Associate Professor of Art History Meghen Jones's essay "National Treasure Tea Bowls as Cultural Icons in Modern Japan" was recently published in the Amsterdam University Press book The Construction and Dynamics of Cultural Icons, edited by Erica van Boven and Marieke Winkler. In it, Jones analyzes the eight Chinese, Korean, and Japanese tea bowls designated National Treasures in 1950s Japan in terms of how they manifest the idealized aesthetics of the Japanese tea ceremony,

In the special topics Art History course, Monuments and Memory: a Field Guide, Professors Jennifer Lyons and Hope Childers have been very excited to teach on a subject that has such a long history, and yet is so very current. In addition to examining a wide range of historical monuments such as the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, and the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC, the course focused on recent debates emerging across the US around Con

Professor Mary Drach McInnes GAS lecture abstract "Thinking Through Glass Digitally" My video lecture will address the theory and practice of artist website production. I will introduce some of the key issues of viewing glass art digitally and then offer a pragmatic guide to website construction. In the initial section, I will draw on recent scholarship in the emerging and lively field of photography and sculpture. Further, I will showcase current writing on digital culture