History of Art and Architecture

More Information to be determined... Yael Rice: Associate Professor of the History of Art & Asian Languages and Civilizations, Amherst College

Metals, Minerals, and the Lifecycle Symposium Series: “Making and Unmaking Value (Part 1) — Transformations Through Time” Examining the transformative journeys of metals and minerals from antiquity to the early modern period, this first symposium invites...

The Education of the Eyes: 150 Years of Art History at Harvard In the academic year 1874-75 the Harvard University Course catalogue offered, for the first time, a series of electives in the History of Art. These included two classes: the History of the...

Margaret Graves: Adrienne Minassian Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture in honor of Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, Brown University Historical ceramics from the Islamic world are now held in elite collections worldwide. Many migrated westward...

A two-day screening of selected films related to visual storytelling and experimental media. The festival highlights rare and innovative works at the intersection of art, archaeology, and film.

Erin Hyde Nolan: AKPIA Fellow; Visiting Assistant Professor, Bates College This lecture explores technologies of femininity as a fundamental analytic in the history of Islamic art. It maps and analyzes twenty portraits of Muslim girls alongside other...

Speaker: Peter C. Bouteneff, Kulik Professor of Sacred Arts, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (Yonkers, NY). The term “sacred arts” brings together two words, each rich with a constellation of meanings. They evoke a range of interpretations...

A lecture by Professor Zhao Feng, a leading authority on Chinese textile history. The lecture will examine the evolution, techniques, and cultural meanings of early Chinese textiles. Dr. Zhao Feng ( 赵丰) is a Chinese textile specialist with a special...

Organized by Harvard David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and Harvard History of Art and Architecture Department. Two decades ago, migration and diaspora were central topics in critical discourse. Today, a new urgency is felt to revisit and...