Department of Art History | The University of Chicago

The Research in Art and Visual Evidence (RAVE) Workshop provides a forum for University of Chicago graduate students––and the occasional faculty or outside speaker––to present their works-in-progress whose research centers on art or any type of visual and material culture. RAVE provides visually-minded scholars from across the university with the opportunity to receive feedback from art historians, while also ensuring that art historians think broadly and experimentally about their projects.

Marking the centennial of the birth of French film critic and theorist André Bazin, Bazin@100 seeks to assess the current situation of thinking about his work as both a historical figure and a media theorist whose work remains vital to thinking about cinema (and other media) today. Showcasing Hervé Joubert-Laurencin's feature-length reconstruction of Bazin’s unfinished film, as well as the upcoming publication of Bazin Écrits, the conference brings together a range of scholars working on different aspects of Bazin’s work and its implications.

The Department of Art History welcomes our 2018 incoming class of PhD students:

Yoon-Jee Choi

Yoon-Jee’s research revolves around material culture and inter-regional influence within East Asian art history, particularly concentrating on the latter half of Joseon Dynasty and on modern Korean art. Prior to arriving in Chicago, she worked at the National Museum of Korea and the Asian Museum Institute in Seoul.