The Center for the Art of East Asia (CAEA) announces a new Associate Director

Ellen Larson joins the Center for the Art of East Asia (CAEA) as newly appointed Associate Director. A scholar and curator of global contemporary art from Asia, Larson was CAEA’s postdoctoral fellow from 2022-2024, where her research and writing culminated in her current book project Ephemeral Architectures: Video Art from China since 1988. Larson also spearheaded high-profile public programming and media screenings, in addition to curating and developing exhibitions, courses, and events related to the study of contemporary art from Asia.

Major Open House

Please join us for our Major Open House to highlight more information about what our program offers and spend intentional time with undeclared students.

Memorial Service for Alan Longino

We invite you to celebrate and reflect on the life of our friend and colleague Alan Longino with a memorial service and reception gathering; you are welcome to attend either or both.

Service:
Date: Tuesday, October 8
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Bond Chapel (1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637)

Chelsea Foxwell Co-curated Exhibition Featured in Artforum

Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan, an exhibition co-curated by Professor of Art History Chelsea Foxwell, has been featured in the September issue of the leading international art journal Artforum. This article provides a review of the exhibition currently on view (through September 15) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Assistant Professor in East Asian Art History Position Opening

The Department of Art History invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in East Asian Art History with an expected start date of July 1, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter. We seek a historian of any period whose work addresses the visual, material, and/or architectural culture of the Korean peninsula and/or Korean diaspora in its wider regional and historical context, preferably with a focus on transnational and intercultural topics.

Christine Mehring awarded Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Fellowship

Professor of Art History and the College Christine Mehring has been awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in the School of Historical Studies for the 2024-25 academic year. This prestigious membership allows for focused research and the free and open exchange of ideas among an international community of scholars at one of the foremost centers for intellectual inquiry. During her stay as the Elizabeth and J. Richardson Dilworth Member, Prof.

Lewis ‘Alan’ Longino, UChicago graduate student and scholar of postwar Japanese art, 1987‒2024

We mourn the loss of Art History PhD student Alan Longino.

Alan's memorial service will take place on October 8, 2024 at 11AM at Bond Chapel on the University of Chicago campus.

"Colleagues remembered art historian’s ‘intellectual spirit,’ empathy and curiosity."

Opening Celebration for WEFT

Join curator Arnie Campa to celebrate the opening of the exhibition WEFT with conversations, jubilation, and a light reception! 

WEFT

WEFT presents the work of 20th century women weavers who worked out of The Little Loomhouse in Louisville, Kentucky. The Little Loomhouse (1939-present) is a system of cabins in Louisville, Kentucky that was established as a weaving studio, gallery space, and meeting place for Kentucky weavers.

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