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PhD Candidate Hoyon Mephokee publishes on the Center for Humanities Blog

4.15.26

The post comes out of his dissertation research

The Department of Art History and Archaeology 2024-2025 Newsletter is Now Available

11.20.25

The newsletter details the many accomplishments and activities of our faculty, students, and staff

Dr. Lindsey Sheedy (PhD 2021) Starts New Role at the John Michael Kohler Art Center

11.14.25

Lindsey is the new Grants Manager at the JMKAC

PhD Candidate Hoyon Mephokee Receives a Mark S. Weil and Joan M. Hall Dissertation Grant

8.5.25

Hoyon used the grant to spend July 2025 conducting research in France.

Dr. Mia Laufer (PhD 2019) Named Irene Leache Curator of European Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art

3.10.25

Following an extensive nationwide search, Laufer officially joined the Chrysler Museum on January 13, 2025.

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

1.29.24

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).

Jay Buchanan serves as Art Exhibition Project Manager for Moving Stories

1.26.24

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

1.26.24

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

Graduate Students Hoyon Mephokee, Brooke Eastman, and Elizabeth Mangone Speak at SLAM

4.27.23

Three graduate students gave pop-up talks at the Saint Louis Art Museum's event Shared Muses: Nature, Music, and Art on Saturday, April 22.

The Art History and Archaeology Department Visits Cleveland!

4.20.23

The field trip was supported by a generous gift from a recent alumna.

PhD Candidate Lacy Murphy to Participate in the National Humanities Alliance Conference

3.14.23

The Annual Meeting brings together faculty, administrators, and representatives from scholarly societies, museums, archives, and other humanities organizations to build their capacity to advocate for the humanities

Second-year PhD student Katie DiDomenico publishes two Google Arts & Culture Stories

1.18.23

Second-year PhD student Katie DiDomenico recently had two stories published on Google Arts & Culture about art in Cleveland