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Professor Gertsman Wins the Diekhoff Mentoring Award

April 28, 2019

Professor Elina Gertsman's exceptional mentoring has been acknowledged very publicly by Provost Vinson! Dr. Gertsman is the recipient of the 2019 John S. Diekhoff Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring. The John S. Diekhoff Mentoring Award is presented to two full-time faculty members who make exemplary contributions to the...

William Harper Lecture

April 14, 2019

World-renown artist William Harper gave a fascinating lecture on campus, on April 8, 2019, to a packed crowd. He explained some of the vast array of global sources that he uses for inspiration for his work, and discussed aspects of his working practice. Professor Henry Adams gave a scintillating...

Civil Engineering/Pre-Architecture Graduate heads to graduate architecture program

April 14, 2019

We are proud that 2017 alumna Meghann McMahon will be attending the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Virginia this coming fall. Meghann graduated with a double major in Civil Engineering and Pre-Architecture. What is particularly notable about this is that the programs are in two different...

Assistant Professor Eunyoung Park

April 5, 2019

Assistant Professor Eunyoung Park is a finalist for the John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching. Congratulations to Professor Park — what an honor to receive this nomination during one’s first year in the department!

Lauryn Smith Selected for the Rijksmuseum and Netherlands Institute of Art History Summer School Program

March 31, 2019

Lauryn Smith, a third-year doctoral student in early modern Dutch and Flemish art, is one of fifteen emerging professionals who were selected to participate in the Rijksmuseum and Netherlands Institute of Art History (RKD) Summer School Program, “Northern Renaissance Art: Collections, Research, and Recent Developments.” Lauryn was awarded a...

Lauren Lovings-Gomez Awarded the Eva L. Pancoast Memorial Fellowship!

March 30, 2019

Lauren Lovings-Gomez, a second-year MA student in Art History and Museum Studies, has been awarded the Eva L. Pancoast Memorial Fellowship! This fellowship will enable Lauren to travel to England this fall to view the “Pre-Raphaelite Sisters” exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, as well as to visit additional...

Professors Erin Benay and Maggie Popkin nominated for prestigious undergraduate teaching and mentoring awards

March 29, 2019

The art history faculty at CWRU is deeply committed to undergraduate education, and this commitment has earned recognition for two departmental faculty members. Erin Benay, Climo Assistant Professor, has been nominated for the 2019 Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, which honors faculty who have demonstrated excellence...

Global Collaborations

March 29, 2019

On March 8, Professor Elina Gertsman and Dr. Sonya Mace (Cleveland Museum of Art) presented their joint paper, “The Global Middle Ages in the Classroom: Expanding Geographies, Challenging Borders” at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America. On Sunday, March 10th, they were discussants at the...

Professor Vincent Debiais’ Lecture

March 29, 2019

Professor Vincent Debiais (EHESS, Paris / Stanford University) is giving a lecture title "Images of Silence in Medieval Art: Visual Approaches to Theology and Practices" on Monday, May 13, at 4:30 PM at Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, in Clark 206.

Summer Paris Study Abroad Trip

March 23, 2019

Kylie Fisher’s Award From the Walter Read Hovey Memorial Fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation

March 23, 2019

Kylie Fisher, a Ph.D. candidate in early modern Italian art, received a scholarship award from the Walter Read Hovey Memorial Fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation to help fund her dissertation research in Europe this summer. Kylie's dissertation, advised by Professor Erin Benay, explores the formidable role that engravings played in how...

The Cleveland Symposium

March 16, 2019

The Cleveland Symposium is hosted each fall by the Case Western Reserve University–Cleveland Museum of Art Joint Graduate Program in Art History and Museum Studies. It began in 1974 as the Ohio Area Student Symposium and included presentations by art history students from Ohio and the surrounding regions. Now...

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Professor Gertsman Wins the Diekhoff Mentoring Award

William Harper Lecture

Civil Engineering/Pre-Architecture Graduate heads to graduate architecture program

Assistant Professor Eunyoung Park

Lauryn Smith Selected for the Rijksmuseum and Netherlands Institute of Art History Summer School Program

Lauren Lovings-Gomez Awarded the Eva L. Pancoast Memorial Fellowship!

Professors Erin Benay and Maggie Popkin nominated for prestigious undergraduate teaching and mentoring awards

Global Collaborations

Professor Vincent Debiais’ Lecture

Summer Paris Study Abroad Trip

Kylie Fisher’s Award From the Walter Read Hovey Memorial Fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation

The Cleveland Symposium

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