Past Course Offerings
2024-25 Course Offerings
Fall 2024
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 401 | Methods and Historiography of Art History: Proseminar | Dowad | W 2-4:50p |
| ART_HIST 420 | Studies in Medieval Art: Art and Patronage under the Valois | Normore | M 2-4:50p |
| ART_HIST 440 | Studies in 17th & 18th Century Art: Materiality | Caticha | T 2-4:50p |
Winter 2025
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 403 | Objects & Materials Seminar | Normore and Kokkori | F 1-3:50p |
| ART_HIST 430 | Studies in Early Modern Art: Materiality, Mobility, Mind: Early Modern Printed Images | Zorach | Th 12-2:50p |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Pan-Africanism: Histories, Aesthetics, and Politics | Byrd and Getachew | Th 3:30-6:20p |
Spring 2025
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 406 | Dissertation Prospectus Writing Seminar | Kennedy | F 2-4:50p |
| ART_HIST 450 / MENA 410-0-1 | Studies in 19th Century Art: France & the Ottomans: Art & Revolution Across Empires | Dowad | W 2-4:50p |
| ART_HIST 460-0-2 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Modernism Now | Kiaer | T 2-4:50p |
| ART_HIST 460-0-3 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Black Lens: Reframing Photographic Practice | Thompson | Th 2-4:50p |
2023-24 Course Offerings
Fall 2023
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 401 | Methods and Historiography of Art History: Proseminar | Dowad | T 2p - 4:50p |
| ART_HIST 440 | Studies in 17th & 18th Century Art: Marble | Caticha | W 2p - 4:50p |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Black Art and Archives in Chicago | Zorach | R 2p - 4:50p |
Winter 2024
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Black Printed Matters | Byrd | R 2p - 4:50p |
| ART_HIST 480 | Studies in Asian Art: The Other Avant Garde | Sharma | W 2p - 4:50p |
Spring 2024
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 420 | Studies in Medieval Art: Labor in Medieval Art History | Normore | |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Transdisciplinary Experimentalism and the Art of Black Study | Thompson | |
| ART_HIST 470 | Studies in Architecture: Broken Earths: Landscape in the Third Ecology | Kennedy |
2022-23 Course Offerings
Fall 2022
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART HIST 401-0 | Proseminar | Dowad | R 2p-4:50p |
| ART HIST 460-0 | Socialist Axes of Exchange | Kiaer | T 2p-4:50p |
| ART HIST 460-0/CLT 487/MENA 411 | Modernism in the Age of Decolonization | Feldman | W 2p-4:50p |
Winter 2023
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART HIST 403 | Mellon Objects and Material Seminar: Objects and Materials in Art History | Escobar | F 1–3:50p |
| ART HIST 460 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Theories of Intention | Zorach | T 2–4:50p |
| ART HIST 460/COMM_ST 525-0-21/ENGLISH 481-0-21 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Media Theory | Hodge | W 2–4:50p |
Spring 2023
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART HIST 406 | Dissertation Proposal Writing | Caticha | F 2-4:50p |
| ART HIST 460/GAMS 400 /SPAN 450 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: History and Theory of the Avant-Garde | Caballero | R 2-4:50p |
| ART HIST 480 | Studies in Art of Asia: Empire Redux (1739-1857): Mughal Art & Spatiality in the Age of British Colonialism | Sharma | W 1-3:50p |
2021-22 Course Offerings
Fall 2021
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 402 | Writing Seminar | Normore | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in Contemporary Art: Art Historical Fictions | Thompson | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 480 | Studies in Asian Art: Art and Visual Culture in the Global Mughal World | Sharma | W 1-3:50 |
Winter 2022
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 403 | Mellon COSI Objects and Materials | Escobar | F 1-3:50 |
| ART_HIST 460 / MENA 490-0-2 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Aesthetics of Solidarity | Feldman / Johnson | T 2-5 |
Spring 2022
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 406 | Dissertation Proposal Writing: Writing the Dissertation Prospectus | Feldman | W 2–4:50 |
| ART_HIST 440 | Studies in 19th Century Art: Materializing Race | Caticha | R 2–4:50 |
2020-21 Course Offerings
Fall 2020
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|
| ART_HIST 401 | Proseminar | Zorach | M 3-6 |
| ART_HIST 460/COMM 525 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Black Arts Archives in Chicago | Christian & Zorach | R 2:40-5:40 |
| ART_HIST 480 | Special Topics/Seminar in Asian Art: Gyantse Kumbum, 15th & 20th Centuries | Linrothe | TR 9:40-11 |
