Category: Notes from the Chair

The Art History Department and Career Development Office invite all art history majors and those considering the major to: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ART HISTORY CAREER DAY FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011 11:00 am—2:00 pm Woods Studio Learn about careers in curating, museum education, art dealing, auction houses, conservation, editing  and publishing. Four speakers representing four fascinating…

The Draper Organizing Committee presents: “Popular Culture in Early America” Thursday, March 24 – Saturday, March 26 The Fourth James L. and Shirley A. Draper Graduate Student Conference in Early American Studies Sponsored by The Department of History, University of Connecticut and the American Antiquarian Society To register (no charge): http://www.regonline.com/draper2011 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/draperconference2011

While attending the CAA conference this February I had the pleasure of meeting Robert J. Wallis of Richmond: The American International University in London. Headquartered in London Richmond has a number of programs that might be of interest to the art history student such as “Studying Visual Culture in London.”  One can study there for…

The Classics Department presents Bard Ancient Studies Symposium! Prof. Diana Depardo-Minsky invites you to a visual and verbal reflection on the continuing relevance of Rome presented by Roma in Situ (Bard’s class with two weeks in Rome) on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 7:00 pm Olin 102 Rome-inspired Refeshments!

The 2011 CAA Conference is here,  February 9th -12th (Hilton New York, 1335 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY 10019),  and there are a variety of free sessions and events available that would be the perfect option for students on a budget (in terms of time and/or money) who would still like to get a…

Please note that posted on the Requirements section of this blog is a link, under the Senior Project section, to a pdf that contains an abbreviated style sheet for formatting footnotes and bibliographic citations.  This will be especially useful for seniors working on their project.

Film Screening: “Avigdor Arikha,” a documentary film by Patricia Wheatley for the BBC. Followed by a discussion with panelists: John Bjerklie, Independent Artist, New York Burt Brody, Professor, Dept. of Physics, Bard College Rosanna Warren, University Professor and Professor of English and Romance Studies, Boston University Moderator: Noah Chasin, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Art History, Bard…

New Digital Technologies The Haltadefinizione Project provides extremely high definition images of some of the greatest treasures in the history of art. Thanks to the cooperation of several important International technological partners, Haltadefinizione has created a sophisticated process of digital imaging and photography, resulting in reproductions in the sharpest and finest of detail. The images…

First Annual FEMINIST ART HISTORY CONFERENCE AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C. “CONTINUING THE LEGACY: HONORING THE WORK OF NORMA BROUDE AND MARY D. GARRARD” Friday and Saturday November 5 and 6 , 2010 10 sessions with 40 papers Conference is free and open to the Public For more information and registration, see http://www.american.edu/cas/art-history/femconf/index.cfm

Meet Manny, pet of Chair Susan Aberth, the unofficial mascot of the Art History department.  He is a fat-tailed leopard gecko and is very friendly.