History of Art and Architecture
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PhD Alumni Emily Monty, now a Judith Harris Murphy Assistant and Professor of Early Modern European Art at the University of Kansas was featured in the Kress Foundation Department of Art History newsletter.
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Professor Anthony Bogues and Graduate student Yannick Etoundi premiere documentary, "Unfinished Conversations," in accompaniment of the exhibition "In Slavery's Wake" at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a global story. Initiated by Affiliated Professor and CSSJ Director Anthony Bogues, assisted by HIAA graduate student, Yannick Etoundi.
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What is the future of the history and art of the distant past? For decades, art and architectural historians have discussed declining interest in the study of topics prior to the modern era and the growing emphasis among emerging scholars and in current undergraduate curricula on modern and contemporary art.
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Statement of Purpose Workshop

In our ongoing effort to nurture more inclusive communities in and through the study of the history of art and the history of architecture, the Department of the History of Art & Architecture at Brown University is actively seeking PhD applicants from widely different backgrounds.
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Book review: "Architecture Against Democracy"

Read this book review referencing Professor Itohan Osayimwese's chapter, “Afro-Caribbean Migration and Detention at Ellis Island,” published in "Architecture against Democracy: Aesthetics, Nationalism, and Power," 140-62, edited by Reinhold Martin and Claire Zimmerman for University of Minnesota Press, 2024.
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The Discreet Charm of the Old Indies

A tropical menagerie set in a lush landscape surrounds almost imperceptible human characters and architectural structures in the eight tableaux of the "Old Indies", a Baroque tapestry from the French Royal Factory of the Gobelins.
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Light in Art & Architecture, A Symposium

Sponsored by the Department of the History of Art and Architecture and the Brown Arts Institute, we welcome you to participate in the second installment of IGNITE events in the History of Art and Architecture Department, a two-day symposium celebrating Leo Villareal's luminous art installation at The Lindemann Performing Arts Center, "Infinite Composition".
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Architecture Concentrator Senior Exhibition

On Friday, May 17th, senior architecture concentrators will open an exhibition of their work at 271 Thayer Street. Refreshments will be provided; all are welcome!
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HIAA Honors Presentations

Honors students in the Department of the History of Art & Architecture will present their theses/capstones. Reception to follow; all are welcome!
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This seminar and public gathering explored the concept of “The Glass Mosque” by way of the hand, storytelling and the book arts, composition and sound, and art and architectural history. This event brought the public together with students in the course to think alongside artist Shahzia Sikander and Professor Holly Shaffer.
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Graduate student Fosca Maddaloni to Present at the 2024 Frick Symposium on the History of Art. Her talk is titled “Emblematic Pairs: Sixteenth-Century Affective Encounters of Porcelain and Metalwork”.
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A fundamental dimension of divine essence in ancient Mediterranean beliefs is the radiance of divine beings. How was it experienced in ritual practice? And how did space, natural or artificial, condition modes of interaction with the divine?
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Graduate student Mohadeseh Salari Sardari was recently published in the Iranian Studies Journal (Cambridge University Press). Her article is titled "Andre Godard and Maxime Siroux: Disentangling the Narrative of French Colonialism and Modern Architecture in Iran".
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