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We regret to announce that the Department of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania will not be making admissions to the PhD program during the 2021-22 cycle. We welcome applications for the MA program. For more information, see the Admissions page.

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  • Dr. Jeannie Kenmotsu (PhD'16) lecture for Japanese Art Society of America

    November 23, 2020

  • Rijksmuseum Fellowship Applications due January 17, 2021

    November 13, 2020

  • Massive Simone Leigh Sculpture Now Greets Penn Students

    November 11, 2020

  • Prof. Mantha Zarmakoupi is "Surveying Mediterranean Shipwrecks to Understand Ancient Greek Maritime Networks"

    October 21, 2020

  • Professor Emerita Renata Holod Receives MESA Mentoring Award

    October 19, 2020

  • New York Times writes tribute honoring the life of Carol Paumgarten, History of Art Alum (BA'68)

    October 16, 2020

  • Juliana Rowen Barton, PhD'20, Receives Luce 2020 Leading Edge Fellowship

    September 9, 2020

  • Juliet Sperling PhD'18 Featured in The Daily of The University of Washington

    August 3, 2020

  • Prof. André Dombrowski named Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Associate Professor in 19th-Century European Art

    July 23, 2020

  • Tamir Williams, PhD Candidate, appointed CTL Graduate Fellow for Teaching Excellence for 2020-2021

    June 16, 2020

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Upcoming Events

  • VIRTUAL COLLOQUIUM - Shira Brisman, "Contriving Scarcity in Early Modern Art and Law"

    Friday, December 4, 2020 - 3:30pm

  • Workshop, "Citational Footprints - Navigating and Addressing the White Supremacist Hetero-Patriarchal Knowledge Economies of Art History"

    Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 10:30am to 12:00pm

  • LAST DAY OF CLASSES (MONDAY SCHEDULE) FALL TERM ENDS

    Thursday, December 10, 2020 (All day)

  • SENIOR HONORS THESIS COLLOQUIUM

    Monday, December 14, 2020 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

  • FALL TERM ENDS

    Tuesday, December 22, 2020 (All day)

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Contact

Department Chair: Michael Leja
Graduate Chair: Julie Nelson Davis
Undergraduate Chair: Ivan Drpić

Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe History of Art Building
3405 Woodland Walk   Philadelphia, PA
19104-6208   215.898.8327

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