# News
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## [Visual Culture Colloquium with Jennifer Roberts 3/17/26](/news/visual-culture-colloquium-jennifer-roberts-31726)
Visual Culture Colloquium with Jennifer Roberts 3/17/26
## [Making an impression: A new approach to classical concepts of the image](/news/making-impression-new-approach-classical-concepts-image)
For the ancient Greeks, an image could be understood as a seal pressed on a material to leave a mark, as opposed to an inferior imitation (mimēsis), scholar Verity Platt argues in a new book.
## [Ancient Copies, Modern Methods: Replication, Translation, and Reception in the Work of Margarete Bieber](/news/ancient-copies-modern-methods-replication-translation-and-reception-work-margarete-bieber)
Ancient Copies, Modern Methods: Replication, Translation, and Reception in the Work of Margarete Bieber 2/26-2/27
Senga Nengudi, Water Composition (green), 1970. © Senga Nengudi. Photo: Thomas Barratt
## [Patricia Ekpo to give talk on Senga Nengudi](/news/patricia-ekpo-give-talk-senga-nengudi)
Patricia Ekpo to give talk on Senga Nengudi
## [Museum installation focuses on small figures in large landscapes](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/02/museum-installation-focuses-small-figures-large-landscapes)
A new student-led installation at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art explores the role of “staffage" figures.
## [Pulse of Art History with Hamed Yousefi 2/24/2026](/news/pulse-art-history-hamed-yousefi-2242026)
Pulse of Art History with Hamed Yousefi 2/24/2026
## [History of Art Seeking Postdoctoral Associate as part of Cornell’s Active Learning Initiative](/news/history-art-seeking-postdoctoral-associate-part-cornells-active-learning-initiative)
History of Art Seeking Postdoctoral Associate as part of Cornell’s Active Learning Initiative
## [College of Arts and Sciences announces 2026 Klarman Fellows](/news/college-arts-and-sciences-announces-2026-klarman-fellows)
The 12 early-career scholars will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
## [Visual Culture Colloquium with Rosemarie Garland-Thomson 2/10/26](/news/visual-culture-colloquium-rosemarie-garland-thomson-21026)
Visual Culture Colloquium with Rosemarie Garland-Thomson 2/10/26
## [Faculty event to highlight how teaching about climate change can move beyond discourse and despair](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/01/faculty-event-highlight-how-teaching-about-climate-change-can-move-beyond-discourse)
On Jan. 28, the Center for Teaching Innovation and Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art will co-host “Teaching About Climate Change: Art, Action and Reflection,” a faculty panel, teaching workshop and exhibit tour exploring how instructors can engage the humanities, climate change and community in their teaching.
## [Geronimo Cristobal, PhD Candidate, Publishes in journal Art History](/news/geronimo-cristobal-phd-candidate-publishes-journal-art-history)
Geronimo Cristobal, PhD Candidate, Publishes in journal Art History
## [New Winter 2026 Course: ARTH 2550 An Introduction to Latin American Art](/news/new-winter-2026-course-arth-2550-introduction-latin-american-art)
New Winter 2026 Course: ARTH 2550 An Introduction to Latin American Art
## [Pop Art and South Asia Conference in Jaffna, Sri Lanka](/news/pop-art-and-south-asia-conference-jaffna-sri-lanka)
Pop Art and South Asia
Conference
December 15-16, 2025
Jaffna Thiruvalluvar Cultural Center
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
This conference focuses on South Asian art’s engagement with popular culture from the mid-twentieth century through the present. The rapid development of capitalism, urbanism, media, technology, and mass politics since the late nineteenth century has engendered multiple resonances in the complex societies of South Asia, providing openings for artists to engage with popular social and cultural developments. Here, Pop art is not confined to what is commonly understood in a Western context as engaging primarily with late capitalist consumer culture and media imagery. Rather, Pop artistic practices unfold in the context of uneven development, multiple temporalities, layered aesthetic regimes, within societies that are in rapid and turbulent transition.
