Department of Art History & Archaeology
1211B Art/Sociology Building
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

General / 301.405.1479
Graduate Study / 301.405.1487
Fax / 301.314.9652

events fall 2009

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November 13-14, 2009
African Art, Modernist Photography and the Politics of Representation A Symposium

Friday, 5-6 pm
Reception, David C. Driskell Center

Friday, 6 pm in ASY 2309
Lecture, "Modernist Primitivism: The Heart of the Matter"
Jack Flam, Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History,
Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center

Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
Symposium. The Phillips Collection



November 12, 2009

Roger Rearick Forum (click for more information)
Auditions for the Middle Atlantic Symposium and the Philadelphia Symposium
6:00PM in ASY 2309


October 12-14, 2009
GAHA Beverages, Bake, and Book Sale
9:00AM-3:00PM on 2nd floor lobby of Art/Sociology Building
(sign up to volunteer in the copier room)


October 9, 2009
Conference papers presented at
The Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS)
By Abram Fox, Brighton Hanson, Suzy Hwang, and Lara Yeager
Wilmington, Delware


September 23, 2009
First meeting of the Graduate Art History Association (GAHA) for the fall semester
12:30-1:30PM in ASY 4304

Paper Rehearsals for upcoming conference of
The Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS)
Brighton Hanson, "Playing for Eternity: A New Interpretation of the Kazanluk Tomb"
Suzy Hwang, "Fathoming the Eschatological Significance of the Tomb of the Diver"
Abram Fox, "Glorious Sons of Gods: Visualizing the Afterlife in Early Fifth-Century Athens"
Lara Yeager, "Models of Mourning: The Iconography of Female Lamentation after Solon's Legislation"
1:30-3PM in ASY 4303


September 17, 2009
Opening Reception of the Contemporary Art Purchasing Program: 2008-2009 Selections at the Stamp Gallery
Organized by Megan Rook-Koepsel
5-8 pm (visit the website)


September 12, 2009
Departmental Back-to-School Party
5-8 pm (sign up in copier room)

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