experience Award. Thanks to an extremely generous gift from an anonymous donor, the endowed award will provide annual funds for undergraduate students in the Department so that they may supplement and/or cover costs associated with experiential learning opportunities. The award is named for Professor Mark... [more]
Professor Jordana Moore Saggese interviewed in College Art Association News
Wednesday, May 22nd
Professor Jordana Moore Saggese, who just completed her first year here at Maryland on faculty, is profiled in the latest edition of CAA News, covering her teaching philosophy, scholarly work, and her approach to editing the Art Journal (the spring edition of which should be in mailboxes soon!). We're so proud to have her here with us. Check it out!... [more]

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