## [The Findley Lecture with Emily Floyd 12/3/2025](/news/findley-lecture-emily-floyd-1232025)
The Findley Lecture with Emily Floyd 12/3/2025
## [Sara Garzon PhD ’22 is associate curator for the second Bienal das Amazônias 2025](/news/sara-garzon-phd-22-associate-curator-second-bienal-das-amazonias-2025)
Sara Garzon PhD ’22 is associate curator for the second Bienal das Amazônias 2025
## [The long, deep dig: Collaboration excavates the ancient city of Sardis](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/10/long-deep-dig-collaboration-excavates-ancient-city-sardis)
A collaboration between Cornell and Harvard has continuously excavated the ancient city.
## [Civil War still haunts American attitudes toward democracy](/news/civil-war-still-haunts-american-attitudes-toward-democracy)
A new book by Shirley Samuels examines the story behind today’s divided America in literature and art created during and soon after the Civil War.
## [Pulse of Art History with Luke Fidler 11/11/2025](/news/pulse-art-history-luke-fidler-11112025)
Pulse of Art History with Luke Fidler 11/11/2025
## [Objects from famous shipwreck tell deeper stories](/news/objects-famous-shipwreck-tell-deeper-stories)
La Pérouse’s expedition, wrecked in 1788, was intended to rival those of British explorer Captain James Cook and to bring the French renown in scientific knowledge. Through the visual materials related to the voyage and its wreck, Kelly Presutti tells a larger story about the enterprise of empire.
## [Professor Presutti's ARTH 2600 Takes Field Trip to Buffalo Museums](/news/professor-presuttis-arth-2600-takes-field-trip-buffalo-museums)
Professor Presutti's ARTH 2600 Takes Field Trip to Buffalo Museums
## [Professor Shirley Samuels publishes new book, Haunted by the Civil War](/news/professor-shirley-samuels-publishes-new-book-haunted-civil-war)
Professor Shirley Samuels publishes new book, Haunted by the Civil War
## [Harmonia Rosales’s artist lecture to be followed by a conversation with History of Art faculty Verity Platt and Ana Howie](/news/harmonia-rosaless-artist-lecture-be-followed-conversation-history-art-faculty-verity-platt-and)
Harmonia Rosales’s artist lecture to be followed by a conversation with History of Art faculty Verity Platt and Ana Howie
## [Atreyee Gupta book talk on her two recently published titles](/news/atreyee-gupta-book-talk-her-two-recently-published-titles)
Atreyee Gupta book talk on her two recently published titles
## [On Beverly Buchanan: Patricia Ekpo & Ima-Abasi Okon in conversation](/news/beverly-buchanan-patricia-ekpo-ima-abasi-okon-conversation)
On Beverly Buchanan: Patricia Ekpo & Ima-Abasi Okon in conversation
## [Prof. Iftikhar Dadi presents on “Abstraction and Modernism” at the Clark Art Institute](/news/prof-iftikhar-dadi-presents-abstraction-and-modernism-clark-art-institute)
Prof. Iftikhar Dadi presents on “Abstraction and Modernism” at the Clark Art Institute
## [Philip N. Sapirstein, PhD '08, Appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto](/news/philip-n-sapirstein-phd-08-appointed-assistant-professor-university-toronto)
Philip N. Sapirstein, PhD '08, Appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto
## [‘Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty’ exhibit opens Sept. 24](/news/defending-haudenosaunee-sovereignty-exhibit-opens-sept-24)
The outdoor exhibit celebrates the centenary of Deskaheh Levi General’s 1923 intervention on behalf of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy at the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
## [Jolene Rickard Curates "Deskaheh in Geneva 1923-2023: Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty"](/news/jolene-rickard-curates-deskaheh-geneva-1923-2023-defending-haudenosaunee-sovereignty)
Jolene Rickard Curates "Deskaheh in Geneva 1923-2023: Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty"
## [Visual Culture Colloquium with Michael Chagnon 9/30/2025](/news/visual-culture-colloquium-michael-chagnon-9302025)
Visual Culture Colloquium with Michael Chagnon 9/30/2025
## [Hannah Ryan, PhD '19, Publishes New Book](/news/hannah-ryan-phd-19-publishes-new-book)
Hannah Ryan, PhD '19, Publishes New Book
## [New Faculty: Patricia Ekpo](/news/new-faculty-patricia-ekpo)
Patricia Ekpo, History of Art and Visual Studies
## [2025 Nexus Scholars talk about academic growth, transformation](/news/2025-nexus-scholars-talk-about-academic-growth-transformation)
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
## [Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Studies 2026-28](/news/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowship-history-art-and-visual-studies-2026-28)
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Studies 2026-28
## [Andrew Moisey Published in Journal of Aesthetics & Culture](/news/andrew-moisey-published-journal-aesthetics-culture)
Andrew Moisey Published in Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
## [Dr. Patricia Ekpo Joins Department as Assistant Professor](/news/dr-patricia-ekpo-joins-department-assistant-professor)
The Department of History of Art is pleased to welcome Patricia Ekpo (Ph.D. Yale University) as Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Art.
