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Prof. Kris Paulsen Named GADHT 2025-2026 Faculty Leadership Fellow
Prof. Kris Paulsen will serve as the 2025-2026 Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme (GAHDT) Faculty Leadership Fellow. The year’s theme, Automation, Intelligence, Creativity connects…

Prof. Christina Wei-Szu Burke Mathison and Students Give Tour of Exhibition in Thompson Library Special Collections Atrium
In March, Prof. Christina Wei-Szu Burke Mathison and students from her The Art of Modern and Contemporary China course taught in Autumn ’24 gave a tour of the exhibition Mobility,…

History of Art Launches Graduate Certificate in Curatorial Practice
The Department of History of Art has launched a new Graduate Certificate in Contemporary Art and Curatorial Practice. The certificate is open to graduate students in any discipline or…

Dr. Kristen Adams Appointed as Assistant Teaching Professor
The department is delighted to share the fantastic news that the university has approved the hire of Dr. Kristen Adams as Assistant Teaching Professor in History of Art, beginning in August 2024.…

Professor Karl Whittington Conducts Research in France
Professor and Department Chair Karl Whittington conducted research for two weeks in France, as part of his book in progress, Queer Making: Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe. He visited…

PhD Student Cole J. Graham Publishes Article in UC Santa Barbara Publication: React/Review
PhD Student Cole J. Graham has published a peer-reviewed article in react/review: a responsive journal for art & architecture, a journal out of UC Santa Barbara whose fourth volume is entitled…
Professors from UC Irvine and University of Chicago participate in a workshop by Professor Namiko Kunimoto
Professor Bert Winther-Tamaki (University of California, Irvine) and Professor Thomas LaMarre (University of Chicago) traveled to Ohio State to participate in a workshop for Namiko Kunimoto's book…

History of Art students collaborate on MFA Virtual Catalogue
Seven PhD students and one undergraduate student from the History of Art department collaborated with the eight artists exhibiting their work at OSU’s Urban Arts Space as part of the MFA Thesis…

OSU Professors, Students, and Alumni Reunite at College Art Association Conference
A group of OSU professors and students (past and present) attended Professor Namiko Kunimoto’s panel “Re-Animating History in Contemporary East Asian Art” at the College Art Association conference…