Learning Lessons: Reflections on a Life in Academia

Dr. Ankeney Weitz, 2024 Franklin D. Murphy Distinguished Alumni

Ziskind Professor of East Asian Studies and Chair of Department, Colby College

This talk considers the continuing process of learning throughout one’s life and career. Prof. Weitz will recount her experience as a graduate student under Dr. Chu-Tsing Li in the Art History department at KU. She will also discuss her continued trajectory of learning in her position as Professor of East Asian Studies and Art at Colby College (Maine), as a researcher of Chinese material culture, and as a curator of exhibitions, including No Limits: Zao Wou-Ki (2016-2017) at Asia Society Museum (NYC) and Colby College Museum of Art. 

The museum will be closed so all attendees must use the west entrances. Please see the link below for more details and about accessibility.

Monday, September 30, 2024, 5:30 pm 

Spencer Museum of Art, Marilyn Stokstad Lecture Hall (RM 211)*