Congratulations to Professor Held’s Book Launch on February 19
Professor Isabelle Held’s book, Atomic Bombshells: How Plastics Shaped Postwar Bodies, will be released this February. To celebrate the publication, Professor Held invites everyone to attend the book launch event. The…
Sarah Lichtman at The Winter Show Panel
Sarah Lichtman will be speaking on the panel “Structures of Success: Women Leading in Architecture and Design” at The Winter Show on January 31, 3:00–4:00 PM.
ARCE (American Research Center in Egypt) Lecture by Professor Jennifer Miyuki Babcock
Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Miyuki Babcock on giving a lecture, “The Swift Ones: Hares in Ancient Egyptian Visual Culture,” for ARCE (American Research Center in Egypt)* via Zoom on October 25th. *It…
Mary D. Edwards read a paper on the Greco-Roman references in Altichiero’s frescos in the Oratory of St. George in Padua at the Andrew Ladis Memorial Trecento Conference held in…
FIT Authors Talk: Professor Jennifer Miyuki Babcock
Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Babcock on her author talk. Professor Jennifer Babcock gave an author talk about her book, Ancient Egyptian Animal Fables (Brill 2022), which is available at Pratt’s library. In this…
Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Miyuki Babcock on the Recent Publication
We congratulate Professor Jennifer Miyuki Babcock on her new publication, a co-edited volume, Rethinking Ancient Egypt, which has just been officially released by Brill. We also applaud her article, “Building Bridges to…
Professor Babcock Receiving SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Babcock on her outstanding achievement of receiving the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching! The SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching recognizes…
Congratulations on Professor Morawski’s New Publication, “Interior Design on Edge: History, Theory, Praxis”
Professor Morawski has published a new book “Interior Design on Edge: History, Theory, Praxis”. She is the lead editor, together with Professor Zieve and other editors. The book redefines the…
Exploring Surveillance and Representation in Art: Dr. Kim Bobier’s new publication on Crystal Z Campbell’s “Model Citizen: Here I Stand” in Latest Smithsonian Journal Article
Dr. Kim Bobier’s article published in the spring 2024 issue of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s journal, American Art. In this article, Dr. Bobier explores how Crystal Z Campbell’s multimedia…
Professor Marsha Morton’s New Study on Ernst Haeckel’s Views, Presented in Germany, Explores Past Ideas on Race and Nature
Professor Morton participated in the conference “Ernst Haeckel Postcolonial: New Perspectives on His Life and Work,” in Jena, Germany on March 20-22. The purpose of the conference was to examine…
Professor Marsha Morton Co-chairing a Panel on Art and Medicine at CAA 2024
Professor Marsha Morton co-chaired with Patricia Berman a session at the CAA conference this February (2024). The panel, “Health, Illness, and the Art of Medicine,” examined art in Germany between…
Remembering Dr. Edward DeCarbo: A Memorial Announcement
We are deeply saddened to inform the History of Art and Design (HAD) community of the passing of Dr. Edward DeCarbo. Dr. DeCarbo was not only a distinguished member of…
Lecture by Professor Jennifer Babcock: “When the cat’s away the mice will play: Divine Lessons and Humorous Imagery in Ancient Egypt”
Professor Jennifer Babcock will be giving a lecture on Tuesday, February 13 from 6-7pm, “When the cat’s away the mice will play: Divine Lessons and Humorous Imagery in Ancient Egypt”,…
Announcing EscapeRoom, an exhibition curated by Professor Kim Bobier and opening on February 23, 2024 at the University of Virginia’s Ruffin Gallery
Kim Bobier, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Pratt’s Department of History of Art and Design, and Marisa Williamson, Assistant Professor of Studio Art at University of Virginia, curated an exhibition of…
You are Invited: Contexts and Circumstances in Designing the Divine in Ancient Egypt with Professor Jennifer Babcock
Professor Jennifer Babcock is going to give a talk at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA on December 9, and at UC Berkeley on December 10. In this talk,…
History of Interior Design Class to the Met Museum
On Saturday, November 11, Professor Anca Lasc and her Interior Design History class went on a field trip to the Met Museum. Students learned about outstanding artworks and reflected upon…
Professor Mary D. Edwards co-chaired the session “Native American Art Past and Present” at the 79th Annual Meeting of the SECAC Conference
Professor Mary D. Edwards, CCE in History of Art & Design, co-chaired with Professor Sally Brown of West Virginia University a session entitled “Native American Art Past and Present” at…
Congratulations to professor Marsha Morton on her new publication “Visual Culture and Pandemic Disease since 1750: Capturing Contagion”
Professor Marsha Morton has published a new co-edited anthology, Visual Culture and Pandemic Disease since 1750: Capturing Contagion (Routledge, July 2023). Through case studies, this book investigates the pictorial imaging of epidemics…
Congratulations to Professor Anca Lasc on Becoming the Co-President of The Historic Interiors Group
We congratulate Professor Anca Lasc for becoming the co-president of the Historic Interiors Group for the coming 2023-2025 term. To read more, click here.
