2023–24 Featured Stories

Faculty

Portrait of Andrew Watsky in front of rows of books
Andrew Watsky transfers to emeritus status
Michael Koortbojian
Michael Koortbojian transfers to emeritus status
portrait fo John Wilmerding wearing a beige suit and yellow tie
John Wilmerding, professor of art and archaeology, emeritus, and monumental force in American art, dies at 86
Rachael DeLue
Rachael Z. DeLue receives Behrman Award for the Humanities
Book Release: Exit Interview: Benjamin Buchloh in conversation with Hal Foster
Carolina Mangone appointed Inaugural GradFUTURES Faculty Fellow for Professional Development
Portrait of Monica Bravo
Professor Monica Bravo Wins National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Award

Graduate Students

5 people seated at tables are oriented toward one man and screen
Prison Teaching Initiative Q&A with A&A graduate students
May 21, 2024
Carolina Mangone appointed Inaugural GradFUTURES Faculty Fellow for Professional Development
March 28, 2024
Fatih Han smiles with a screen showing a manuscript drawing and old manuscripts open in front of him
Exploring the Sense Scapes of Islamic Manuscripts with Fatih Han
March 1, 2024
Masha Slautina stands in front of and above a lake with fall foliage surrounding it
Touring Japan's Autumnal Art Scene
Jan. 25, 2024
Four students and Profressor Wang stand in front of exhibition
The Art of China's Southern Paradise
Jan. 12, 2024
A group gathers around manuscripts on a long table
Seeing Process on the Medieval Page
Dec. 15, 2023
Jenica Brown examines a small bronze coin
Graduate Student Jenica Brown Helps Princeton Grow its Aksumite Coin Collection
Dec. 14, 2023
Two signs caution the viewer and explain the diorama obscured fro view behind them
Challenging Representations of People, Camels, and Cultures in Art
Nov. 13, 2023
Nick Irvin discussing small video on a white wall behind him
Nick Irvin Curates "Dowsing" in Vienna
Nov. 8, 2023
Black and white textile showing figures and flora
Know How: Workshops on the Histories of Art and Craft
Oct. 12, 2023
Group participants pose
Investigating 19th-Century Chinese Objects at a Landmark Exhibition and Conference in London
Aug. 29, 2023

Undergraduate Students

Room full of graduates and families on Class Day
A&A Celebrates Graduates at Class Day 2024!
May 28, 2024
Film clapperboard reads "Dichlund"
Daniel Drake '24 on filmmaking at Princeton
May 16, 2024
Cindy Li riding on horseback, led by a guide
Tracking fur trade— and my own roots—in Manchuria
April 11, 2024
Monochrome artwork with red splotch of paint
Henry Moses '25 Visits Esteban Jefferson Exhibition in London
Feb. 15, 2024
Three students are holding copies of a magazine and smiling at camera
Introducing Student-run Rah Rah Arts Magazine!
Nov. 30, 2023
two children sitting on curb on a street of brownstones
Re-centering Princeton's Lost Stories
Sept. 7, 2023

Archaeology News

Two men stand on ruins with sun rising behind them
Princeton Archaeologists are Using Cutting-edge Digital Technologies to Help Reveal the Ancient Past
Sam Holzman stands before four ancient pillars
Ancient Trade Secrets in Princeton's Discovery Magazine
Smith-Sangster is crouched in a hole in the hard-packed earth
Dispatches from the Field: Emily Smith-Sangster’s Excavation of a New [Ancient] Cemetery in Abydos
The group stands side-by-side in front of Nassau Hall
Princeton Welcomes Greek Archaeology Students as Part of the Collaborative PITHOS Program
Ramon Espinoza holding a shovel in the woods
Archaeology Program Student and Veteran Ramon Espinoza Excavates WWII Crash Site in Germany
Emily Smith-Sangster hands an object to a man on the excavation
In the News: Graduate Student Emily Smith-Sangster's Discovery of Ancient Egyptian Burial Site Featured

Courses

A chef stands on oen side of a metal tables with students lined up on the other
Applying digital methods to ancient history
A student examines artifacts with a magnifying glass
Venturing through ancient Antioch—with an all-access pass
Alanna Radlo-Dzur takes in a large map on beige textile
Alanna Radlo-Dzur reframes Nahua women and Indigenous scholarship
Professor Watsky points to a detail in a work as students look on
In ART 425, while students gain expertise in Japanese prints, the Princeton University Art Museum gains six works!
Pale green-grey typewriter with typed words "do you know?"
Language to be Looked At
Paige Walworth decorates her vessel
Understanding Ancient Pottery by Reading, Seeing, and Recreating
Students crowd around a small album
Photography and the Making of the Modern World
Zackery Drucker speaks with students seated a table with screen in background
Examining the Feminist Critique with Artist and Trans Woman Zackary Drucker
The chapel looms behind a group of students
Course Highlight: ART 341/ARC 341 “Neo Architectures: Architecture and its past, from the Renaissance to Postmodernism”

Conferences and Lectures

Bravo lectures at podium with full lecture hall
Professor Monica Bravo delivers A&A Reunions Lecture
Group shot featuring 13 participants of conference
Christine Göttler's transformative Janson-La Palme *76 Visiting Professorship
Wu Hung lectures at podium with coloful Chinese portraits on screen behind him
Wu Hung Presents "Rethinking the Tenth Century" Lecture Series
Book Release: Exit Interview: Benjamin Buchloh in conversation with Hal Foster
Four people sit on folding chairs in discussion
The Radical Practice of Black Curation: A Symposium
Man looks at large artwork and two hanging calligraphy scrolls
Liu Xiaodong: Painting Ambiguity with a Social Realist's Brush
Josephine Meckseper stands in front of a projected snowy landscape with an avatar
In "Scenario for a Past Future," Josephine Meckseper Pulls Us into Another Reality
 A group of people surround a glass display case in which is a colorful painted object depicting figures over many folds.
Visiting "Ethiopia at the Crossroads"
Group of conference participants stands along a stairway
“Whose East?” Is Best Answered by Myriad More Thought-Provoking Questions
Painting showing a cupboard overflowing with sketches and objects
Exploring the Meaning of "Finished" in Early Modern Art

News Highlights

Students gather around Peng Wei painting on a table
Learning from Artist Peng Wei