The History of Art and Architecture's 2026-2027 lecture series invites art and architectural scholars to share their unique perspectives on the challenges of collectivity and shared interpretation.
Sponsored by the Charles K Colver Lectureships & Publications Fund.

SYMPOSIUM
October 30-31, 2026
International symposium focusing on questions of identity in the interpretation of Song-Yuan tombs.
Organized by Jeffrey Moser, Associate Professor of Art and Architectural History at Brown and Eiren Shea, Associate Professor of Art History at Grinnell College

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 on ZOOM
An opportunity to gather advice on preparing a graduate application and talk with faculty members and current graduate students in the HIAA PhD program. PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Everything you need to know to research and secure a summer internships in the arts.
REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED

Thursday, November 19, 6:00 pm List 110
Penelope Davies, Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, explores "hostile design" visible in the public architecture of Rome in the late Republic and Empire.
Co-hosted by the History of Art and Architecture and the Classics departments

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
"The Thief Who Stole My Heart: Sacred Bronzes from Chola India"
Vidya Dehejia, Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian Art at Columbia University

"Legacies of a Medieval Walrus Hunt: The Settler-Bishop’s Benediction"
Organized by the Program in Medieval Studies
Thursday September 17, 2026 5:30 pm

HIAA 2025/2026 LECTURE SERIES
Five visiting lecturers speak about their scholarship through the lens of the Implements of Impression theme.
Made possible through the generous support of The Marshall Woods Lectureship Foundation of Fine Arts and The Anita Glass Fund

EXHIBITION
January 8 - June 21, 2026
Yale Center for British Art at Yale University
Curated by HIAA Associate Professor Holly Shaffer and Laurel O. Peterson, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Yale Center for British Art

LECTURE
November 18, 2025, 6:00 pm
"Siphoning the Underground" with Anthony Acciavatti, Diana Balmori Assistant Professor at the Yale University School of Architecture & Panel Discussion with AIA Rhode Island Architects

April 25, 2025
A symposium at Brown University, sponsored by the Program in Early Cultures. Organized by Gretel Rodríguez (Brown University) & Meghan Rubenstein (Colorado College).

April 24, 2025
A co-sponsored, annual architectural lecture presented by the History of Art and Architecture and Visual Arts departments.

September 27 - 28, 2024
Featuring contemporary light artists and architectural lighting designers in celebration of Leo Villareal's luminous art installation at the Lindemann Center.