Winter 2021
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 402 | Writing Seminar | Normore | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 420 | Decolonizing the Medieval Wing | Normore | W 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 440 | Studies in Baroque Art: Empire of Cities | Escobar | F 2-5 |
Spring 2021
| Course # | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 406 | Dissertation Prospectus | Kiaer | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 450 | Studies in 19th Century Art: Art and the Anthropocene | Eisenman/Mitchell | W 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar: Black Art in Anti-Black Worlds: Africa and the Black Diaspora | Madison/Jones | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art- “Create Dangerously”: Contemporary Caribbean Art | Thompson | R 3-6 |
| ART_HIST 498 | Art History::Space | Team taught | F 2-5 |
2019-20 Course Offerings
Fall 2019
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 401 | Proseminar | Zorach | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 430 | Studies in Renaissance Art: Spain and Its Wider World | Escobar | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460/Critical Theory | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Art: Appropriation ('North' and 'South') | Copeland | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 470 | Studies in Modern Architecture: Ruins of Modernity: Temporality, Architecture, and the Archive | Levin | W 2-5 |
Winter 2020
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 402 | Writing Seminar | Levin | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 403 | Mellon COSI Objects and Materials | Swan | F 1-3:50 |
| ART_HIST 430 | Studies in Renaissance Art: Exposed to the Elements: Matter and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe (onsite at the Newberry Library) | Zorach | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th and 21st Century Art: The Fugitive and Fugitivity | Thompson | T 2-5 |
Spring 2020
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 406 | Dissertation Prospectus | Feldman | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 420 | Studies in Medieval Art: Mapping the Middle Ages | Normore | R 1-4 |
| ART_HIST 440 | Worldly Goods: Art, Bounty, Trade, Knowledge | Swan | W 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 450 | Studies in 19th-Century Art: The History of 19th-Century Art Now | Clayson | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Special Topics in Literature: The Surreal World | Bush | W 3-5:50 PM |
2018-19 Course Offerings
Fall 2018
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 401 | Proseminar | Zorach | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 410 | Studies in Ancient Art: Aniconism | Gunter | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 450 | Studies in 19th Century Art: William Morris: Art, Design, Politics, Ecology (w/390) | Eisenman | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 / COMP LIT 487-0-20 | Special Topics in 20th Century Art: The Avant-gardes in the World | Bush | R 3-6 |
| ART_HIST 470 | Studies in Modern Architecture: Architecture & Territorial Planning Global South | Levin | W 2-5 |
Winter 2019
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 402 | Writing Seminar | Kiaer | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 403 | Mellon COSI Objects and Materials | Swan | F 1-3:50 |
| ART_HIST 430 | Nova Reperta: Art, Technology, and Globalization in the Renaissance | Markey | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 480 | Studies in Asian Art: Borobudur | Linrothe | W 2-5 |
Spring 2019
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 406 | Dissertation Prospectus | Linrothe | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 420 | Africa and Medieval Art History | Normore | T 1-4 |
| ART_HIST 450 | Studies in 19th Century Art: World's Fairs (w/390) | Clayson | W 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th Century Art: Picasso: A Focus for Method | Kiaer | M 2-5 |
2017-18 Course Offerings
Fall 2017
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 401 | Proseminar | Linrothe | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 440 | Studies in Early Modern Art: Print Revolutions | Swan | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 450 | Studies in 19th Century Art: William Blake and Abolitionism | Eisenman | F 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th Century Art: Appropriation | Copeland | W 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th Century Art: Aesthetics of Socialist Realism | Kiaer | M 2-5 |
Winter 2018