Professor Greg Lindquist’s Hedda Sterne Class Visit Featured in Pratt News
Professor Greg Lindquist’s classes were hosted by Hedda Sterne Foundation. Details about the visit was featured in Pratt News. You can read more about it here. (The link will become…
Professor Marsha Morton Conference Talk at ESNA Conference
Professor Marsha Morton gave a conference talk “Old Faces in New Places: Leopold Carl Müller and Friends in Cairo” at ESNA (European Society for Nineteenth-Century Art) conference in the Hague,…
Professor Marsha Morton Conference Talk at the German Studies Association Conference
Professor Marsha Morton delivered a talk “Max Klinger’s Brahmsphantasie: Embodied Sounds” in a session sponsored by The Body Studies Network at the German Studies Association conference in Portland Oregon, October 4-6,…
Professor Morton Chaired Panel at the CAA Conference
Professor Morton chaired the session “Epidemics of Fear and Modern Medicine” at the CAA conference February 2021. This panel was also presented in April 2021 in the symposium series, “Spaces…
Congratulations to Professor Lindquist on His Review in Art Forum
We congratulate Professor Greg Lindquist for his review on Erika Ranee’s Nacre. You can read it here.
Congratulations to Professor Lindquist on His Piece in Art Forum!
We congratulate Professor Greg Lindquist for his interview with Roxy Paine, “On deep time and material poetics”, which has been just posted on Art Forum.
Congratulations to Professor Gisolfi on Her Presentation
Professor Diana Gisolfi presented a paper entitled “Chiara Varotari” at the Renaissance Society of America conference in Dublin on March 31. Her paper contributes to an ongoing project of Save…
Congratulations to Professor Caterina Y. Pierre on the Recent Publication
We congratulate Professor Caterina Y. Pierre on her new publication of Attilio Piccirilli’s The Outcast (1904-08) and Eternal Youth (1935): Immigrant Instability and The Italian American Experience in the scholarly journal…
Congratulations to Professor Tashima Thomas on Her Recent Accomplishments
Professor Tashima Thomas and her co-editor Corina L. Apostol are the winners of the Apex Art Exhibition Open Call 2022-2023! Their exhibition, “Flora Fantastic: Eco-Critical Contemporary Botanical Art” will be…
Congratulations to Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter on Her Contribution to “Authorizing Early Modern European Women”
Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter is a contributor to Authorizing Early Modern European Women, From Biography to Biofiction, Amsterdam University Press, 2021 with an “Interview with Dominic Smith, Author of The Last…
Congratulations to Professor Joyce C. Polistena on Her Latest Essay
Professor Joyce C. Polistena published an essay titled Harlem Valley Churches: Social Action and Interreligious Collaboration in West Harlem. Founded as an interdenominational, interfaith, interracial group wherein Black Catholics collaborated…
Congratulations to Professor Diana Gisolfi on Her Speech in Venice
Professor Diana Gisolfi will give a speech at an international conference in Venice on Dec.2nd. The presentation attempts to visualize the lost Renaissance organ casement based on the (somewhat altered)…
Congratuations to Professor Anca Lasc on the Recent Publication
Congratulations to Professor Anca Lasc that her edited volume (with Andrew McClellan and Änne Söll), Revisiting the Past in Museums and at Historic Sites, has just been published. Please click…
Graduate Student Visited Sculptor Silas Seandel
“Creating Exhibitions” HAD 635 Pratt MA/MLIS graduate students visit with metal and stone sculptor Silas Seandel in his Chelsea studio, with Professor Lisa A. Banner. 10/28/2021 The students are all…
Congratulations to the Chair of HAD, John Decker, on His Recent Edit
Congratulations to the Chair of HAD, John Decker, on a volume that he edited that was published recently by Routledge. Audience and Reception in the Early Modern Period, eds. John…
Congratulations to Professor Kimber Bobier’s Co-edited Journal Publication
