Announcements

The Department of History of Art, University of California, Berkeley invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Art and Architecture of East Asia and/or Southeast Asia, tenure-track, with an expected start date of July 1, 2026.

The History of Art Department extends a warm welcome to our newest faculty. 

Shiben Banerji, Associate Professor, Architecture and Urbanism, https://arthistory.berkeley.edu/people/shiben-banerji

Greetings to Alumni, Students, Faculty, Staff, Supporters, and Partners,

All years have their challenges, but we are living in unprecedented times here in History of Art at UC Berkeley. That said, our department's ability to remain focused on our mission and responsive to dynamic conditions has been nothing short of inspirational.

We have an art history alumna (2010) who won a Pulitzer Prize! She wrote an honors thesis on viceregal Entrada ceremonies in New Spain and compared them to border art interventions. Public humanities!

Congratulations to the Class of 2025 who participated in our Commencement ceremony!

On March 27, President Trump signed "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," a directive mandating that the Smithsonian Institution and the Department of the Interior, which oversees national monuments, memorials and statues, rectify "divisive narratives that distort our shared history." This is just one of several actions aimed at changing how arts and humanities organizations tell the story of the country's past and present.