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Dominic Bate and Sophie Higgerson speak at conferences on April 8-9, 2022

The Department of the History of Art and Architecture has a lively start to the month of April. Not only do we host the next installment of the On Speculation lecture series, but graduate students Dominic Bate and Sophie Higgerson also present...

“A future inflected with race”: Mpho Matsipa on Black time and African spatialities

The On Speculation lecture series continues with educator, researcher, and curator, Dr. Mpho Matsipa. She presents “Black Time and African Spatialities” on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 5:30 pm, in Petteruti Lounge. 

In this talk,...

Professor Kinias receives the Medieval Academy’s Olivia Remie Constable Award

Professor Erica Kinias is one of just four recipients of the 2022 Olivia Remie Constable Award. Sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America, this prize supports the research of...

Professor Rodríguez receives Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art

On March 23, 2022, Professor Gretel Rodríguez was named one of the ten 2022 recipients of the Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art....

Postponed: Black Bodies, White Gold

The Department of the History of Art and Architecture, the Department of Africana Studies, the Department of History, and the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice are very sorry to postpone Princeton University Professor, Anna Arabindan-...

Wednesday, April 13: Anna Arabindan-Kesson looks at the cotton trade and depictions of the Black body

This event was originally scheduled to take place on March 16, 2022, and was postponed due to an emergency.

On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, Princeton University Professor Anna Arabindan-Kesson presents, “Black Bodies, White Gold:...

Professor Osayimwese moderates panel at Mellon Sawyer Seminar conference

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, and the Africana Studies Department’s Rite and Reasons Theatre present Histories of Migration and Violence in Latin America and the...

Mabel Wilson delivers first annual Spear Lecture

How does one remember contested histories, such as that of slavery, whose material evidence has been deliberately destroyed, whose traces may be “hidden in plain sight” — to quote NMAAHC Founding Director, Lonnie Bunch — or whose recollection may...

Jinah Kim presents in conjunction with Pembroke Seminar on “Color”

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, Harvard University Professor Jinah Kim presents, “Color Coding Knowledge: Five Colors of Indian Esoteric Buddhism.” The Pembroke Seminar hosts this lecture in conjunction with its 2021-2022 Seminar on Color, co-led by...

Joukowsky Institute welcomes archaeology-inspired art for upcoming exhibit

The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World seeks submissions for The Stories Objects Tell, a campus-wide art show that responds to the question:...

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