Goldberg Lecturer Margaret Miles Addresses Augustan Renewal in Athens on January 21

Archaeologist Margaret Miles, Professor of Art History and Classics, University of California, Irvine, will deliver the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture in Art History entitled “Transferred Temples and Augustan Renewal in Athens” on Thursday, January 21, at 4:10 pm in Cohen Memorial Hall, room  203.  A reception will follow in the Cohen atrium….

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 8, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Studio VU Lecture Series Features Regina Agu on January 20 in Ingram Studio Arts Center

Artist Regina Agu’s work explores the intersection of memory and history, with interests in the production, performance, and archiving of historical narratives, personal memory, and collective memory.   Agu will present a lecture at 7 pm on Wednesday, January 20, in Room 220 of the Ingram Studio Arts Center on the Vanderbilt campus. Agu works across…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 8, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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HART Major and Library Dean’s Fellow Haley Brown on CBAA Conference Panel January 8

Haley Brown, History of Art major (Class of 2016) and Library Dean’s Fellow, will present Contemporary Artists’ Books in Digital Humanities Projects at Vanderbilt in a panel session on Friday, January 8, at the 2016 College Book Art Association National Conference.  The session, entitled  “Visualizing Collections:  Artists’ Books at Vanderbilt’s Heard Library,” will be held…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 7, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Mireille Lee Presents Paper on Classical Sculpture and Eugenics

Mireille Lee, assistant professor of history of art, will present a paper entitled “Classical Sculpture and Eugenics at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco” at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America held January 6-9 in San Francisco. Her paper analyzes the use of classical sculpture and classicizing imagery in the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 6, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Riyaz Latif Opens Conference with Talk on the Narrative Worlds of Islam in Ink, Silk and Gold

Riyaz Latif, Mellon Assistant Professor of History of Art, will give the keynote talk on Thursday, January 7, at 6:30 pm at the opening event of the College Book Art Association’s National Conference held at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.  His talk, entitled Narrative Worlds of Islam in Ink, Silk and Gold, will…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 5, 2016 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, VRC

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Christopher Johns Lectures at Washington University on Making of Saints in Enlightenment Rome

Christopher M. S. Johns, Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of History of Art, delivered the lecture “Art, Medicine and the Making of Saints in Enlightenment Rome” at Washington University in Saint Louis last month. Johns’ paper focused on the changes in procedures to make saints during the Enlightenment based on new medical knowledge…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on January 4, 2016 in HART, Lectures, VRC

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Tracy Miller Lectures on Chinese Architectural History in Beijing

Tracy Miller, associate professor of history of art, was invited to present two lectures on Chinese architectural history at Beijing Technical University (Beijing Gongye daxue) on December 7. The first lecture was titled “Perfect Geometries and the Blossoming of Buddhist Ritual Space in Medieval China.”   Her other lecture addressed “The New Wheel-Turning Song of Heaven: …

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on December 23, 2015 in HART, Lectures, VRC

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Tracy Miller Delivers Lecture at Ringling Museum of Art

Tracy Miller, associate professor of history of art, presented a lecture last month in conjunction with the new exhibition of Ming court art at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, FL.   Her lecture, entitled “Architecture and the Yongle Emperor’s (r. 1402-1424) Imperial Vision,” was one of several presentations by noted Ming Dynasty scholars…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on December 23, 2015 in HART, Lectures, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Jalen Chang Awarded Fall 2015 Downing Grant

Jalen Chang, an Arts and Science senior and HART major, has received a Downing Grant for travel during the fall semester to Hamburg and Dresden, Germany for research on his Honors thesis, Nationalism in Context—Viewing Friedrich’s Landscapes in their Homeland.  Chang’s Honors thesis advisor is Christopher Johns, the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 11, 2015 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Susan Kane Lectures on Threats to Libya’s Cultural Heritage

Cyrene, Leptis Magna, Sabratha, Ghadames.  Stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the heart of the Sahara, Libya was a crossroads for many ancient cultures, including the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans.  Today Libya’s cultural heritage is facing significant threats and damage.  Since the revolution of 2011, these dangers include not only unmanaged, unregulated development, but also…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 11, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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