The Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art provides exemplary preparation for careers in the academy, museums, and associated fields. Our graduates credit their time here as a defining scholarly and professional experience.
Our student body varies widely in age, experience, background, and nationality. We welcome applicants from outside the field of the history of art, and regardless of citizenship status. The Graduate Program awards numerous full financial aid packages. The application deadline is January 3, 2020.
2/18
Manton Post-doctoral Fellow Caitlin R. Woolsey presents “New Old Media: Tape, Type, and the Undiscovered Collages of Henri Chopin.” Henri Chopin (1922–2008) is known for mining expression beyond language in layered “audiopoems,” created by manipulating his voice and body noises …
2/25
Join Manton Fellow Natasha Eaton as she presents “Vagabond Age: Indenture and Photographic Memory.” Eaton’s lecture addresses what might be called “bonded” art histories. She examines how individuals escaping slavery were perceived by some as habitual idlers, deserters, and a …
3/3
Center for Spain in America Fellow Julie A. Harris presents, “The Elusive Line between Ornament and Meaning in the Ornamental Carpet Pages of Iberian Hebrew Bibles (c. 1260–1320).” Full-page “carpet pages” in the Hebrew Bibles of Iberia, like their counterparts …