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Meghaa Ballakrishnen (PhD ’24) Appointed Assistant Professor at University of Rochester

A woman looks directly into the camera

Meghaa Parvathy Ballakrishnen, a recent doctoral graduate who most recently held a postdoctoral fellowship from the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute (AGHI), has joined the faculty at the University of Rochester […]

Celia Rodríguez Tejuca (PhD ’25) Joins Brown University as Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow

celia in a small room with engravings, taking pictures

Celia Rodríguez Tejuca, recent doctoral graduate, has been appointed a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Brown University. Dr. Rodríguez Tejuca’s research centers […]

Mitch Merback Launches “The Consolation of Wisdom” on Substack

A detailed black and white engraving depicting a winged figure sitting pensively with head resting on hand, surrounded by various objects including a polyhedron, a sphere, a sleeping dog, and tools. In the background, there is an angelic child holding a compass and other instruments. Above the scene is the word "MELENCOLIA I" written on a banner.

This summer Mitch Merback launched his pseudo-blog, “The Consolation of Wisdom,” on the online platform Substack (https://mitchmerback.substack.com/). Sharing its title with his forthcoming book, the site is currently hosting serial installments in […]

Rebecca Brown Receives Dual Publication Grants for Forthcoming Book on K.C.S. Paniker

Monkeys, birds, symbols, and leaves jostle against a cream, red, and yellow tree-shaped ground

Modernism in Relation: KCS Paniker’s Written Pictures (Getty), has been awarded two prestigious publication grants: the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center Publication Grant from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Millard Meiss Publication Grant from the College Art Association.

Caitlin Earley Joins Department as Austen Stokes Professor of Ancient American Art

The Department of the History of Art is delighted to welcome Dr. Caitlin Earley as the inaugural Austen Stokes Assistant Professor of the Art of the Ancient Americas. Dr. Earley joins […]

Celia Rodríguez Tejuca inducted to the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography

Poster of the event featuring words typeset and printed by participants of the Annual Meeting at the Common Press (University of Pennsylvania), using traditional letterpress techniques.

Last May, PhD candidate Celia Rodríguez Tejuca was inducted as a Junior Fellow of the prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB), based at Rare Book […]

The legal document in the middle ages and early modern period (Copenhagen, May 15-16) 

A collage of medieval documents arranged in a grid.

Nino Zchomelidse, Professor in the Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University, and Carsten Jahnke, Associate Professor of Medieval History at the SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen, […]

Wrapped in silk and written in stone, Nino Zchomelidse, May 14 (Copenhagen)

Illuminated medieval manuscript page featuring a repeating pattern of circular medallions containing winged animals, possibly symbolic creatures, on a red and blue background. The top portion includes Latin text in gold script, with ornate decorative elements and Christian iconography.

Nino Zchomelidse, Professor in the Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University, will give a lecture on aesthetics of illusion and authenticity in Ottonian legal documents at […]

Forthcoming Faculty Publication Explores Viennese Actionism, Scheduled for November 2025

Book cover for In-action: Viennese Actionism and the Passivities of Performance Art by Caroline Lillian Schopp. The cover features a monochromatic photograph of a nude, pale figure standing with their back to the viewer, facing the corner of a room. The title is in bold red and black text.

The Department is pleased to announce Professor Caroline Lillian Schopp‘s book, forthcoming in November 2025 with the University of Chicago Press, In-action: Viennese Actionism and the Passivities of Performance Art.

Robert and Nancy Hall Undergraduate Internship / Walters Museum of Art, Summer 2025

The Hall Internship provides undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University the opportunity to gain a broad understanding of the museum profession and to contribute meaningfully to the work of the […]