Congratulations to Professor Kim Bobier’s new publication. Marisa Williamson and Kim Bobier’s co-edited special journal issue of Women & Performance, titled “Views from the Larger Somewhere; Race, Vision, and Surveillance.”…
Congratulations to Professor William Worth Bracken on the Recent Book Review
Congratulations to Professor William Worth Bracken on a book review that he published in the October issue of Sehepunkte, an online journal of book reviews published jointly by the University…
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — Interior Provocations Symposium 2022: On Edge
Every year, current events affect the directions of research and culture, but the influence of the events of this year can not be overstated. Who can not say that the…
Join Dr. Layla Zami at the International Human Rights Art Festival
In partnership with the International Human Rights Art Festival, Dr. Layla Zami is facilitating a bi-monthly virtual Reading & Discussion Series on Civic Activity on Thursdays, 6.30 pm-7.30 pm (USA…
Join Professor Eva Diaz at R. Buckminster Fuller’s Creative Connections
Professor Eva Diaz will be speaking on a panel organized by Stanford University, titled “R. Buckminster Fuller’s Creative Connections,” at 7 pm Eastern time on Thurs. Oct. 14. This panel…
Congratulations to Professor Elena Rossi-Snook on Receiving a Grant from TFF
Professor Rossi-Snook, on behalf of The New York Public Library, received a $95,520 grant from The Film Foundation (TFF), with funding from the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation (HLFF), in support of…
Congratulations to Professor Joyce Polistena on the publication at the Kentler Gallery
Professor Joyce Polistena published the essay on Richard Mock (1944-2006) for the current exhibition at the Kentler Gallery (on view June 12 – July 25). Mock was a much-admired activist…
Congratulations to Professor Horton for Receiving Distinguished Teacher Award for 2021-2022
Upon the recommendation of the Academic Senate and approval by the board of trustees, the Distinguished Teacher Award for 2021-2022 is presented to Adjunct Assistant Professor Heather Horton, from…
Professor Babcock Gives Lecture at ARCE-MO on May 22, 2021
Professor Jennifer Babcock is giving a lecture at The American Research Center in Egypt Missouri Chapter (ARCE-MO) on May 22, 2021, titled “Infinite Canvases: Beyond the Sequential”. Time: Saturday,…
Professor Rokhgar Will Be Delivering a Virtual Talk at Save Venice on May 20th
Professor Negar Rokhgar will be delivering a virtual talk The Venetians Maneuver with the Persians to Repel Ottoman Aggression at Save Venice on Thursday, May 20 at 1 pm (ET).…
Congratulations to Professor Morton’s Book Launch on April 17
Professor Marsha Morton’s book Constructing Race on the Borders of Europe is being released with Bloomsbury Press at the beginning of May. Professor Morton would love to invite everyone to…
Professor Edwards Will Talk at the 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies on May 15
Professor Mary D. Edwards will be delivering a talk at the 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 15, 2021, entitled “The Duchess and Her Paramour: A Medieval (?) Poem…
Professor Lindquist’s lecture with Tariku Shiferaw “Making Space” on March 1
Professor Greg Lindquist is hosting a series of lecture events for PAINT 4503: A Prehistory of Contemporary Art and PAINT 4516: Contemporary Art and its Critics with Professor David Borgonjon…
Congratulations to Dr. Rokhgar’s Upcoming Medici Archive Project Talk on Feb. 23
Dr. Negar Rokhgar is giving a talk on February 23, 2021, at 12 pm (ET) on Tuesday Ten Talks organized by the Medici Archive Project (MAP). The Tuesday Ten Talks…
Prof. Lasc Publishes Book Review in Journal of Design History
Congratulations to Professor Anca Lasc on publishing a book review of The Tastemakers: British Dealers and the Anglo-Gallic Interior, 1785–1865 in the Journal of Design History. The book review can…
Professor Hofrichter is Listed in Bloomsbury’s Forthcoming Visual Arts Titles!
