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Art History

Why Study Art History?

 

Our Program

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In Art History, we study the art and architecture of cultures around the world and across millennia. We take a variety of approaches to our objects, but focus on understanding their aesthetic and historical significance as well as their social relevance.  

 

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Warnock Lecture Series

 

Northwestern University Department of Art History presents the Warnock Lecture Series in 2024-25:

November 19, 2024: Eyal Weizman (Goldsmiths, University of London)

February 19, 2025: Tsitsi Jaji (Duke University)

April 23, 2025: Anne Lafont (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)

Faculty Spotlight

Faculty Spotlight

Our newest faculty member, Bihter Esener, is featured on the Faculty Spotlight page.

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Warnock Gift

The Liz Warnock Gift to Art History provides generous funds to support an array of programming in the department.
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News & Events

 

Department News

 

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Congratulations to Professor Jesús Escobar on being appointed as Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Humanities for a five-year, renewable term.

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Congratulations to Professor Thadeus Dowad on being appointed the Crown Junior Chair in Middle East Studies for a three-year term.

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Congratulations to Professor Krista Thompson, one of the 2024 recipients of the Guggenheim Fellowship. 

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Congratulations to Professor Rebecca Zorach on being awarded the Ver Steeg Fellowship.

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Congratulations to Professors Christina Kiaer and Rebecca Zorach on the publications of their newest books.

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Emeritus Professor Robert Linrothe will be giving the Rubin Museum Distinguished Lecture in Himalayan Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this December.
Jessica Bell Brown (BA '09) will lead the Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
Congratulation to Professor Jesús Escobar on being appointed as Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Humanities for a five-year, renewable term.
Congratulations to Professor Thadeus Dowad on being appointed the Crown Junior Chair in Middle East Studies for a three-year term.
Congratulations to Faye Gleisser (PhD 2016) and Emilie Boone (PhD 2016) whose books were shortlisted as finalists for the Smithsonian's prestigious Eldredge book prize.

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