History of Art and Architecture

Department Brown Bags

Department brown bags are open to faculty and graduate students in the History of Art & Architecture and affiliated departments.

Brown Bags are held in List Art Center, Room 423 (unless otherwise noted).

All brown bags will be posted on the University calendar. To receive access to this calendar or to receive pre-circulated readings and to inquire about remote attendance, please write to Carina_Haden@brown.edu.

Fall 2024 Brown Bags

Thursday, October 3, 12:00 pm
A lunchtime talk with Cécile Fromont, Professor of History of Art and Architecture Africa, Latin America, and the Early Modern Atlantic at Harvard University.

Thursday, October 17, 12:00 pm
A lunchtime talk sponsored by the Joukowsky Institute given by HIAA Assistant Professor Gretel Rodríguez.

Thursday, October 31, 12:00 pm
A lunchtime career talk with Conor Moynihan, Associate Curator, Prints, Drawings & Photographs at the RISD Museum.

Thursday, November 7, 12:00 pm
Graduate students Margaret Masselli and Isis Kayiga will present work in progress.

 

Spring 2025 Brown Bags

Thursday, February 6, 12:00 pm
A lunchtime talk with Gwendolyn Collaço, Anne S.K. Brown Curator for Military and Society at the Brown University Library.

Thursday, February 20, 12:00 pm
A lunchtime talk sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies with Paul Losensky, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature at Indiana University, Bloomington. Moderated by Margaret Graves, Adrienne Minassian Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture in honor of Marilyn Jenkins-Madina.

Thursday, February 27, 12:00 pm
A lunchtime “work-in-progress” talk given by HIAA PhD candidate, Regina Noto

Thursday, March 6, 12:00 pm
A lunchtime talk sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies with Gwendolyn Collaço, Anne S.K. Brown Curator for Military and Society at the Brown University Library.

Thursday, April 3, 12:00 pm
A lunchtime exhibition tour led by PhD candidate Yannick Etoundi.

Thursday, April 10, 12:00 pm
A lunchtime talk with visiting lecturer Annie Maloney.