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Art History

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ART HISTOR​Y NEWS​

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Rujivacharakul delivers 'A Sky Apart' at Texas A&M

On Monday, April 12, Professor Vimalin Rujivacharakul will deliver "A Sky Apart" as the final lecture of Texas A&M University's Department of Architecture Spring 2021 Lecture Series.
 

Doctoral candidates present dissertation research at annual forum

Doctoral candidates Jordan Hillman and Rachael Vause will present their dissertation research as part of the 10th Annual Graduate Students' Forum for Research and Creative Endeavors.
 

Medieval Academy of America awards Vause grant

Doctoral candidate Rachael Vause has been selected by the Medieval Academy of America to receive the 2021 Robert and Janet Lumiansky Dissertation Grant.
 
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​ALUMNI PROFILES​

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Michele Frederick

Associate Curator of European Art, North Carolina Museum of Art

Emily Casey

Assistant Professor of Art History, Saint Mary's College of Maryland

Vivien Barnett

Curatorial Assistant, Maryland Center for History and Culture

Nicole Cook

Project Coordinator for Academic Partnerships, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Kristin Wittman

Senior Financial Reporting Analyst, University of Pennsylvania

Anna Marley

Curator of Historical American Art and Director of the Center for the Study of the American Artist at PAFA

Kelly Baum

Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Curator of Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elisabeth Berry Drago

Public History Fellow, Science History Institute

Jennifer Stettler Parsons

Assistant Curator, Florence Griswold Museum

Joy Deibert

Senior Press Officer, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Kristel Smentek

Associate Professor of History, Theory and Criticism, Department of Architecture, MIT

Megan Kuck

Owner and Lead Artisan, Moderncity + Main; Academic Advisor and Instructor, University of Delaware

Amanda Shields

Associate Registrar, Brandywine River Museum of Art

Franklin Kelly

Deputy Director and Chief Curator, National Gallery of Art

​ART HISTORY EVENTS​​

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Anti-Racism Virtual Workshop: Cord Whitaker

Apr. 16th, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Zoom

​With support from the UD Antiracism Initiative (UDARI), the Department of Art History will host Dr. Cord Whitaker, associate professor of English at Wellesley College. Whitaker will help guide our graduate students and faculty in developing anti-racist, anti-colonial and anti-oppression pedagogical methods.

This event is for members of the Department of Art History. Please RSVP to Julia Hamer-Light (juliahl@udel.edu) for Zoom links and reading materials.

 

Anti-Racism Virtual Workshop: Wendy Ng & Syrus Marcus Ware

Apr. 23rd, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Zoom

​With support from the UD Antiracism Initiative (UDARI), the Department of Art History will host Wendy Ng, manager of school programs at the Ontario Science Centre, and Syrus Marcus Ware, artist, activist and museum educator. They will help guide our graduate students and faculty in developing anti-racist, anti-colonial and anti-oppression pedagogical methods.

This event is open to all UD community members. Please RSVP to Anne Cross (across@udel.edu) for Zoom links and reading materials.

 

GSLS: "Ecologies of American Survey Photography"

Apr. 28th, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Zoom

​Elizabeth Hutchinson (Associate Professor, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Barnard College, Columbia University) will present "Ecologies of American Survey Photography" as part of the 2020-2021 Graduate Student Lecture Series.