Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences

DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY

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.

News & Events

Department News

Congratulations to Professor Jesús Escobar on being appointed as Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Humanities.

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Congratulations to Professor Thadeus Dowad on being appointed the Crown Junior Chair in Middle East Studies.

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

Rebecca Zorach

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

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

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News

Read About Professor Emeritus Rob Linrothe's recent fieldwork in India and Nepal!

Congratulations to Professor Bihter Esener on being the keynote speaker for the 2025 EIU Premodern Global Studies Minor Celebration Day, which is themed "Technology, AI, and the Premodern World.”

“Arquitectura y monarquía en Madrid, 1620–1700,” a Spanish translations of Professor Escobar’s award-winning 2022 book has been published by the Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica in Madrid.

Professor Kiaer’s “Collective Threads: Anna Andreeva at the Red Rose Silk Factory” on view at the MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection in Thessaloniki, from December 8, 2024 through April 27, 2025.

Read the positive review of Professor Kiaer’s exhibition “Collective Threads: Anna Andreeva at the Red Rose Silk Factory” in e-flux.