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Prof. Jody Patterson wins 2025 Ratner Award for Distinguished Teaching
Associate Professor Jody Patterson was recently awarded a 2025 Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award. The Ratner Awards are presented annually for outstanding teaching by tenure-…
Prof. Karl Whittington and PhD Student Tony del Aversano Present at Clark Art Institute
Prof. Karl Whittington and PhD student Tony del Aversano presented research at a symposium at the Clark Art Institute on Friday April 11, 2025. The symposium, “Queer Palimpsests: Rewriting…
Professor Namiko Kunimoto Presents at The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami
On March 29, Professor Namiko Kunimoto presented a talk titled Tanaami Keiichi: Commerical War (and Chickens) at the The Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami. Below is a summary of the talk,…
Prof. Sam Aranke wins MLA book award
Associate Professor Sam Aranke has won a major award from the MLA (Modern Language Association) for her book, Death’s Futurity: The Visual Life of Black Power, published last year. The award is…
Distinguished University Professor Emerita Julia Andrews Lectures at Fondation Giacometti
On November 27, Distinguished University Professor Emerita Julia Andrews delivered a lecture at the Foundation Giacometti in Paris. Her talk, titled: “The Lure of the West: Chinese Modernists and…
Professor Namiko Kunimoto Receives FirstGen Scholar Grant
Professor Namiko Kunimoto received a FirstGen Scholar Grant for her book, Imperial Animations in Transpacific Art, forthcoming from the University of California Press.
Professors Aranke and Jones Contribute to Driskell Center Exhibition
Professors Aranke and Jones, co-conveners of the Samella Lewis Initiative, are featured contributors to the exhibition “Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies” now on view at the David C. Driskell Center…
Professor Namiko Kunimoto in News in Japan for Virtual Talk
Professor Namiko Kunimoto was featured on the news in Japan for giving a virtual talk on Shiraga Kazuo on the 100th memorial of his birth at the Amagasaki Cultural Center.
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Professor Kris Paulsen Contributes Essay to New Book on Photographer Debi Cornwall
Professor Kris Paulsen contributed an essay, “Simulating Citizenship,” to a new book on Debi Cornwall, Model Citizens. Cornwall’s new body of work takes “the United States as a case study into a…