Upcoming Art History Events

Fall 2026 Events

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Fall 2026 Events

Shih-shan Susan Huang

T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor
Department of Transnational Asian Studies, Rice University

Public Lecture, in September, final details TBA

Dare Turner

Enrolled Member of the Yurok Tribe
Curator of Indigenous Art, Brooklyn Museum

Virtual Public Lecture
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
YouTube @KUArtHistory
Part of the Intersections of Identity: Expression, Exchange, and Hybridity series

Christopher Daly

Collection Specialist, The Robert Lehman Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Public lecture, Thursday, October 29, 2026, 5:30 pm
Spencer Museum of Art, Room 211
More details soon

Christopher D.M. Atkins

Van Otterloo-Weatherbie Director, Center for Netherlandish Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2026 Franklin D. Murphy Distinguished Alumni Lecturer
Public Lecture, in November; final details TBA

Remaking Mountains in Nineteenth-Century France

Kelly Presutti
Assistant Professor, History of Art and Visual Studies, and
Faculty Affiliate in Environment and Sustainability and American Studies, Cornell University

Public Lecture
Wednesday, October 11, 2026

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Past Events

Spring 2026 Events

Three Moments of Awakening: Roger Shimomura, TT Takemoto, Tsutaja Gaku

Dr. Hiroko Ikegami
Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
Thursday, March 5, 2026 @ 4 pm
Kansas Memorial Union, Alderson Auditorium

The Analogic Icon: Narrativity, Numinosity, and Telling Sacred Lives in Japan

Rachel Saunders
Assistant Professor of Japanese Art History
Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
Monday, March 30, 2026, @ 5:30 pm
Spencer Museum of Art, Marilyn Stokstad Lecture Hall (RM 211)
Please use the West entrance (back doors).
The main entrance to the museum will be closed.