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January 11, 2023

History of Art Commencement exercises will take place on Tuesday, May 16th at 9:00 a.m. in the auditorium at The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). Save the date!

November 2, 2022

We are very proud to celebrate (a bit belatedly) some of the recent fellowships, awards, and positions won by our graduate students over the course of last academic year–now supporting advanced training and innovative scholarship! 

Graduate Predoctoral Fellowships/Awards

Joseph Albanese

-Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Spain

Elizabeth Fair

-Outstanding GSI Award

November 1, 2022

Tuesday, November 1

Stephen Whiteman

Senior Lecturer in Art and Architecture of China and Head of Research Degree Programmes, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, UK

“The Word Itself: The Language of Mapping in China”

Tuesday, November 8

Matthew Spellberg

Dean of the College, Outer Coast College, Sitka, Alaska

Tuesday, November 1

Stephen Whiteman

Senior Lecturer in Art and Architecture of China and Head of Research Degree Programmes, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, UK

“The Word Itself: The Language of Mapping in China”

Tuesday, November 8

Matthew Spellberg

Dean of the College, Outer Coast College, Sitka, Alaska

October 6, 2022

Thursday, October 6

Kamini Vellodi

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Theory, and History of Art and Director of Research Excellence, Edinburgh College of Art,University of Edinburgh, UK

“Diagramming ‘World Art’”

Tuesday, November 1

Stephen Whiteman

Senior Lecturer in Art and Architecture of China and Head of Research Degree Programmes, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, UK

July 21, 2022

June 22, 2022

Professor Emerita Joanna G. Williams, distinguished scholar of South and Southeast Asian art, passed away at her home in Berkeley on June 16, 2022, at the age of eighty-four. She was one of the foremost scholars of South and Southeast Asian art and architecture and, indeed, one of the most well-regarded for her seminal work on fourth- and fifth-century sculpture and architecture as well as later folk traditions. Born in southern Indiana, Williams received a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1960 and a M.A. from Radcliffe College in 1961. She then received a Ph.D.

May 31, 2022

We are excited to share with you the 2021-2022 issue of our departmental newsletter. A huge thanks goes to Julia Bryan-Wilson, Justin Underhill, Heather Reilly, and Julie Wolf.

May 27, 2022

The Department of History of Art congratulates Professor Julia Bryan-Wilson on her receiving The Leon A. Henkin Citation for Distinguished Service is awarded by the Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Campus Climate (DECC) of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate.  The Henkin Citation is given in recognition of an “exceptional commitment to the educational development of students from groups who are underrepresented in the academy.”

May 18, 2022

Congratulations to the members of the Class of 2022 who participated in our Commencement ceremony!

Doctoral Degree

Susan Eberhard

Shivani Sud

Bachelor of Arts Degree

Natalie K. Aguilera

Quetzal Arévalo

Haochen Bai

Nicolas Hendrix Bult

Lily Callender

Renée L. Castro-Ring

Marisa Cunanan

Nusheen Ghaemi

Matthew L. Gomberg

Fae Gonzalez-Moosa

Jordan Gonzalez

Eugenia (Snow) Guilfoyle

Christine Haggin

Collette Sweet Marie Keating