## [Congratulations to Cornell History of Art PhD graduate Alice Clinch!](/news/congratulations-cornell-history-art-phd-graduate-alice-clinch)
Congratulations to Cornell History of Art PhD graduate Alice Clinch!
## [Congratulations to Cornell History of Art PhD graduate Kaitlin Emmanuel!](/news/congratulations-cornell-history-art-phd-graduate-kaitlin-emmanuel)
Congratulations to Cornell History of Art PhD graduate Kaitlin Emmanuel!
## [Congratulations History of Art Class of 2025!](/news/congratulations-history-art-class-2025)
Congratulations History of Art Class of 2025!
## [Outstanding faculty win 2025 teaching and advising awards](/news/outstanding-faculty-win-2025-teaching-and-advising-awards)
Among those being recognized for exceptional teaching and mentorship this year are faculty members Begüm Adalet, Claudia Verhoeven, and Marcelo Aguiar.
## ['I understand truly how interconnected the world and its people are'](/news/i-understand-truly-how-interconnected-world-and-its-people-are)
Ashley Koca is a Robert S. Harrison College Scholar and also majors in Near Eastern studies and history of art.
## [Ayesha Matthan presents at the Annual Frick Symposium on the History of Art](/news/ayesha-matthan-presents-annual-frick-symposium-history-art)
Ayesha Matthan presents at the Annual Frick Symposium on the History of Art
## [Visual Culture Colloquium with Miguel Valerio 4/24/25](/news/visual-culture-colloquium-miguel-valerio-42425)
Visual Culture Colloquium with Miguel Valerio 4/24/25
## [Benjamin Anderson Gives Talk at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens](/news/benjamin-anderson-gives-talk-american-school-classical-studies-athens)
Benjamin Anderson Gives Talk at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens
## [Visual Culture Colloquium with Dana Leibsohn 4/22/25](/news/visual-culture-colloquium-dana-leibsohn-42225)
Visual Culture Colloquium with Dana Leibsohn 4/22/25
## [Pulse of Art History with Zirwat Chowdhury 4/15/2025](/news/pulse-art-history-zirwat-chowdhury-4152025)
Pulse of Art History with Zirwat Chowdhury 4/15/2025
## [History of Art 2025 Senior Honors Thesis Symposium](/news/history-art-2025-senior-honors-thesis-symposium)
History of Art 2025 Senior Honors Thesis Symposium
## [Pulse of Art History with David Getsy 4/8/2025](/news/pulse-art-history-david-getsy-482025)
Pulse of Art History with David Getsy 4/8/2025
## [Alumna Elizabeth Giorgis, PhD ’10, passed away in Sharjah, UAE, on March 16, 2025.](/news/alumna-elizabeth-giorgis-phd-10-passed-away-sharjah-uae-march-16-2025)
Alumna Elizabeth Giorgis, PhD ’10, passed away in Sharjah, UAE, on March 16, 2025.
## [Hui Yuan, BA '24, Accepted into Harvard Law](/news/hui-yuan-ba-24-accepted-harvard-law)
Hui Yuan, BA '24, Accepted into Harvard Law
## [Priscila Dantas de Moraes Accepted at American School of Classical Studies at Athens](/news/priscila-dantas-de-moraes-accepted-american-school-classical-studies-athens)
Priscila Dantas de Moraes Accepted at American School of Classical Studies at Athens