Fall 2021

Melissa McCormick This is a seminar for advanced graduate students in East Asian art (and adjacent fields) focusing on reading secondary and primary sources in Japanese, as well as recent scholarship and theoretical texts in English. The topic will change...

Evridiki Georganteli Crusading expeditions in the Holy Land, Spain and Eastern Europe from 1096 until the end of the Middle Ages shaped the political, socio-economic and cultural map of Europe and the Middle East. This course explores the multifaceted...

Matt Saunders, Jennifer Roberts Incorporating both studio and seminar instruction, this intensive course will explore printmaking’s history, trace its particular forms of intelligence, and test its future potential. The class will meet for three hours of...

Thomas Cummins This course concentrates on the art and architecture of the two ancient American civilizations, surveying the forms of representation used to establish imperial presence within the accepted vernacular of Mesoamerican and Andean artistic...

Maria Gough Intersection of modern art, colonialism, and imperial violence. Select episodes/aspects between 1860s-1930s, focusing on but not limited to the Scramble for Africa and the Soviet recalibration of the Imperial Russian Empire in Central Asia...

Patricio del Real Can architecture bring about a utopian space, a different space from the one we normally inhabit? This proseminar explores architectural utopias in the 20th Century, examining ideas, forms, and case studies across the world.

Hanneke Grootenboer How do objects affect people in everyday life? What do things tell us about the people who own them? How do possessions impact social lives, shape public identities and private notions of the self? How do they help people think about...

Ioli Kalavrezou The seminar will focus on the imperial art and architecture in these cities and their impact, covering the period from Constantine I to Justinian I (4th - 6th c.).

Melissa McCormick Introduces students to The Tale of Genji, often called the world's first novel, authored by the court lady Murasaki Shikibu around the year 1000 CE. In addition to a close reading of the tale, topics for examination include Japanese...

Gulru Necipoglu Examines the “international Timurid-Turkmen” tradition of architecture, urbanism, gardens, and multimedia ornament in Anatolia, Iran/Central Asia, and India from a transregional perspective. The primary focus is on early Ottoman Anatolia...