Art & Architectural History

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Artist Talk: Olivia Johnston and Kathryn Desplanque

Join Carleton graduates Olivia Johnston and Kathryn Desplanque on Thursday, December 2nd for a talk entitled Embodying Saintly Gestures. Photographer and art historian Olivia Johnston's series of... More

Join Carleton graduates Olivia Johnston and Kathryn Desplanque on Thursday, December 2nd for a talk entitled Embodying Saintly Gestures. Photographer and art historian Olivia Johnston's series of saints images makes use of the visual language applied to those most revered in Christian devotional objects of centuries past to contemporary portraiture. In... More

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

In Memoriam: Lilly Koltun

We are saddened to hear the news that Dr. Lilly Koltun, Adjunct Research Professor in Art and Architectural History at Carleton, passed away on November 21. Her connections to Carleton go back to 1979, when she was a lecturer in the Art History program. In... More

We are saddened to hear the news that Dr. Lilly Koltun, Adjunct Research Professor in Art and Architectural History at Carleton, passed away on November 21. Her connections to Carleton go back to 1979, when she was a lecturer in the Art History program. In 1993 she became an external faculty member for the... More

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Conference News: Worlding Through the Caribbean

"Explore the legacies of Caribbean thought on global art histories and public culture." Dr. Ming Tiampo and Dr. Birgit Hopfener (Carleton Art & Architectural History) are among the organizers of the forthcoming Tate Modern... More

"Explore the legacies of Caribbean thought on global art histories and public culture." Dr. Ming Tiampo and Dr. Birgit Hopfener (Carleton Art & Architectural History) are among the organizers of the forthcoming Tate Modern conference consent not to be a single being: Worlding Through the Caribbean. The three day event, takes the Caribbean and... More

Monday, November 8, 2021

RACAR Fall 2021 Issue Now Available

The Fall 2021 issue of the Canadian art historical journal RACAR (Revue d’art Canadienne / Canadian Art Review) is now available. This special issue, entitled "Revised Commemoration" in Public Art: What Future for the Monument?, explores important current... More

The Fall 2021 issue of the Canadian art historical journal RACAR (Revue d’art Canadienne / Canadian Art Review) is now available. This special issue, entitled "Revised Commemoration" in Public Art: What Future for the Monument?, explores important current debates on the functions, forms, and content of public monuments, and the disruptions these debates... More

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Monday, September 27, 2021

Call for Papers: Towards a Multi-Temporal Pluriverse of Art (Carleton University Workshop, Thursday March 10, 2022)

Call for papers: Towards a multi-temporal pluriverse of art Decolonizing universalized historiographic and temporal frameworks Workshop at... More

Call for papers: Towards a multi-temporal pluriverse of art Decolonizing universalized historiographic and temporal frameworks Workshop at Carleton University, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Arts, and Culture, Thursday, March 10, 2022 This event is organized and supported in the context of the Ruth and Mark Phillips Professorship... More