From August 2019 to February 2020, the department was host to a visiting scholar, Professor Yang Zeyu. Professor Yang is a senior lecturer at the Department of Chinese Painting at
Student Art Historians Present at 2020 URCA Conference
The 13th annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URCA) Conference at The University of Alabama was scheduled just as the coronavirus epidemic spread around the world in March 2020. The
It’s Like That: Paul Jones Museum Posts Virtual Tour of Current Show
While UA operates in a limited capacity in order to stem the spread of COVID-19, the Paul R. Jones Museum is closed to the public. However, we are excited to
Grad Student Wins Award for Original Research and “Deep Understanding” of Topic
Graduate student in art history Faith Barringer was awarded the S. Eric Molin Prize for the best presentation by a graduate student at the 2019 annual meeting of the East
UA Art History Professor Wins Grant to Make a Virtual Reality Gothic Cathedral for Alabama Middle-Schoolers
The humanities are more than a set of subjects like history, literature and philosophy; they are also a way of solving urgent problems. When they step beyond the walls of
UA Junior Studies Art History in Scotland
Anna Wallace Pitts, a junior double major in art history and studio art with a minor in the Blount Scholars Program, was accepted to the University of Glasgow in Scotland
UA Art Historian Presents Research in Madrid, Spain
In January, Dr. Tanja Jones, associate professor of art history, was invited to present a paper in Madrid at the conference Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean: Methodological Encounters and
UA Art Historians Present Scholarly Research in Chicago
UA art history faculty presented their research at the 108th CAA Annual Conference in snowy Chicago in February. Dr. Mina Kim presented “Korean Artist, Jung Yeondoo: The Coexistence of Reality
Paul R. Jones Collection Featured on ‘Spirit of Alabama’
Emily Bibb, curator and collections manager of the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, was recently featured in WVUA 23’s Spirit of Alabama with Mike Royer. Bibb takes viewers