Listed in Bloomsbury’s Forthcoming Visual Arts Titles, Women, Aging, and Art: A Crosscultural Anthology edited by Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter and Midori Yoshimoto has been published in February. About Women, Aging,…
Congratulations to Professor Lasc’s Book and is Now Available in Paperback
Professor Lasc’s book, Interior Decorating in Nineteenth-Century France: The Visual Culture of a New Profession, has recently been released as a paperback. For more details and purchase, please click here.…
Dr. Zami’s Book Launch March 16, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Layla Zami’s newly published book Contemporary PerforMemory. The book launch is on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 2:15 pm EST. Contemporary PerforMemory Book Launch / Artist Conversation…
Prof. Bobier Will Be Delivering a Talk for The Worcester Art Museum’s Master Series
Professor Kimberly Bobier will be delivering a virtual talk for the Worcester Art Museum’s Master Series on Thursday, Feb 18 at 6 PM. Professor Bobier’s talk Reginald Gammon: Notes on…
Interior Provocations 2021: MEMORY
Interior Provocations Symposium Recording and Transcript – Now available online You may view the symposium here, or by clicking the link: https://bit.ly/3cc2w1p. Interior Provocations 2021: MEMORY The fourth annual Interior…
HA&D at CAA’s 2021 Annual Conference
The CAA Annual Conference and related programs provide the value of shared scholarship, research, and practice among members and those dedicated to the visual arts. They also provide the…
Dr. Babcock Gives Lecture at ARCE/NY
Dr. Jennifer Babcock is giving a lecture at The American Research Center in Egypt, New York Chapter (ARCE/NY) on January 28, 2021, titled “Aesop, Egypt, and the Origins and Reception…
Prof. Hofrichter Will Be the Speaker at the Talk “Rediscovering Judith Leyster” on Jan. 29
Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter will join curator Nicole Cook to speak at the talk “Rediscovering Judith Leyster” hosted by The Philadelphia Museum of Art on Jan. 29, 12:00 p.m. –…
Congratulations to Professor Karnet on Her Upcoming Exhibition
Professor Sue Karnet will be part of Solas Studio’s Spring Showcase 2021 from March 1st – March 31st along with other artists living and working in NYC. This series of…
Join Professor Diaz at the Aperture Conversations on Jan. 21
Professor Eva Diaz will speak with director Matt Wolf in an online conversation Aperture has organized next Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7 pm. Overview: For more than a decade, the…
Congratulations to Professor Bobier’s published Article in “Art Journal”
Professor Kimberly Bobier’s article, “Queer (Be)Longing: Glenn Ligon’s Million Man March Series and the Civil Rights Movement’s Legacy”, has just been published in Art Journal‘s winter 2020 issue. You can…
Congratulations to Dr. Zami’s Newly Published Book
Congratulations to Dr. Layla Zami on her new publication Contemporary PerforMemory. Contemporary PerforMemory looks at dance works created in the 21st century by choreographers identifying as Afro-European, Jewish, Black,…
Dr. Decker Named as Reviews Editor for Renaissance Quarterly
Congratulations to Dr. John Decker for being named as the new Reviews Editor for Renaissance Quarterly. Click here to view the interview with Dr. John Decker and learn more…
Congratulations to Dr. Decker’s Article in Word & Image
Congratulations to HAD chairperson, John Decker’s recent published article of “By stages towards what we mean to say:” diegetic rupture as a tool of devotion in Word & Image. Article…
Professor Edwards Reads at the 45th International PMR & at the SECAC Conference
Mary D. Edwards read a paper at the 45th International Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Conference (PMR) On October 17 at Villanova University, entitled “The Doubled Image in Medieval and Renaissance…
Congratulations to Prof Lasc and Prof Zieve’s Upcoming Publication
Professor Anca l. Lasc and Professor Karyn Zieve have announced the publication of their forthcoming book in December 2020, Interior Provocations: History, Theory, and Practice of Autonomous Interiors edited volume…
