College of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations to Professor Popkin on Dame Mary Beard’s review of Popkin’s new book, Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome, in the Times Literary Supplement. As Beard notes, Popkin’s book is "particularly eloquent" and showcases “a truly unexpected range of ancient memorabilia.” Read the review here.

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Congratulations to Rebekkah Hart, a newly accepted PhD student in medieval art joining us this fall, for winning the second-place paper prize at this year's Vagantes Conference! Her paper, entitled "Holy Healing: English Alabaster St. John's Heads (c. 1430-1550) and Remedial Ingestion," explores the intersection of devotional practices and...

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This undergraduate course will examine major monuments of the Global агt tradition from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe from са. 1400 to the present. The course will focus primarily on changes and de­velopments in the major arts of architecture, sculpture, and painting; although other media, such as mosaics,...

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Graduating Senior Jordan David was accepted into Williams College Art History Masters program. This includes an 8-hour-a-week fellowship at one of Williams's art institutions. Huge congratulations! Image: Michael Joo, Salt Transfer Cycle, 1993

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Congratulations to Professor Maggie Popkin on the publication of her most recent book, Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome. Professor Popkin's book, published by Cambridge University Press, investigates the fascinating world of Roman souvenirs, a unique resource for exploring the experiences, interests, imaginations, and aspirations of a broad range of...

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Ben Levy, who has been named the Keithly Fellow in Community-Engaged Art History.  Thanks to the tremendous generosity of Joe and Nancy Keithley, Ben will work on cataloging the vast collection of contemporary prints in the Zygote Press archive this summer.  

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Arielle Suskin was accepted into the 2022 cohort of the Summer Institute for Technical Studies in Art (SITSA) at the Harvard Art Museums. The Summer Institute for Technical Studies in Art is an inten­sive two-week workshop for a cohort of 15 pre-doctoral art historians. This year's topic is replication...

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CONGRATULATIONS to all of our spectacular undergraduate majors in Art History and to those who shared their work at the Undergraduate Research Showcase on Friday. Emily Belina, Grace Bentley, and DavidPatrick Ryan were awarded departmental prizes for their accomplishments this year!                         Photo: students in Prof. Rager's Majors Seminar gather in...

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Undergraduate Art History major Elie Stenson has published another fantastic exhibition review, this time about the Currents & Constellations show now on view at the CMA. Read more here: https://observer.case.edu/currents-and-constellations-black-art-in-focus-sets-new-standard-for-narrative-art-exhibits/

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On April 9, the storied Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, held on the topic of Contact / Touch, featured not one but two plenary speakers from Case Western Reserve University: Professors Elina Gertsman (Art History) and Gabrielle Bychowsky (English). In the afternoon, after the plenary reading, Prof. Bychowsky spoke with the...

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