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This award will support a study of historic gardens in Suzhou, China, and Seoul, Korea as part of his research project, "Nature in Cities: Urban Gardens in Pre-Modern East Asia." The field research will contribute to a book project examining the relationship between eighteenth-century imperial gardens in Beijing, urban gardens in China’s Lower Yangzi region, and royal gardens of Korea’s late Joseon dynasty. The research will also help him develop an undergraduate travel seminar on urban gardens in pre-modern East Asia.
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Shigeatsu Shimizu, Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology
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Thursday February 11, 2016, 6:00-7:00 p.m. 612 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University
Shigeatsu Shimizu is an associate professor at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, currently at Columbia University as a visiting scholar. He specializes in the theory of architectural restoration in Japan. His book Kenchiku hozon gainen no seisei shi (The Rise of Architectural Preservation in Japan, Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan, 2013) received the Prize of the Architectural Institute…
Through a fundraising effort spearheaded by Matthew P. McKelway, the Takeo and Itsuko Atsumi Professor of Japanese Art History, the Department of Art History and Archaeology will establish the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art and the Mary Griggs Burke Professorship of East Asian Buddhist Art History. Columbia University announced the gift from the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation on February 2, 2016.
The Burke Center will advance the understanding of the art and culture of Japan and its relevance to other fields of inquiry. The Burke Foundation’s…
December 8th, 6 pm, Schermerhorn 612
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality.
The talk will be followed by a small reception in the Stronach Center.
Meredith Gamer will be joining the department as Assistant Professor of European Art, 1700-1900. Dr Gamer earned her PhD from Yale with a dissertation on eighteenth-century British art, though her expertise extends to the broader Atlantic and British colonial worlds. She has already co-curated the major exhibition Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain and has worked extensively on the cataloging of Turner drawings at the Tate Britain.
Michael J. Waters will be the department's new Assistant Professor of Renaissance Architectural History.…
Louise Rice, Department of Art History, New York University
Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 pm, Schermerhorn 612
Louise Rice, Department of Art History, New York University
Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 pm, Schermerhorn 612
Friday at 4pm in 612 Schermerhorn Hall
In the summer of 2014, Columbia University’s Department of Art History and Archaeology initiated the excavation of the sanctuary of Poseidon in Onchestos (director: Professor Ioannis Mylonopoulos), the seat of the Boeotian Confederacy, under the auspices of the Athens Archaeological Society. The excavation focuses on two large areas (Site A: 0.6 ha; Site B: 1.03 ha) between Thebes and Haliartos. During the first campaign, a geomagnetic survey provided much information on architectural remains still hidden in the ground including the existence of a substantial…
Dear Colleagues, Students, and Friends,
With deep regret and sadness, I am writing to share the news that David Rosand, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History Emeritus, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, surrounded by his family.
David Rosand joined the art history faculty in 1964, having earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Columbia University. He served twice as the chairman of the Department of Art History and Archaeology, was a devoted teacher and director of Art Humanities, and led the Columbia Society of Fellows…
The Department of Art History and Archaeology is pleased to announce the first Caleb Smith Memorial Fellowship, a competitive travel grant for MA students, whose thesis project involves the use of photographic documentation techniques and/or the use of digital media in innovative ways. Named after Caleb Smith, who served as the Director of the Media Center of Art History from 2009 until his untimely passing in February 2013, this endowed fellowship will be awarded annually to support the research of an MA student with the best thesis proposal that uses or develops new in situ digital…
Through the generosity of the Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation, Columbia University's Department of Art History and Archaeology is pleased to announce five competitive Summer Fellowships for doctoral students in British, British Colonial, or European Art of the 18th and 19th centuries. Each fellowship carries a $5,000 stipend and is designed to support library, archival, and collection research in Europe of no less than one month between June 1 and August 31, 2015. The five fellowship recipients will be known as the Dr. Lee MacCormick Doctoral Summer Travel Fellows.
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Three Mellon Post Doctoral Teaching Fellowships/Lectureships will be offered in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University for a period of two years beginning July 1, 2013. Ph.D. or equivalent required. The degree must have been awarded in 2012 or 2013 or applicants must have a firm scheduled date of defense on or before May 24, 2013. Specialization may be in any field of art history. In addition to conducting their own research, Fellows teach Art Humanities. In the second year, Fellows have the option of teaching an undergraduate seminar in their own field of specialization…
Please note that the deadline for submitting applications for Barnard Art History seminars has been extended to Wednesday, November 7.
Barnard Art History seminars (AHIS BC prefix) are limited to 15 undergraduate students and require an application. Travel seminars are limited to 14. Applications are due on Wednesday, November 7, in the Barnard Art History Department office.
