Congrats to the Spring 2017 MA Graduate!
The Department of Art History congratulates the following Spring 2017 MA graduate!
Richard Leson
Art Exposé: Richard Leson
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, the UWM Art History Gallery hosted Art Exposé.
Armstrong uses Hayes Award to research in Laon
Graduate Student Abby Armstrong is writing her thesis on the Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Chapel in Laon Cathedral, in Laon, France, by the late medieval woman, Joan of Flanders, under the supervision of Associate Professor Richard Leson. Thanks to the generous contribution of the Jeffrey R. Hayes Award, she traveled to France this past January to visit the chapel in Laon.
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.
Professor Leson gives a lecture in Denmark, hangs out with Saint Canute
In late June / early July, Associate Professor Richard Leson gave a paper on illuminated manuscripts of Guillaume de Tyr’s Histoire d’Outremer at the quadrennial meeting of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East.
UWM Art Collection offers some surprising finds
Check out a recent article about the UWM Art Collection from the UWM Report.
Art History Featured in L&S In Focus
The Department of Art History was featured in the May 2016 edition of the College of Letters & Science In Focus monthly newsletter.
Congrats to Spring 2016 MA Graduates!
The Department of Art History wants to congratulate the following Spring 2015 MA graduates:
2015 Lawrence R. Hoey Memorial Prize
The 2015 Hoey Prize winner, Marianna Cecere, accepted the award at the reading of her paper, “Knowledge and hubris: the Astronomers miniature in the Psalter of Blanche of Castile” on Wednesday, April 27, 2016.
Art History Featured in L&S In Focus
The Department of Art History was featured in the March 2016 edition of the College of Letters & Science In Focus monthly newsletter.