The History of Art Lecture Series presents a lecture by Kim Benzel, Metropolitan Museum of Art at 6 p.m. The lecture is titled “Theater of the Afterlife: Technologies of Jewelry in Mesopotamia.” To RSVP for the Zoom lecture, email the event organizers: jhuarthistorylecture@gmail.com. Benzel Poster_FINAL_150
Title: “Revisions of Sovereignty: Political Ecologies and History-making in an Ancient Maya School.” Date: September 28th, at 6:00 PM Room: Shaffer Hall 3. Abstract: To what degree were ancient representations of state narratives revisions of history in their own time? Taking this question as its premise, this talk explores the intersection of visual media, education, […]
Sifting through the Treasure Chest: Coins, Currencies, and Material Exchange across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans at the Cusp of the Eighteenth Century Prof. Nancy Um, Binghamton University Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 at 6 pm EST Register: https://jhubluejays.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpce-rqTIiH9PjGIhZT6WHhaqBi1NJkF8_ "In 2014, a metal detectorist unearthed a late seventeenth-century silver coin from Yemen in Rhode Island, which shed […]
Please join the Department of the History of Art for a lecture by Prof. David Roxburgh’s (Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History at Harvard University), on Thursday, December 2nd at 6:00 pm EST. The title of his talk is “Painting and Poetry in Muhammad Juki’s Shāhnāma.”
The History of Art Lecture Series presents a lecture by Dr. Sarah Lepinski (Associate Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Date: December 7th, at 6:00 PM. To RSVP for the Zoom lecture, email the event organizers: jhuarthistorylecture@gmail.com.
The Department of the History of Art presents a lecture by Prof. Daniela Bleichmar (USC) on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. See poster here
The Department of the History of Art will be holding its annual Graduate Symposium on Saturday, March 5th, 2022, beginning at 10 am. All JHU students and faculty are welcome to join us at this online event. Registration is required; sign up at: https://tinyurl.com/mr2ea975. 10 am: Stephen Campbell (Henry and Elizabeth Wiesenfeld Professor & Director of Graduate […]
The Department of the History of Art, in conjunction with the Charles Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe, presents a lecture with Prof. Philippe Cordez on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 6 p.m. in Gilman 50.
Prof. Philippe Cordez will lead a discussion on key notions, experiences, and skills in object studies and its connection to visual studies and art history. Readings will be distributed ahead of the workshop. The workshop will be held in Gilman 288.
The Seat of Kings: An investigation of Xultun's Northern Royal Complex presented by Heather Hurst from Skidmore College. Please see event information here.