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. The application deadline is January 3, 2018.
5/1
Kress Fellow in the Literature of Art Shira Brisman presents, “The Provisionality of Sixteenth-Century Designs.” In the sixteenth century, as goldsmiths affiliated with families such as Jamnitzer and de Bry began to publish their engraved designs for objects that could …
5/3
Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the lecture “Mind Over Matter.” Thursday, May 3 5:30pm Location: Lawrence 231
5/18
Nearly twenty years after the landmark Clark Conference “The Two Art Histories,” graduates from the Williams-Clark program will gather to honor its former director, and to consider the intellectual, vocational, and pedagogical challenges posed by the art object with new …