Professor Lasc will moderate at an upcoming webinar on Oct. 21
Congratulations to Professor Lasc for moderating the upcoming webinar What is a Historic Interior? on October 21 with the SAH Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG). The SAH Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG) is…
Join Professor Eva Diaz for a Conversation with Jerry Saltz and Darby English…
Professor Eva Diaz is moderating this Sunday, October 4 at 7pm for the Brooklyn Book Festival. Info at https://brooklynbookfestival.org/ https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/jerry-saltz-and-darby-english-in-conversation/
Congratulations to Professor Hofrichter’s Published Article in Connoisseurship: Essays in Honour of Fred G. Meijer
Professor Frima Hofrichter’s article for a festschrift, Connoisseurship: Essays in Honour of Fred G. Meijer came out on September 10th, 2020. The article is ” A Fresh Look at an Old Case:…
Professor Diaz will speak at the MoMA Forum on Contemporary Photography on Sept. 22
Cofounded by curators Roxana Marcoci and Eva Respini on February 16, 2010, and conceived as an experimental platform for free-form critical discussions, MoMA’s forums on contemporary photography are designed to…
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Congratulations to Professor Lasc for getting her work featured on NCSA
Professor Anca Lasc has just recently been featured in 19 Cents, an online blog of the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association: https://ncsaweb.net/2020/08/25/anca-lasc/ The NCSA are an interdisciplinary Association interested in…
Congratulations to Professor Hofrichter’s Published Article in the Oxford Bibliographies
Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter has an article called “Gender and Art in the 17th Century” that has been published on Oxford Bibliographies in Art History and is available at www.oxfordbibliographies.com. A short excerpt from…
Congratulations to Professor Lasc’s Published Essay in “Design & Agency”
Professor Anca Lasc’ essay, “The Dry Goods Economist and the Role of Mass Media in the Creation of a Global Window Design Aesthetic at the End of the Nineteenth Century,”…
Congratulations to Professor Edwards’ Newly Published Book
Professor Mary Edwards has announced the publication of her book on doppelgangers, alter egos, mirror images and other doubles in 19th- and 20th-century Western art. It contains eighteen essays and an afterword. …
HA&D at SAH Annual Conference
This year Pratt will be well represented at the Society of Architectural Historians 73rd Annual International Conference. Assistant Professors Peter De Staebler and Erica Morawski will each be co-chairing panels. …
Professor Zami’s interview with the Brooklyn Rail
Professor Layla Zami was interviewed by the Brooklyn Rail with Oxana Chi and the conversation appeared in the April edition of the journal.The interview is about channeling the forgotten history…
Trip to view Christies’s Post War to Present Sale
Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter has taken several trips with her Senior Seminar class, Art and the Market. On March 3rd, 2020 the class was at Christie’s for the viewing of their Post…
Trip to the Whitney Museum’s Vida America Exhibition
On Sat Feb 29, Dr. Layla Zami took her Art & Social Justice undergraduate course to the Whitney Museum, along with other students from other HA&D courses.The class visited the…
Laura Arike will talk at SUNY New Paltz Art History Symposium
Laura Arike will give a talk at the SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium. When: Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 7 PM – 9 PM Where: CSB Auditorium, New Paltz, New York Title: Modern…
Professor Diaz will be Speaking at the MoMA Forum on Contemporary Photography
On February 16, 2010 curators Roxana Marcoci and Eva Respini co-founded the Forums on Contemporary Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The function of these events has…