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Alex Taylor Writes for New Book on Pop Artist Allan D’Arcangelo

A major new monograph on the Pop artist Allan D'Arcangelo (1930-1998) includes an essay and artist chronology by Alex Taylor.

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Christopher Nygren Contributes to New Podcast Series

The Genealogies of Modernity began as a collaboration between faculty at Pitt and has since grown greatly in scope. With the support of an NEH grant, faculty advisors have produced an 8-episode podcast that examine different pathways that together have helped bring us to the present. 

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Amrita Vinod Presents at the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference

PhD student Amrita Vinod presented “Knowing Open, Overflowing and Plural Subjects through Kaḷiyāṭṭaṁ of Malabar coast, India” at 2023 conference of the SLSA (Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts).

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Paula Kupfer Presents Paper at University of Texas at Austin

PhD Candidate Paula Kupfer presented "The Exotic Dominates, Which Is Regrettable’: Negotiating Foreignness in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden” at the Center for Latin American Visual Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. 

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Fall Exhibitions at the UAG Featured in Pittwire

The UAG's fall exhibitions are highlighted in the recent addition of Pittwire, featuring a discussion with Hot Metal Bridge Fellow Camila Aguayo and HAA Undergraduate Irene Castillo 

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Kathryn Carney Co-Facilitates GSA Working Group

Graduate student Kathryn Carney is co-organizing the Body Studies working group of the German Studies Association with historian Alice Weinreb.

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Hossein Nakhaei Presents at Association for Iranian Studies Symposium

Graduate student Hossein Nakhaei presented a paper this past weekend based on his recent colloquium at the Association for Iranian Studies symposium. 

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The Pitt News Features UAG Caribbean Exhibits

The Pitt News featured a story on the opening celebration last week for the trio of fall exhibits at the UAG. All three of the exhibits highlight Latin American and Caribbean history and culture. 

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Marisol Villela Balderrama presents at UCLA Symposium

On Friday, October 27, 2023, Graduate student Marisol Villela Balderrama will present at the 58th Annual UCLA Art History Graduate Symposium, In/On/Across Bodies of Water at the Hammer Museum. 

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Gretchen Holtzapple Bender Chairs SECAC Panel

At SECAC, Gretchen Holtzapple Bender led a panel on “‘Ungrading’ Art History: How It Works and Why to Do It” with Matthew Levy of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

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