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Armstrong participates in Graduate Seminar at Newberry Library

This semester, graduate student and teaching assistant, Abby Armstrong, has been attending a Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies ten-week Graduate seminar, entitled “Gender, Bodies, and the Body Politic in Medieval Europe”, at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL.

Art History Featured in L&S In Focus

The Department of Art History was featured in the November 2016 edition of the College of Letters & Science In Focus monthly newsletter.

A Message from the UWM Department of Art History to our Students and Community Partners with a Call to Join the Conversation

A Statement from the UWM Department of Art History concerning our continuing commitment to our principles

Siercks adopts art from UWM Art Collection

Dan Siercks adopted multiple objects from the the UWM Art Collection Adopt Art program in honor of his wife, art history BA 2011/MA 2013 alumna, Elizabeth Siercks.

Suneja visits ARTHIST 425: Romanesque Art and Architecture

On Monday, October 24, Richard Leson’s ARTHIST 425: Romanesque Art and Architecture welcomed Cary Suneja, a bookbinder and owner of Tea Cup Bindery in Menomonee Falls.

Counts publishes Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future

Professor and chair, Derek Counts, co-edited a new book, Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: The Potential of Digital Archaeology, with his colleagues Erin W. Averett (Creighton University) and Jody M. Gordon (Wentworth Institute of Technology).

Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: The Potential of Digital Archaeology

Author: Derek Counts, Professor  (with E. W. Averett [Creighton University] and Jody Michael Gordon [Wentworth Institute of Technology]) Publisher: Digital Press at the University of North Dakota Year: 2016 More information

Armstrong exhibit featured on NARM

Graduate student and teaching assistant Abby Armstrong’s recent exhibition, “Religion and Neo-medievalism in Roualt’s Miserere”, curated during her time as an intern with Marquette University’s Haggerty Museum of Art, was mentioned by the North American Reciprocal Museum Association (NARM)’s Facebook page and “Featured Exhibitions” Pinterest board on October 24, 2016.

ARTHIST 700 presents on objects from UWM Art Collection

On Tuesday, October 11, Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany’s ARTHIST 700: Proseminar visited the UWM Art History Gallery for student presentations on objects from the UWM Art Collection.

Rozema presents at MRGSA conference in Ohio

October 15-16, graduate student and teaching assistant, Kelsey Rozema, attended The Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association (MRGSA) Conference on Intersectionality at Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio. She presented her paper The Body and the Power of the Court Dwarf and… Read More