2020-2021 Newsletter of the Department of Art History and Archaeology
The second volume of the newsletter for the Department of Art History and Archaeology was published in August 2021.
News
Undergraduate Student Gloria Jin Publishes Paper in the Northwestern Art Review
Undergraduate student publishes paper about the Imperial Court of Maria Theresa.
Recent PhD Orin Zahra Interviewed for The Art Newspaper's "The Week in Art" Podcast
Orin Zahra discusses three photographs from the series SHE by Rania Matar.
PhD Alum Amanda Beresford Publishes Essay on Picasso's Femmes
The essay is included in the catalogue of the exhibition "Picasso & Les Femmes d'Alger" at the Museum Berggruen, Berlin.
Professor Elizabeth Childs Co-Organizes International Symposium
The topic was “Crossing Borders, Constructing Canons: ‘Post-Impressionism’ in Britain, America and Beyond.”
Dr. Nicola Aravecchia is interviewed by Dunbarton Oaks
Dr. Aravecchia discussed his work in the Dakhla Oasis.
Undergraduate Art History Prizes Awarded
Four graduating seniors received prizes for excellence in Art History
Maggie Crosland Joins the Department as the Etta Steinberg Postdoctoral Fellow in Medieval Art
2021 Graduating Art History Majors Share Their Future Plans
Our graduating majors on what's next!
Congratulations to Incoming PhD Student Caitlin Petty
Caitlin Petty wins award from Syracuse University
Department alum Jack Radley works with the Canal Street Research Association
Jack is mentioned in a New York Times article about his work with the group.
AM Students Emily Bryan and Jenny Wu reflect on challenges and achievements of a degree completed in a pandemic
Bryan and Wu started together in the department in the fall of 2019, and had just one normal semester before COVID changed everything. Here they recount how they made the best of a weird situation.