Rosters will still be decided by November 14. The Art History Department will post rosters outside of the department office on the 5th floor of Diana Center. An application form is available on the Barnard College…
It is with deepest sadness that I must announce the death of Professor Emerita Natalie Kampen on Sunday, August 12. Below are some words from Barnard's President, Debora Spar, and Professor Helene Foley of the Columbia Classics Department that capture what Tally meant to the Barnard and Columbia communities.
— Holger A. Klein, Department Chair
Professor Holger A. Klein has received a 2012 Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award. Funded through the generosity of Columbia trustee Gerry Lenfest (LAW '58, HON '09), the award recognizes faculty who demonstrate unusual merit as teachers of undergraduate and graduate students as well as outstanding scholarship and service to the university.
This is the sixth year since 2006 that a member of the Department of Art History and Archaeology has received the award. Other recipients include:
- Stephen Murray, Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History, 2011
- Francesco de…
Through the generosity of The Cathedral Fund and Columbia College alumnus Mr. Greg Wyatt, the Department of Art History and Archaeology will, once again, be able to award a four-week summer research fellowship at the Royal Academy in London for a Ph.D. student in the program. The fellowship includes a stipend of up to $3,500, a studio/office space in the Royal Academy, and access to the Academy library, which specializes in British art from the eighteenth century to the present. Affiliation with the Royal Academy, arranged by the Curator of the Royal Academy Schools, Ms. Eliza Bonham Carter, will…
Vidya Dehejia, Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art, has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India.
The Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri are given to those who have carried out exceptional work in various fields, including art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, and civil service. The Padma Bhushan is awarded for distinguished service of high order.
The awards will be distributed by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, the official residence…
Three Mellon Post Doctoral Teaching Fellowships/Lectureships will be offered in the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, for 2012-14. Specialization may be in any field of art history. In addition to conducting their own research, Fellows teach Art Humanities: Masterpieces of Western Art, part of the Core Curriculum of Columbia College (or an equivalent course in African, Islamic, South Asian, or East Asian art). In the second year Fellows have the option of teaching an undergraduate seminar in their own field of specialization in lieu of one semester of Art Humanities…
Building the Great Cathedrals, featuring Professor Stephen Murray, has been nominated for Two Emmy Awards. The program first aired on PBS October 19, 2010, as part of the NOVA series.
PBS received 32 nominations for the 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, announced July 18, 2011. Building the Great Cathedrals received nominations for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming and Outstanding Cinematography, News Coverage/Documentaries.
France's Amiens Cathedral was one of the medieval marvels of architecture highlighted in the NOVA program, a documentary produced by Providence-based…
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This award will support a study of historic gardens in Suzhou, China, and Seoul, Korea as part of his research project, "Nature in Cities: Urban Gardens in Pre-Modern East Asia." The field research will contribute to a book project examining the relationship between eighteenth-century imperial gardens in Beijing, urban gardens in China’s Lower Yangzi region, and royal gardens of Korea’s late Joseon dynasty. The research will also help him develop an undergraduate travel seminar on urban gardens in pre-modern East Asia.
Eleonora Pistis, Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology, is the winner of the 2025 Berger Prize, the leading book prize in the field of British art history.
Her study—Architecture of Knowledge: Hawksmoor and Oxford (London/Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2024)—has been defined by the Chair of the judging panel as “A rare example of true interdisciplinarity,” a one that “breaks new ground in the field of intellectual history as well as architectural history.
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This award will support a study of historic gardens in Suzhou, China, and Seoul, Korea as part of his research project, "Nature in Cities: Urban Gardens in Pre-Modern East Asia." The field research will contribute to a book project examining the relationship between eighteenth-century imperial gardens in Beijing, urban gardens in China’s Lower Yangzi region, and royal gardens of Korea’s late Joseon dynasty. The research will also help him develop an undergraduate travel seminar on urban gardens in pre-modern East Asia.
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Jin Xu was Awarded the Early Career Scholarship Support Grant by Columbia University Faculty Advancement
This award will support a study of historic gardens in Suzhou, China, and Seoul, Korea as part of his research project, "Nature in Cities: Urban Gardens in Pre-Modern East Asia." The field research will contribute to a book project examining the relationship between eighteenth-century imperial gardens in Beijing, urban gardens in China’s Lower Yangzi region, and royal gardens of Korea’s late Joseon dynasty. The research will also help him develop an undergraduate travel seminar on urban gardens in pre-modern East Asia.
Zainab Bahrani is the winner of the 2025 CAA/American Institute for Conservation Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation
Eleonora Pistis' book Architecture of Knowledge wins the prestigious 2025 Berger Prize
Eleonora Pistis, Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology, is the winner of the 2025 Berger Prize, the leading book prize in the field of British art history.
Her study—Architecture of Knowledge: Hawksmoor and Oxford (London/Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2024)—has been defined by the Chair of the judging panel as “A rare example of true interdisciplinarity,” a one that “breaks new ground in the field of intellectual history as well as architectural history.