Upcoming Events
Roger Nelson: Visiting Art History Scholar
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 from 4:45pm to 5:45pm
Norlin Library, Center for British & Irish Studies (room M549)
Artistic Art Histories (in Southeast Asia
About the lecture: What kinds of knowledge and understanding are engendered when contemporary artists engage, in their artwork, with overlooked histories of (post)colonial modern art? How do their practices—which I call artistic art histories—contribute to the ongoing decolonization of the discipline of art history?
Roger Nelson is an art historian and curator, currently Assistant Professor of Art History in the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was the 2022 recipient of the A.L. Becker Southeast Asian Literature in Translation Prize. His current book project considers artistic art histories in Southeast Asia. He is co-founding co-editor of Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia, a scholarly journal published by NUS Press.
Credit: Sriwhana Spong, The Painter-Tailor, 2019. Digital still from single-channel video, courtesy of the artist
Chris Miles: Visiting Artist Lecture
Monday, September 30th at 4 PM
Visual Arts Complex Auditorium, 1B20
Event Details
Christopher Nevill Miles is a Los Angeles-based creative whose practice encompasses studio art, design, research, scholarship, curation, teaching, and art production facilitation. Driven by making, inquiry, discourse, problem-solving, and service, he maintains a project-focused approach. Since 1998, he has been a faculty member at California State University Long Beach, where he was awarded the President’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement in 2019 and the Outstanding Professor Award in 2024. He currently serves as Program Head for Ceramic Arts Studies and Director of the Center for Contemporary Ceramics.
