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The Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

Welcome to History in Art

The History in Art Department offers a broad, interdisciplinary exploration of artistic, aesthetic and visual traditions in their social and historical contexts. The department also offers a post-degree program in Cultural Resource management for heritage and museum professionals and others involved with the stewardship of cultural resources.

Catherine Harding
Chair, History in Art

Important Events

5th Annual Faculty Research Symposium

Cultural Fusions/Cultural Fissures

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

University Centre, Room A180

 

  • 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

An unlikely connection: A Christian mosaic and its Islamic prototype?
Dr. Eva Baboula, Deparment of History in Art, University of Victoria

Yesterday Is Dead And Gone, And Tomorrow's Out Of Sight: Time, Deep History, And First Nations Arts
Dr. Victoria Wyatt, Department of History in Art, University of Victoria

A Traveler's Tale: Max Among His Favorite Dolls
Dr. Carolyn Butler-Palmer, Department of History in Art, University of Victoria

 

  • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH

 

  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
ORION LECTURE IN THE FACULTY OF FINE ARTS

Unconquered: Allan Houser's Apache Modernism
Dr. Jackson Rushing III, Eugene B. Adkins Professor of Art & Art History, Mary Lou Milner Carver Chair in Native American Art, School of Art & Art History, University of Oklahoma

  • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

An Ayyubid in Mamluk Garb: Paolo Giovio's Portraits of Saladin
Dr. Marcus Milwright, Department of History in Art, University of Victoria

Missionaries In The Middle East And India
Dr. Anthony Welch, Department of History in Art, University of Victoria

New World: Modernism Enters Victoria's Architecture After World War Two
Dr. Christopher Thomas, Department of History in Art, University of Victoria

 

  • 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm BREAK

 

  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

Of Hyenas in Heat, Ghosts, and Interruptus in A Passage to India
Dr. Stephen Ross, Department of English, University of Victoria

Creating Anarchically: Tracking the Terms of Engagement
Dr. Allan Antliff, Department of History in Art, University of Victoria

 

  • 4:45 pm Closing Remarks