Join Faye Yingfei Liang, Arthur Weiss, and Dr. Jennifer Lee for a dynamic conversation about Air Crash Report and Anxiety Aesthetics. Together they’ll explore truth, unease, and control in Liang’s work while drawing upon Lee’s research of Maoist legacies in contemporary Chinese Art.
Air Crash Report is about a devastating air crash that occurred in China in 2022, in which all 132 passengers and crew members on board were killed. After three years of investigation, one preliminary report and two anniversary updates were issued, all maintaining that no faults or abnormalities were found—leaving the cause of the disaster an unsolved mystery.
We are proud to announce that Art History PhD student, Jenny Harris, is the recipient of the 2025 Dean’s Award for Graduate Student Teaching Excellence.
This award acknowledges Jenny's truly outstanding performance as a graduate student teacher, and the impact she has made on undergraduate and masters students she has taught.
This award will be acknowledged during the Divisional Convocation ceremony on June 6, 2025, by divisional leadership.
Below, please find information regarding an upcoming CAEA co-sponsored event series. This program is organized by Zhiyan Yang, PhD Harper-Schmidt Fellow in the University of Chicago Society of Fellows and Collegiate Assistant Professor in the Humanities Collegiate Division.
Event Itinerary:
Thursday, May 22
Public Screening and Dance Performance
Logan Center Screening Room 201
Event Itinerary:
Thursday, May 22
Public Screening and Dance Performance
Logan Center Screening Room 201
Chat About: Magicfeifei and Kiana Shahnia is an exhibition in conjunction with the event To Be Seen Looking: A Crisis at Play, May 21, 2025. Featuring works by artists Magicfeifei and Kiana Shahnia in conversation with Humanities graduate students Aashna Singh, Ahmet Kraja, and Miles Brautigum.
The study of ancient Near Eastern art and material culture enjoys a vibrant, diversifying practice in the present, with advances in archaeological methods, digital imaging, and scientific analysis intersecting with critical approaches that foreground the entanglements of artistic production, cultural exchange, and heritage stewardship in shaping both ancient and modern engagements with the region.
