Dr. Nicola Aravecchia Delivers A Paper at the Institut national d’histoire de l’art in Paris
The paper was part of the roundtable "Rethinking Change: Egypt's Western Desert Oases in Late Antiquity" organized by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Professor Kristina Kleutghen published an article in the 2026 issue of Getty Research Journal
The article was titled "Adding Works to Words: A Letter About Qing Court Painter Jean-Denis Attiret, S.J. (1702–68) in the Getty Research Institute.”
Dr. Nicola Aravecchia Delivers a Paper on Amheida
Professor Nicola Aravecchia recently spoke at the 13th International Congress of Coptic Studies.
The Department of Art History and Archaeology Honors Professor Angela Miller
Professor Miller is retiring after nearly 40 years teaching at Washington University.
Professor Nicola Aravecchia Speaks at Seoul National University
The lecture was part of Seoul National University's “Prestigious Foreign Scholars’ Initiative”
Professor Childs Delivers the Mark S. Weil Memorial Lecture at the Jamestown Art Center
Mark Steinberg Weil was an emeritus professor in Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis. The lecture was established in his memory by his wife, the artist and WashU emeritus Sam Fox School faculty member Joan Hall.
First-Year Seminar: "Beethoven and van Gogh: Myths of Creativity, Genius and Madness" is a Fall 2026 Course Recommendation in Student Life!
The course is taught by Dr. Elizabeth Childs in the Department of Art History and Archaeology, and Dr. Alex Stefaniak in the Department of Music.
Dr. Nicola Aravecchia delivers two lectures in Fall 2025
The lectures were both held at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)
Dr. Claudia Swan Delivers the Lecture "Morbid Wonders/Spectacular Procreation: The Art and Science of Rachel Ruysch.”
The lecture was in celebration of a Ruysch exhibition at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.
Dr. Nathaniel Jones Co-Edits Relief in Greek, Roman, and Late Antique Art
The book is Volume 40 in the Yale Classical Studies series
The Department of Art History and Archaeology 2024-2025 Newsletter is Now Available
The newsletter details the many accomplishments and activities of our faculty, students, and staff
Rethinking Gauguin
When Paul Gauguin died almost 125 years ago, his artistic reputation did not assume the global stature it would later attain. With her current book project, Faculty Fellow Elizabeth C. Childs (Art History and Archaeology) presents the story of how — through dealers, exhibitions, collectors and shifting critical attitudes — Gauguin’s art moved from relative obscurity to a defining position in narratives of European modernism.