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PhD Candidate Hoyon Mephokee Awarded Graduate Fellowship at the Center for the Humanities

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The fellowship provides an opportunity for PhD candidates to workshop a portion of their dissertation with Faculty Fellows in residence, other WashU faculty and invited guests

Dr. Angela Miller is in the New York Times!

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The article references her scholarship on PaJaMa, in particular her 2023 book Body Language, co-authored with Nick Mauss

PhD Alum Jen Padgett Featured in WashU Magazine As the Wingate Curator of Craft at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

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PhD Student Rayna Li Receives the Newman Exploration Travel Award

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PhD student Rayna (Yihao) Li has been selected as one of two graduate students to receive the 2025 Newman Exploration Travel Award.

Dr. Aravecchia Lectured at Brandeis University

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Dr. Nicola Aravecchia presented at Brandeis University on February 14.

PhD Student Hannah Wier Publishes in the Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide Journal

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PhD Student Hannah Wier recently published a review of Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers at the National Gallery, London, in the Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide journal

Ashley Danzig (Class of 2025) Named As A 2025-2026 Princeton in Latin America Fellow

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Ashley Danzig (Class of 2025) is named as a 2025-2026 Princeton in Latin America Fellow.

Megan Orlanski (Class of 2022) Gets Admitted to the Courtauld Institute's MA Program

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Megan Orlanski was accepted to the Courtauld's MA program.

Indigenous Perspectives II: Museums, Stewardship, and Native American Art

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On February 27, 2025, the Department of Art History & Archaeology and American Culture Studies presented Indigenous Perspectives II: Museums, Stewardship, and Native American Art. This was the second iteration of the Indigenous Perspectives panels, which grew out of collaborations within the Indigenous St Louis Working Group (funded by the Divided City initiative in the Center for the Humanities).

Dr. Kleutghen Publishes Two Articles

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Dr. Kleutghen contributed to the Journal of Early Modern History and Journal18.

Dr. Kleutghen Named as an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellow at the National Gallery of Art

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In Spring 2026, Dr. Kristina Kleutghen will be an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellow at the National Gallery of Art.

Dr. Kleutghen lectured at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto

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In February 2025, Dr. Kristina Kleutghen delivered the Ann Walker Bell Lecture for the Gardiner Museum (Toronto, Canada).