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Melissa McCormick

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McCormick’s interest in art history began while in performing arts high school, where she trained in modern dance. Study of the Japanese language inspired her to pursue Japanese art history at the University of Michigan, where she graduated with a B.A. in...

Melissa McCormick Chosen as Walter Channing Cabot Fellow

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Melissa McCormick has been chosen as a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow for the current academic year. These awards are given annually to a select few faculty colleagues in recognition of their achievements and scholarly eminence in the fields of literature...

Louisiana Medley: The Social Justice Photography of Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun

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In conjunction with the exhibition Winslow Homer: Eyewitness, New Orleans–based photographers Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun will discuss their decades-long, expansive documentary work that explores criminal and environmental justice, the history of...

Melissa McCormick will lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on The Tale of Genji exhibition she curated

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Sunday at The Met— The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated SUNDAY / APRIL 14 2:00–3:30 P.M. John T. Carpenter, Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese Art, Department of Asian Art, The Met Melissa McCormick, Professor of Japanese Art and Culture...

Melissa McCormick, "Diagrams Across Disciplines: History, Theory, Practice"

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DIAGRAMS ACROSS DISCIPLINES: HISTORY, THEORY, PRACTICE SPEAKER: MELISSA MCCORMICK, HARVARD UNIVERSITY This paper explores how stories have been diagrammed, focusing on the Japanese prose-poetry narrative The Tale of Genji (ca 1000). Spanning seventy-five...

Professor Melissa McCormick's "The Tale of Genji" Exhibition Named "Best of 2019" by Washington Post

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An exhibition curated by Professor Melissa McCormick has been named in Washington Post's "Best of Art 2019" list. The exhibition "The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated" ran at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the first half of the year. "This...

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Sunday at The Met—The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated

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John T. Carpenter, Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese Art, Department of Asian Art, The Met Melissa McCormick, Professor of Japanese Art and Culture, Harvard University Join the exhibition curators as they explore the significance of The Tale of Genji...

HAA 100R - Sophomore Excursion Seminar: India

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Jinah Kim, Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar, Melissa M. McCormick Tuesday, 9:45am - 11:45am This course introduces sophomore concentrators to on-site study of art and architecture through the case study of a particular geographic and cultural area. This year...

JAPANLIT 124 - The Tale of Genji in Word and Image: Seminar

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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...

EASTD 220R - Medieval Japanese Picture Scrolls

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Melissa McCormick Mondays, 3:00 pm - 5:45 pm Examines Japanese narrative picture scrolls ( emaki) focusing on examples from the 12th to the 16th c. Provides training in reading scroll texts ( kotobagaki) and analyzing paintings from formal, narratological...

Melissa McCormick chosen as a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow for the current academic year

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