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Pitt undergraduate receives MA from Courtauld Institute

Imani Williford (History of Art and Architecture, 2018) has graduated with an MA in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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PhD Student and Alum Awarded Terra Foundation for American Art Research Travel Grants in 2020

Twenty-four scholars have been awarded Terra Foundation for American Art Research Travel Grants in 2020, including Katie Loney (PhD student) and Jessica Gogan (PhD '16).

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4 HAA PhD Students Receive Humanities Engage Curriculum Development Opportunity Funding

Half the awardees for the Humanities Engage Curricular Development Opportunity Funding are HAA Grads!

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The Center for Curatorial Leadership's (CCL) Seventh Annual Class includes HAA Graduate Student Emily Mazzola

HAA Grad Student Announced as Class Member of CCL/Mellon Foundation in Curatorial Practice

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Postdoctoral Fellow Richard Hylton Publishes Important New Article

Postdoctoral Fellow Richard Hylton publishes important new article, "The Art of Social Distance in the Era of #BlackLivesMatter"

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Statement by Sylvia Rhor, Director of the University Art Gallery

When the University Art Gallery (UAG) was founded decades ago, it followed the colonial model of so many other museums and galleries, a model premised on Eurocentrism — a polite term for white supremacy. 

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Congratulations to Courtney Long (PhD 2016) on New Position

HAA Graduate Courtney Long (PhD 2016) has accepted a new position at the Yale University Art Gallery.

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Congratulations to our PhD/MA Graduates!

The department virtually celebrated the accomplishments of recent PhD and MA graduate students on Saturday, May 2, 2020. 

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Congratulations to Marisol Villela Balderrama and Ellen Larson, recipients of the Marstine Prize for Outstanding Work in the Public Humanities

The committee voted to split the prize between two PhD students this year, due to the strength of each project.

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Congratulations to Postdoctoral Fellow Steve Lyons!

Steve Lyons, FRQSC Postdoctoral Fellow at HAA and the Humanities Center Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship

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