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Art History MA Alumna Publishes Article in ‘Material Culture Review’

UWM Master’s Alumna Cortney Anderson Kramer has published her article “The Aura of Eccentricity: Reflections on Outsider Art Rhetoric and its Impact on a Critical Discourse” in the latest edition of the Material Culture Review. This article explores the rhetoric of… Read More

Jocelyn Boor Presents Online Lecture for UW Madison

On Friday, October 23rd, Dr. Jocelyn Boor presented a talk as part of the Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series organized by the graduate students in the Department of Anthropology at UW-Madison. Her talk, “Fragmented Reality – Pottery and Agency at… Read More

UWM Art History Alumnus Guest Curates Warehouse MKE Exhibition

Join us in congratulating UWM Art History MA Alum Nick Pipho, who is guest curating a new exhibition at The Warehouse MKE! Take a look below for more information! I Am a Story: Self-Portraits

Professor Tiffany Invited to Speak for the Prado Museum

Professor Tanya Tiffany of the UWM Department of Art History is one of the invited speakers in a series of lectures on Velázquez. The series is entitled ‘Ciclo de Conferencias Francisco Calvo Serraller,’ and is hosted by the Amigos del… Read More

UWM Art History Grad Awarded Fellowship

UWM Art History graduate Aisha Motlani has been awarded the prestigious Leading Edge Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. Please join us in congratulating Aisha on this honor! https://www.acls.org/research/fellow.aspx?cid=3B84913C-5FEC-EA11-A817-000D3A33F858

Recent MA Grad Named Member Engagement Coordinator at MOWA

Recent UWM Art History MA Graduate Heather Sheets Hanlon has been named as the newest Member Engagement Coordinator at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. Heather works in the development department to help create membership initiatives surrounding MOWA’s… Read More

UWM Art History Graduate Student Presenting at AskHistorians Conference

UWM Art History graduate student Gabrielle Berman will be presenting at the AskHistorians conference, taking place online September 15-17. Gaby will be discussing Hufu clothing in China. Congratulations, Gaby! Please see the link below for further information about AskHistorians.   … Read More

Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany is Recipient of NEH Grant

Many congratulations to UWM Art History Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany, and her Brown University colleague Dr. Laura Bass! They are recipients of the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts grant in support of their project “The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century… Read More

Johung and Wells Promoted

Congratulations to newly titled Professor Jennifer Johung and Associate Professor Katharine (Kay) Wells for successfully navigating the promotion and tenure process here at  UW-Milwaukee. These are well-deserved distinctions, and we are very proud to have these incredible instructors in our… Read More

Professor Counts Awarded UWM Distinguished Service Award

Our esteemed colleague, fearless leader, and department Chair, Derek Counts, has been awarded UWM’s Distinguished University Service Award! This award recognizes outstanding service to the University community. Many congratulations to Derek. The Department of Art History is very fortunate to… Read More