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 spring 2009

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February 4, 2009
Artists Antonio Ole and Aime Mpane will present their work to students in ARTH 275 (Art of Africa).
Their visit is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution's Educational Outreach Program
2203 Art/Sociology Building, 10 am

February 10, 2009
Paper Rehearsals for Upcoming Conferences
Steven Cody, “Cosimo I de' Medici, Michelangelo and the Origins of the Accademia del Disegno,
Andrew Eschelbacher, “Creating an Icon: Alfred Roll and his Femmes au Boulot.”
2309 Art/Sociology Building, 6 pm (refreshments at 5:30 pm on fourth floor)

February 17-19, 2009
GAHA Books and Bake Sale
Front entrance of Art/Sociology Building, 8 am-3 pm

February 19, 2009
Chari Pradel (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona), “ The Tenjukoku Shûchô : A Visualization of Prince Shôtoku's Afterlife"
2309 Art/Sociology Building, 6 pm

February 20-21, 2009
"The Status of THEORY in CONTEMPORARY CHINESE FILM and VISUAL CULTURE," an interdisciplinary conference
Multi-purpose Room, St. Mary's Hall (Language House)

March 6, 2009
Middle Atlantic Symposium - Keynote
George Levitine Lecture in Art History
Patricia Fortini Brown, " Venice Outside Venice: Toward a Cultural Geography of the Venetian Republic"
2203 Art/Sociology Building, 5:30 pm

Dinner (by subscription) will follow the Levitine lecture

March 7, 2009
Middle Atlantic Symposium - Program
National Gallery of Art
West Building Lecture Hall, 9 am - 4 pm

March 11, 2009
2009 Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series
"Warhol, Wallpaper, and Contemporary Installation Art"
Elissa Auther, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art and Director of the Art History Program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
2203 Art/Sociology Building, 4:30 pm (tea in Atrium, 3:45 pm)

March 30, 2009
Henry J. Drewal, "Mami Wata: Arts for Water Divinities in Africa and its Diasporas"
2203 Art/Sociology Building, 5 pm

May 1 , 2009
Art History Undergraduate Symposium
2309 Art/Sociology Building, 2 - 4 pm

May 22, 2009
Spring Commencement
Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, 10 am

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