Department of Art History

What makes Medieval Studies a multimodal field? How are students and scholars reanimating medieval and analogue sources through digital tools and methods? This informal talk will introduce the landscape of digital humanities research tools and methods used frequently in Medieval Studies projects and offer guidance on how to come up with a DH project or component based on your research interests.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Department of Art History.

Dr. Cosette Bruhns Alonso (PhD '20) will present on multimodal scholarly publications.

This informal talk will address the digital turn in the academic job market and the increasing requirement to discuss DH skills and projects in job applications. Do you need to learn a programming language to apply for these jobs? How do you frame DH tools and methods in your teaching and research if you haven’t had a chance to experiment yet? Come chat and find out! Those who are currently on the job market are encouraged to bring application materials focused on DH.

Lunch will be provided. 

Yael Rice is associate professor of art history and Asian languages and civilizations at Amherst College. She specializes in the art and architecture of South Asia, Central Asia, and Iran, with a particular focus on manuscripts and other portable arts of the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries. She is the author of the forthcoming The Brush of Insight: Artists and Agency at the Mughal Court (University of Washington Press, 2023).

The symposium will feature a keynote by Michele Wallace, a special tribute to Madeline Anderson, and a keynote conversation between Barbara McCullough and Julie Dash. In all, around 40 Black women filmmakers, writers, and curators will convene at the Logan Center from March 3 to 4 to celebrate The Sojourner Truth Festival of the Arts, 2023.