Upcoming Art History Events

Fall 2026 Events

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Fall 2026 Events

Buddhist Book Roads: The Dynamic Spread of Buddhist Print Culture in China and Beyond

Shih-shan Susan Huang
T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor
Department of Transnational Asian Studies, Rice University

Public lecture
Monday, September 21, 2026, 5:30 pm
Spencer Museum of Art, Room 211

Curation as Care

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

Virtual Public Lecture
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 7 pm
YouTube @KUArtHistory
Part of the Intersections of Identity: Expression, Exchange, and Hybridity series

The Mineral Landscape and the Imperial Frontier in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Stephanie O'Rourke
Senior Lecturer in Art History
School of Art History
University of St Andrews

Virtual lecture,
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 11:00 am
Via Zoom
Email arthistory@ku.edu for more details

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

A Jayhawk's Journey in Art History: Rembrandt, Rubens, Frans Hals, and more

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
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 5:30 pm
Spencer Museum of Art, Room 211

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, November 11, 2026, 5:30pm
Spencer Museum of Art, Room 211

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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.