GAHA Distinguished Lecture - Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld, "Aviation and Japan's Aerial Imagery"
GAHA Distinguished Lecture - Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld, "Aviation and Japan's Aerial Imagery"
The Spring 2023 Graduate Art History Association's Distinguished Lecture will be held on Thursday, February 23rd from 5:00 - 6:15pm. GAHA is proud to present Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld and her work on aerial imagery in Japan. The lecture, "Aviation and Japan's Aerial Imagery," follows closely her latest research for her upcoming publication with The University of Chicago Press: Gas Mask Nation. Described as "A fascinating look at the anxious pleasures of Japanese visual culture during World War II", Gas Mask Nation is a pressing study for our current times.
Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld is professor in the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University. Her work explores the impact of Japan's modern socio-political transformations on artistic production and practice, the cultural formations of nation and empire building, Japanese modernism, and the visual culture of disaster. She is the author of Mavo: Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1905-1931 and Imaging Disaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan’s Great Earthquake of 1923 as well as a core contributing author on MIT’s award-winning website Visualizing Cultures.
The Spring 2023 Graduate Art History Association's Distinguished Lecture will be held on Thursday, February 23rd from 5:00 - 6:15pm. GAHA is proud to present Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld and her work on aerial imagery in Japan. The lecture, "Aviation and Japan's Aerial Imagery," follows closely her latest research for her upcoming publication with The University of Chicago Press: Gas Mask Nation. Described as "A fascinating look at the anxious pleasures of Japanese visual culture during World War II", Gas Mask Nation is a pressing study for our current times.
Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld is professor in the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University. Her work explores the impact of Japan's modern socio-political transformations on artistic production and practice, the cultural formations of nation and empire building, Japanese modernism, and the visual culture of disaster. She is the author of Mavo: Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1905-1931 and Imaging Disaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan’s Great Earthquake of 1923 as well as a core contributing author on MIT’s award-winning website Visualizing Cultures.