News & Events
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Statement of the Undersigned Members of UCLA Art History Faculty in Response to the Attacks of April 30-May 2, 2024
We, the undersigned members of the Art History Department, are appalled by and condemn the University administration’s decision to authorize a brutal, militarized police sweep of the...
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CANCELLED: 2024 Millson Lecture on Monday, May 6th
We regret to inform you that the 2024 Millson Lecture on Monday, May 6th has been canceled. The Department of Art History will reschedule Kellie Jones’ lecture next...
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CANCELLED: “New Perspectives on Chandigarh and Le Corbusier” Discussion Panel on Monday, May 20.
THIS DISCUSSION PANEL HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MONDAY, MAY 20TH UCLA Department of Art History Chair Saloni Mathur will be hosting a panel discussion entitled, “New Perspectives...
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CANCELLED: “Archival Challenges and Strategies Seminar” presents Naveena Naqvi and Yuthika Sharma.
The UCLA Department of Art History is thrilled to present, “Archival Challenges and Strategies Seminar”, organized by Professor Zirwat Chowdhury. The event will feature two guest speakers....
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Professor Thiago Puglieri to deliver talk at Columbia University on April 18th
Professor Thiago Puglieri will be delivering a talk at Columbia University on the Community-Driven Co-Production of Knowledge Earth Network. The lecture is entitled, "Community-Based Participatory Research in...
Mission Statement
The UCLA Department of Art History was one of the first in the United States to embrace a mission of comprehensive global coverage.
With this mission, the department has educated undergraduate and graduate students for decades with a broad-based understanding of art that comes from exposure to the artistic practices of a variety of “western” and “non-western” cultures through time and space.
With its requirements for study across the globe and for foreign language training above and beyond the college obligation, our department seeks to encourage students to question the art historical canon, to rethink the relationships between margins and centers, and to practice a socially and politically responsible art history.