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Professor Emeritus Robert Bruegmann publishes his first novel

Professor Emeritus Robert Bruegmann has published his first novel, Roman Ivory: In Victorian England, Joseph Stapleton, 1st Viscount Barringon, has died unexpectedly, leaving his nineteen-year-old son, Robert, to inherit his title, estate, family business,…

Nineveh, Nebi Yunus. Head of Assyrian gate sculpure (lamassu) during the Iraqi Excavations (May 1990).

Rutgers Art Review publishes interview with Ömür Harmanşah

Rutgers Art Review (The Graduate Journal of Research in Art History) publishes “Bridging Art History and Critical Heritage Studies: A Conversation with Ömür Harmanşah” by Trinidad Rico (Associate Professor and Director of Cultural…

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MA Alumna, Ruth Nelson, publishes a new book!

Ruth Nelson (MA, 2007) has just published a new book; Our Lady of the World’s Fair: Bringing Michelangelo’s Pieta to Queens in 1964 will be released by Cornell University Press next month to…

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New article by Associate Professor Nina Dubin

Associate Professor Nina Dubin publishes “‘Infidelity, Imposture, and Bad Faith’: Reproducing an Insurance Bubble” in Oxford Art Journal. Congratulations, Nina!

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Nora James (M.A. 2024) joins the Kohler Art Center!

Congratulations to Nora James, who has just filed her MA thesis, on accepting a position as  Associate Curator of Learning and Public Programs at the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, WI!…

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Nora James has completed her MA degree!

Nora James finished all requirements and filed her thesis this week, “Alternative Access: Description, Care, and Empathy in the Work of Andy Slater and Carmen Papalia.”    Summary: This project considers a common trait of…

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Welcome to Visiting Lecturer Dr. Macarena Deij Prado

 The Department of Art History is delighted to welcome Dr. Macarena Deij Prado as Visiting Lecturer in Arts of the Americas for the 2024-25 academic year. Dr. Deij Pardo has just received her…

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Maya Clary and Sara Moore receive Munman Research Award

Undergraduate art history majors Maya Clary and Sara Moore are the inaugural recipients of the Robert Munman Award for Student Research in Art History. Maya will use her award to conduct a critical…

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Congratulations to Our 2024 Graduating Majors!!

UIC’s Department of Art History congratulates our 2024 graduating majors: Justin Ayvar Jailine Gomez-Mendoza Alanis Johnson Megan Magennis Jessica Ramirez Isabella Solis Henry Tegethoff We are proud of you, and we wish you…

Art History students receive Grad College awards

Among the Graduate College’s Spring 2024 awardees are two members of the Art History department: Leslie Wooden (PhD Candidate) is a recipient of the Dean’s Scholar Fellowship. Bert Geyer (PhD Student) is a…

Substantive democracy on campus — in which students, faculty members, and staff are meaningful participants in the governance of the university — is the only way to realize the values of academic freedom and freedom of speech that are so widely touted by university leaders and the donors and politicians whom they serve.

Substantive democracy on campus — in which students, faculty members, and staff are meaningful participants in the governance of the university — is the only way to realize the values of academic freedom…

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What are the most meaningless jobs?

Overall, one third of Britons say their job is not making a meaningful contribution to the world In 2015, a YouGov study found that 37% felt that their job “is not making a…

AHGSA Announces Fall 2024 Graduate Student Symposium CFP

The University of Illinois Chicago Art History Graduate Student Association (AHGSA) is thrilled to extend an invitation for paper submissions for the upcoming Graduate Student Symposium: A Planetary Art History: Critical Engagement with…

Ionit Behar (PhD, 2022) featured in the Chicago Reader

Ionit Behar (PhD, 2022), Curator at the DePaul Art Museum, is profiled in this week’s issue of the Chicago Reader. Writer, Ally Fouts, describes her as “an invaluable pillar in the city’s abundant…

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Emmanuel Ortega interviewed in the Chicago Reader

Emmanuel Ortega, Assistant Professor and Marilyn Thoma Scholar in Art of the Spanish Americas, speaks with the Chicago Reader’s Coco Picard about his work curating the show, “Contemporary Ex-Votos: Devotion Beyond Medium,” on…

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Congratulations to Maggie Schuster!

Art History PhD candidate Maggie Schuster has been awarded an inaugural Fellowship for International Research from UIC’s Graduate College. This award of $12,500 will support dissertation research in India. Maggie’s dissertation, “Living Rooms:…