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 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.
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.
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.
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's writing will appear in the exhibition catalogue for “Matisse & the Sea,” taking place at the Saint Louis Art Museum this spring.
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 chaired a panel and presented part of her dissertation at the Middle East Studies Association annual meeting this past November in Montréal.
Jay Buchanan undertook a Mentored Professional Experience in Fall 2023, serving as Art Exhibition Project Manager for Moving Stories.
The experience combined professional development with historical insights on how artists, arts workers, and arts organizations relate today.
The exhibition opens on February 17, 2024.
Dr. Childs received the Rotating Graduate Studio Award from the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity for the Spring of 2025.