UC Berkeley History of Art Department

Congratulations to Sugata Ray on winning an American Academy of Religion 2020 Book Award for Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 15501850 (University of Washington Press) https://www.aarweb.org//Ne/News-/2020-AAR-Book-Awards.aspx

The South Asia Art Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley is delighted to launch Crisis and Creativity: Virtual Artist in Residence at UC Berkeley South Asia Art Initiative with artists Mithu Sen (New Delhi) and Brendan Fernandes (Chicago). The 72-hour residency (October 2527, 2020) will be live streamed for the entire duration on the SAAI Artist Residency website. The virtual residency is curated by UC Berkeley faculty Allan deSouza, Atreyee Gupta, Asma Kazmi, and Sugata Ray.

Visual Activism: Michael Rakowitz Tuesday, October 20 4:00-5:30 PDT Michael Rakowitz will be in conversation with Anneka Lenssen, Associate Professor of History of Art, and graduate students Alejandro Múnera, Tausif Noor, and Anna Riley.... This talk will take place online, please go to ARC’s YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5F7RovElIg&feature=youtu.be

Nanni Strada’s Ethnological" Fashion October 22, 4pm Pacific Time This talk will focus on the intersection of fashion and ethnography in the futuristic work of designer Nanni Strada in 1970s Italy.

Present Tense: An Iconology of the Epoch Please join us for an event with W.J.T. Mitchell, Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago. October 29 at 4pm Pacific Time Live on Zoom Click below for registration info

Lasting Impressions: An Art Historian’s Perspective on Printmaking and the Graphic Arts Loan Collection October 21 at 4:10 Pacific Time Professor Todd Olson (History of Art Department) borrowed prints from the Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library, when he was an undergraduate at Cal. A good deal of his teaching and scholarship involves looking closely at prints and drawings. He will share personal reflections on collecting and living with works on paper, in co...nversation with undergraduate student Albie Cartagenes (Art Practice/History of Art majors). Graphic Knowledge: Perspectives on Prints and Printmaking at UC Berkeley is a series of events held each Wednesday in October. See event info to register:

Native Women: The Invisible Indigenous Population A lecture by Elizabeth (Betty) Parent October 15 at 11am, Live on Zoom Discussion to follow with panelists:... Patrick Naranjo, Director, UC Berkeley American Indian Graduate Program Lisa Pieraccini, Associate Adjunct Professor, History of Art, UC Berkeley Meredith Vasta, Collections Steward, The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Register now: https://berkeley.zoom.us//regist/WN_MwMI0vHLQxesMALAXafasQ

Daniel Marcus (Ph.D. 2017) has been appointed Associate Curator at the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University, where he is also a lecturer in the Department of History of Art. Congratulations, Daniel!

Check out this film + music drive-in event organized by History of Art alum Izzy Parlamis which features rarely screened films from Unseen Cinema, a cool opportunity to see art in-person this semester!

Emma Silverman (PhD History of Art 2018) has been appointed the Mellon Public Humanities Fellow at the National Park Service, where she will be working on a project about racial justice, practices of commemoration, and public monuments. Congratulations, Emma!