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History of Art & Visual Studies Announces the Baskerville Undergraduate Travel Grant

Thanks to the generous support of the Estate of Charles Baskerville, History of Art & Visual Studies is delighted to offer eligible students travel support through the Baskerville Undergraduate Travel Grant. The purpose of these funds is to support student participation in summer experiences or to attend conferences related to their studies in History of Art. Summer experiences can include but are not limited to internships at museums, galleries, or auction houses, archaeological excavations, summer study in a specialty program (e.g. conservation studies), or other relevant professional and academic developmental programs.

Annetta Alexandridis

Classical art historian Annetta Alexandridis dies at 58

Annetta Alexandridis, classical archaeologist and art historian in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, died April 13. Known for her hands-on approach, she was associate director of the Harvard-Cornell Exploration of Ancient Sardis, Türkiye and co-curated the Cornell Plaster Cast Collection.

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Donor’s fund enables dedicated humanities research

Jonathan Zhu, J.D. ’92, whose A.D. White Fellowship allowed him to attend Cornell, has established the Zhu Family Graduate Fellowships supporting humanities doctoral students at Cornell University. Each of the three 2025 fellows – who are pursuing art history, anthropology, and science and technology studies, appreciates that the fellowship’s financial support paired with release from teaching responsibilities allows them the flexibility to pursue research questions as they arise.

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Admitted Class of 2030 seeks real-world impact

Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries. At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.

Pop Art and South Asia Conference in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Pop Art and South Asia Conference in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Pop Art and South Asia  Conference December 15-16, 2025 Jaffna Thiruvalluvar Cultural Center Jaffna, Sri Lanka This conference focuses on South Asian art’s engagement with popular culture from the mid-twentieth century through the present. The rapid development of capitalism, urbanism, media, technology, and mass politics since the late nineteenth century has engendered multiple resonances in the complex societies of South Asia, providing openings for artists to engage with popular social and cultural developments. Here, Pop art is not confined to what is commonly understood in a Western context as engaging primarily with late capitalist consumer culture and media imagery. Rather, Pop artistic practices unfold in the context of uneven development, multiple temporalities, layered aesthetic regimes, within societies that are in rapid and turbulent transition.                

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Objects from famous shipwreck tell deeper stories

La Pérouse’s expedition, wrecked in 1788, was intended to rival those of British explorer Captain James Cook and to bring the French renown in scientific knowledge. Through the visual materials related to the voyage and its wreck, Kelly Presutti tells a larger story about the enterprise of empire.

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