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Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Studies 2026-28

Andrew Moisey Published in Journal of Aesthetics & Culture

Dr. Patricia Ekpo Joins Department as Assistant Professor

The Department of History of Art is pleased to welcome Patricia Ekpo (Ph.D. Yale University) as Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Art.

Congratulations to Cornell History of Art PhD graduate Alice Clinch!

Congratulations to Cornell History of Art PhD graduate Kaitlin Emmanuel!

Congratulations History of Art Class of 2025!

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Outstanding faculty win 2025 teaching and advising awards

Among those being recognized for exceptional teaching and mentorship this year are faculty members Begüm Adalet, Claudia Verhoeven, and Marcelo Aguiar.

'I understand truly how interconnected the world and its people are'

Ashley Koca is a Robert S. Harrison College Scholar and also majors in Near Eastern studies and history of art.

Ayesha Matthan presents at the Annual Frick Symposium on the History of Art

Visual Culture Colloquium with Miguel Valerio 4/24/25

Benjamin Anderson Gives Talk at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens

Visual Culture Colloquium with Dana Leibsohn 4/22/25

Pulse of Art History with Zirwat Chowdhury 4/15/2025

History of Art 2025 Senior Honors Thesis Symposium

Pulse of Art History with David Getsy 4/8/2025

Alumna Elizabeth Giorgis, PhD ’10, passed away in Sharjah, UAE, on March 16, 2025.

Hui Yuan, BA '24, Accepted into Harvard Law

Priscila Dantas de Moraes Accepted at American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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History of art staff member publishes research on face pots

Danielle Vander Horst, M.A., '19 will continue her study of Romano-British face pots, pursuing a Ph.D. through Cornell's Employee Degree Program.

History of Art Senior Honors Thesis Symposium 3/21/2025

Join Us for the History of Art Senior Honors Thesis Symposium 3/21/2025

Visual Culture Colloquium with Ricardo Padrón 3/11/25

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Your February 2025 reads

This month’s featured titles include books by A&S faculty and alumni: poetry, a kids’ book about Bali, and a short story collection.

Asli Menevse PhD ’21 is Assistant Professor, Program in Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

Sarah Humphreville, BA and BFA ’09, is Lunder Curator of American Art at the Colby College Museum of Art.

Kaja Tally-Schumacher PhD ’20 joins Harvard Graduate School of Design as an Assistant Professor of Environmental History.

The Findley Lecture with Kathleen Ash-Milby 3/4/2025

Holiday Powers PhD ’15 publishes book on modern art in Morocco

Natasha Bissonauth PhD ’17 joins Emily Carr University as Assistant Professor

Natasha Bissonauth PhD ’17 joined the Emily Carr University in January 2025 as Assistant Professor of Art History in the Faculty of Culture and Community.

The Findley Lecture with Byron Hamann 2/19/2025

Dadi leads Climate Congress symposium with Getty Foundation grant

The conference, in Lahore, Pakistan, featured more than thirty guest scholars, curators, artists, and other practitioners and twenty-seven emerging scholars.

Visual Culture Colloquium with Siobhan Angus 2/11/2025

Kelly Presutti Published in Metropolitan Museum Journal

Kelly Presutti, Assistant Professor in History of Art, Published in Metropolitan Museum Journal

Olivia Kim, BA '26, Presents Original Research at ASOR with Dr. Alison Rittershaus

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Your December 2024 reads

This month’s featured titles include a history Harlem by a government alum and a prof’s memoir about his education under Apartheid.

A painted portrait, from the 17th century, of a confident looking woman wearing an elaborate ruff and dark colored gown

Fashion police dictated gender norms in early modern Genoa

Sumptuary laws – designed to “control luxury clothing consumption and the social ills it could encourage” – constrained women more than they did men.

A story of environmental hope set in Bali

"Borrowing Paradise," a new book for children, brings a community-centered Balinese Hindi ritual to life.

Benjamin Anderson Publishes New Article on Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia: Church, Mosque, Museum; Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History

Elja Sharifi selected as an inaugural member of the Global Community for Women's Leadership

The Institute of International Education (IIE) selected The History of Art Ph.D. Student, Elja Sharifi to be an inaugural member of its Global Community for Women's Leadership (GCWL).