Past Events

Tue

Mar

2023

Between Wonder and Omen: Conjoined Twins from Constantinople to Norman Sicily

In the year 944, two wonders arrived in the city of Constantinople from foreign lands: First, a textile that had Christ's face miraculously imprinted on it, known as the Mandylion. Second, male conjoined twins from Armenia. In this talk, Pr. Betancourt, University of California Irvine will focus on the depiction of these twins in a historical chronicle known as the Madrid Skylitzes.

Wed

Mar

2023

Monument Lab Today and Toward 2026

From its modest beginnings as a passion project in Philadelphia, Monument Lab has emerged as the leading organizational voice in the U.S. working to change the commemorative landscape we have inherited.

Thu

Mar

2023

Frank Lloyd Wright’s San Francisco Office and the Story of its Remarkable Travels

To mark the recent installation of Frank Lloyd Wright's San Francisco Office in the Hagen History Center (Erie, PA), architectural historian Paul V. Turner will examine this unique work, trace its extraordinary migration across America, and describe its meticulous restoration.

Wed

Mar

2023

The Oppositional Landscape Photography of Charles “Teenie” Harris

In this colloquium, graduate student Kale Serrato Doyen will present her MA thesis titled The Oppositional Landscape Photography of Charles “Teenie” Harris.

Thu

Feb

2023

Rewriting the History of Women in Architecture and How it Changes Everything

The renowned author of "Where are the Women Architects" will be dissecting and promoting gender equity in the design professions.

Wed

Feb

2023

Body Politics: Modernizing the Body at German Hygiene Exhibitions, 1911-1930

This talk considers two "orans" sculptures produced for German hygiene exhibitions, to examine the ways they reflect changing ideas about the body informed by different paradigms of science and visuality.

Wed

Feb

2023

Art History in the Age of Artificial Image Generation

Please join us in a conversation about computational image generation technologies which output lively, synthesized digital images from text-based, user-provided prompts.

Wed

Feb

2023

Writing With Things: Revising ‘Foundations of Art History’

Significant work has been undertaken to revise and reconceptualize the required core foundations course for the History of Art and Architecture major.

Wed

Jan

2023