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 402 | Writing Seminar | Gunter | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 403 | Mellon COSI Objects and Materials Seminar | Normore | F 1-4 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th Century Art: Futures We Will Have Loved: Time and Historiography in Artists’ Work | Feldman | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th Century Art: Shadow Histories of Photography | Thompson | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 480 | Studies in Asian Art: 15th-17th Century Painting in Central Tibet and Amdo Rebgong | Linrothe | W 2-5 |
Spring 2018
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 406 | Dissertation Prospectus | Hu | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 430 | Studies in Renaissance Art: Maps and the Early Modern Transatlantic World | Escobar | W 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 440 | Studies in Baroque Art: Museums: Caravaggio (on-site at the Art Institute of Chicago) | Long |
R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Art of the Russian Revolution | Kiaer | R 11-2 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in 20th Century Art: Identity/Politics | Reitz | T 2-5 |
2016-17 Course Offerings
Fall 2016
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 401 | Proseminar | Swan | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 440 | Studies in Baroque Art: Architecture and Space in the Spanish Habsburg World | Escobar | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 450 | Studies in Modern Art: Art and Activism | Eisenman | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 480 | Studies in Asian Art: Space, Time, and Asian Architecture | Hu | F 2-5 |
Winter 2017
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 402 | Writing Seminar | Eisenman | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 405 | Mellon COSI Seminar | Normore | F 1-4 |
| ART_HIST 410 | Studies in Ancient Art: Ornament | Gunter | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 450 | Studies in 19th-Century Art: Art and Technology | Clayson | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 402 | Studies in Representation: The Intentional and the Unintentional | Zorach | W 2-5 |
Spring 2017
| COURSE NUMBER | Course Title | Instructor | Day/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 406 | Dissertation Proposal Writing | Zorach | F 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 430 | Studies in Renaissance Art | Swan | R 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in Modern Art: The Russian Avant-Garde | Kiaer | T 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in Contemporary Art: Black Ontologies |
Copeland |
M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in Contemporary Art: Speculation and the Speculative | Feldman/Thompson | W 2-5 |
2015-16 Course Offerings
Fall 2015
| CourseNumber | Course Title | Instructor | Date/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 401 | Proseminar | Linrothe | M 2:00-5:00 |
| ART_HIST 440 | Studies in Baroque Art: Art and Science | Swan | F 2:00-5:00 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in Contemporary Art: Art Historical Fictions | Thompson | T 2:00-5:00 |
| ART_HIST 470 | Studies in Architecture: The Illusion of "Total Architecture": How the Modern City Came to be Thought Out | Van Zanten | R 2:00-5:00 |
| ART_HIST 480 | Studies in Asian Art :Currents: Painting in Seventeenth-Century China | Hu | W 2:00-5:00 |
Winter 2016
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor | Date/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 402 | Second Year Writing Seminar | Clayson | M 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 403 | Mellon Objects and Materials Seminar [off-site, Art Institute of Chicago] | Normore | F 9-12 |
| ART_HIST 460 | Studies in Contemporary Art: Art of the Global 1960s | Copeland/Thompson | W 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 430 | Studies in Renaissance Art: Thinking with Stones in Early Modern Europe [off-site, Newberry Library] | Zorach | F 2-5 |
| ART_HIST 480 | Studies in Asian Art: Visible Tantra: Indian Esoteric Buddhist Art | Linrothe | T 2-5 |
Spring 2016
| Course Number | Course Title | Instructor | Date/Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART_HIST 406 | Dissertation Proposal Writing Seminar | Hu | T 2–5 |
| ART_HIST 420 | Studies in Medieval Art: Islamic Figurative Painting | Moor | F 2–5 |
| ART_HIST 420 | Studies in Medieval Art: Cultural Exchange in Medieval Europe | Normore | M 2–5 |
| ART_HIST 440 | Studies in Baroque Art: Art and Science | Swan | R 2–5 |
| ART_HIST 450 | Studies in Modern Art: Ecology of Modernism | Eisenman | W 2–5 |