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.

"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

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

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, December 1, 2026
Everything you need to know to research and secure a summer internships in the arts.
REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED

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.