The mission of the Department of Art History is to promote scholarly inquiry into the history of art, in all its different media, in a wide range of historical periods and world cultures.

Announcements

Monday & Tuesday, October 13-14, 2008

Visual Culture Center Presents:Parallax: Changing Perspectives in Visual Culture

Coming over a decade after the field-defining publications of the early to mid 1990s, this symposium critically revisits the questions of the queer theorization of visual culture, the deep critique within queer theory of certain modes of visibility, and the transformative promise of critical/visual tactics of queering. In particular, this conference explores how the term queer works against the more defined categories of identity such as gay, lesbian, and “straight,” and, instead, hints at those “unspeakable” categories of identity that remain in tension with, but somehow beyond, strict taxonomy and stable representation. The mini-conference begins with lectures and discussion-based workshops by two influential queer theorists whose work importantly engages the visual: David L. Eng and Ann Pellegrini

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SCHEDULE CHANGE: Monday: October 13:
Please note: The research colloquium in Queer Theory, Visual Culture, originally scheduled for 9am-Noon, has been canceled.

IN OCTOBER: Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas

Opening Day -Friday, October 17, A Carnival of Water Creatures, 7-9 pm Paige Court, Chazen Museum of Art
The evening will feature John Hughes playing the kora, a traditional West African stringed instrument; Madison’s Atimevu Drum and Dance Ensemble; Patricia Smith delivering a spoken-word performance; West African music and dance choreographed by Professor Chris Walker and performed by UW–Madison students. Plus African food from Buraka, and a cash bar. Costumes of mermaids, sea creatures, snake charmers, gods, goddesses, saints, or other inspiring water creatures highly encouraged.
Admission: $8 members, $12 nonmembers, $5 UW students with I.D.

Graduate Curatorial Assistantship

 The Art History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Chazen Museum of Art are pleased to announce a Project Assistantship (at 50% time) valued at approximately $20,000.00 to support a graduate student in art history as curatorial assistant for the 2009-2010 academic year. Qualified applicants are sought to pursue research on selected projects related to the museum’s permanent collection under the supervision of a faculty member in art history. Application materials are due December 30, 2008.

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