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Five Department Members will be Presenting at the 2024 CAA Conference

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Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Maggie Crosland, Ph.D. student Jessica Baran, Ph.D. candidate Hoyon Mephokee, Ph.D. 2023, Julie James, and Ph.D. student Jay Buchanan will be presenting their papers at the 2024 CAA conference in Chicago.

Lacy Murphy has been awarded The Mark Tessler Graduate Student Prize for her paper, “A Visual Battleground with Multiple Fronts: World War II Propaganda in French Algeria.”

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The American Institute of Maghrib Studies (AIMS) has awarded Lacy Murphy The Mark Tessler Graduate Student Prize for her paper, “A Visual Battleground with Multiple Fronts: World War II Propaganda in French Algeria.”

Helen Molesworth Invites Dr. Claudia Swan to Discuss Vermeer on her Dialogues Podcast

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Helen invited writer Lawrence Weschler and art historian Claudia Swan to interrogate what is at stake—politically, financially, and art historically—in reattributing works by Vermeer.

Join us for the Opening Celebration of Moving Stories in the Making at the Luminary

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We invite you to The Luminary this Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, for an opening celebration of Moving Stories in the Making: An Exhibition of Migration Narratives. The space will be open from 2-5pm.

Graduate Students Claire Lyman and Mary Sulavik join Dr. Aravecchia in Amheida this January

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Department of Art History and Archaeology graduate students Claire Lyman and Mary Sulavik joined Dr. Nicola Aravecchia, Archaeological Director of the Amheida project, on a trip to the ancient site of Amheida in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis.

PhD Candidate Jay Buchanan Will Be Presenting at the 2024 CAA Conference

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Jay Buchanan will be presenting at the 2024 CAA conference. Jay’s paper, “Xiyadie's Gate: Antimonumentalizing Tian'anmen and Papercutting Queer Endurance” will conclude the "Queer Monuments" panel chaired by Blake Oetting (NYU-IFA) and Dr. Nick Morgan (Hampden-Sydney).

Lacy Murphy's Writing will Appear in the Exhibition Catalogue for "Matisse & the Sea"

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Lacy's writing will appear in the exhibition catalogue for “Matisse & the Sea,” taking place at the Saint Louis Art Museum this spring.

Lacy will Teach Two Lectures for the Department this Spring

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Lacy will be teaching two lectures for the Department this Spring: "The "Orient": Europe and Islamic Art from 1851 to Today" and "By Sea and Sand: Modern Art in the Mediterranean."

Lacy Murphy Presents her Successfully Defended Dissertation at the Middle East Studies Association

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Lacy Murphy chaired a panel and presented part of her dissertation at the Middle East Studies Association annual meeting this past November in Montréal.

Jay Buchanan serves as Art Exhibition Project for Moving Stories

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Jay Buchanan undertook a Mentored Professional Experience in Fall 2023, serving as Art Exhibition Project Manager for Moving Stories.

Jay Buchanan Interns at Pulitzer Arts Foundation in Fall of 2023

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The experience combined professional development with historical insights on how artists, arts workers, and arts organizations relate today.

Dr. John Klein will give a lecture and publish an essay in conjunction with the "Matisse and the Sea" exhibition at SLAM

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The exhibition opens on February 17, 2024.