Rajagopalan Receives NEH Summer Stipend & UCIS Major Impact Award
Rajagopalan has received the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) stipend for summer 2024 to develop a journal article titled, "The Other Shah Jahan: An Indian Queen Builds England's First Mosque". The essay traces the history of the Shah Jahan Mosque built in 1889 in Woking, Surrey which was endowed by Shah Jahan Begum--the third woman ruler of Bhopal.
Nguyen Wins ODK Senior of the Year
HAA major Joshua Nguyen was honored with the Omicron Delta Kappa Senior of the Year award on Friday, April 26. Each year, the national leadership honors society recognizes one senior for making a lasting impact on Pitt and the greater university community. Nguyen was chosen for his commitment to diversity on campus and work to incorporate activism into his leadership roles in groups like the Asian Student Alliance. In the fall, Nguyen will be attending the Ohio State University for his MD-PhD.
Adriana Miramontes Co-Curates Exhibition on Nao Bustamante, Judy Chicago, and Alison Saar
"My Body, My Choice? Art and Reproductive Justice" features a selection of artworks by Nao Bustamante, Judy Chicago, and Alison Saar. Co-curated by Adriana Miramontes Olivas, PhD, and curatorial colleagues at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, the exhibit investigates the intersection of art, science, and politics. In paintings, video art, and prints the selected artists adopt a historical and contemporary framework to reveal the racist origins of the modern gynecological field and respond to both notions of motherhood and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Daniels Receives K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship
Hot Metal Bridge post-baccalaureate fellow Monica Daniels has been awarded a K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship to continue her work in the HAA department as a doctoral student. Daniels is honored to receive this support for her graduate research on women's art-making practices and material culture within the African Diaspora. Read more about the fellowship here.
Nakhaei to Speak on Mediterranean Ecologies Roundtable
Graduate student Hossein Nakhaei will participate in this year’s Mediterranean Seminar and Saint Louis University workshop, Mediterranean Ecologies. Nakhaei will present on the ecology of cobalt pigment in medieval Iran on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Read more about the workshop on the SLU website.
Serrato Doyen Awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
Graduate student Kale Serrato Doyen has received a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship to support her dissertation, “Mapping the Teenie Harris Archive: Photography, Community, and Pittsburgh's Black Built Environment,” which, in collaboration with local community organizations, maps the photographic archive of Charles "Teenie" Harris. Read more on the ACLS website.
Smith to Give Carnegie Discoverers Talk at CMNH
Deirdre M. Smith will deliver the talk, “Looking Closely: Lessons From the Carnegie’s “Natural History Art” Collection”, at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History on May 9, 2024, 6-8pm. This talk will share images and stories from the collection, exploring what it can teach audiences today about the history of the museum, and the history of art and science. Learn more on the CMNH website.
Larson Co-Authors and Illustrates Children’s Book on Fu Hao
Ellen Larson (PhD 2022), co-founder of ARTSQ, a new platform and imprint for early-age art historical education, has co-authored and illustrated ARTSQ’s first publication. “Unearthing Fu Hao: China’s Warrior Queen'' guides readers through the objects of Fu Hao’s tomb, using close looking skills to tell the story of “one of ancient China’s most powerful women.” Read more on ARTSQ.
López Receives Humanities Center Summer Fellowship
Graduate student Janina López has been awarded a Summer Fellowship from the Humanities Center at the University of Pittsburgh. López will pursue her dissertation research in conjunction with the Center’s 2024-2025 theme of “Method?”, investigating interdisciplinary methodological practices of art history. Read more about the fellowship on the Humanities Center website.
Vuković Receives Humanities Center Summer Research Fellowship
Graduate student Vuk Vuković receives the Humanities Center Summer Research Fellowship. With the support of the Humanities Center, the project Vuković plans to complete over the summer will allow him to finalize archival research and finish writing the second chapter of his dissertation project. By completing all archival research this coming summer, Vuković will be in a great position to finish the Ph.D. in his fifth year while utilizing the advantage of being part of the Humanities Center’s intellectual network during the 2024-25 academic year.
Vuk Vuković Publishes in the Journal of Film and Video
PhD candidate Vuk Vuković recently published a book review in the Journal of Film and Video. His review of "Encounters in Video Art in Latin America ed. by Elena Shtromberg and Glenn Phillips" examines the complex history of making, exhibiting, storing, archiving, and preserving video art in Latin America.
Kupfer Organizes and Speaks on Brasa XVII Panel
Graduate student Paula Kupfer recently organized and took part in the panel, “Reciprocal Views: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the History of Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca Forest,” at the Biennial Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association (Brasa) XVII. The panel explored the history of the forest from interdisciplinary perspectives. Read more on the Brasa website.
López to Participate in Voces Oral History Summer Institute
Graduate student Janina López will participate in the Voces Oral History Summer Institute in the Moody College of Communication at UT Austin. This week-long workshop includes training in conducting oral history as well as workshopping of participants’ research. López will continue her dissertation work and prepare to conduct artist interviews this summer. Read more on the Voces website.
Hands-On Encounters With Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books
Explore Ed Ruscha’s unusual approach to the book medium and see how he rejected the conventions of sequential narratives, photography, and fine art in general. The event, April 16 1-2:30pm in the Frick Fine Arts Library, will commence with remarks from Grace Marston, student curator of the exhibition of Ruscha’s books on view in FFAL throughout April.
Villela Balderrama Receives ALAA Article Award
Graduate student Marisol Villela Balderrama was recently awarded the Article Award from the Association for Latin American Art (ALAA). Villela Balderrama’s article, “Doves and Machetes: Rina Lazo’s Portable Mural Venceremos (1959) in Guatemala, North Korea and Beyond,” appeared in Art History Vol. 45, issue 5 (November 2022). Read the article here.