\Type in your name next to whichever topic you are interested in leading the discussion for. I have created 2 slots for each class, but we could have up to 3 for certain topics if you are really interested in a specific one that is already filled. I would encourage you to work with the other student(s) who choose the same week as you.
Unit 2: Culture formations
T 30 Aug: Prehistoric art (1. ) (2. )
Th 2 Sep: Egyptian art (1 ) (2. Stella )
T 7 Sep: No class
Unit 3: Art, Myth, Power
Th 9 Sep: Ancient Near Eastern Art (1. giorgi ) (2. Gabriella )
T 14 Sep: Greek and Roman art (1. Stella ) (2. Jonathan )
Th 16 Sep: No class
Unit 4: Sacred Spaces
T 21 Sep: Byzantine Art and Architecture (1. Mehribon ) (2. )
Th 23 Sep: Art of the Americas (1. Jianxin ) (2.Nodari )
Unit 5: The Soul of Objects
T 28 Sep: African art + the restitution debate (1. Renisha ) (2.Najib )
Th 30 Sep: Hindu art and architecture (1. Ahnaf ) (2. Rishove )
Unit 6: Art, Faith and Philosophy
T 5 Oct: Islamic art (1. Elsa ) (2. Marryam)(3.Sulaiman)
Th 7 Oct: Art of Imperial China (1. Yuki ) (2. Kevin)
Unit 7: European Art through the Ages
T 12 Oct: The Middles Ages to the Renaissance (1. Carole ) (2. Sarah Richter )
Th 14 Oct: Romanticism to Impressionism (1.Vera ) (2. Jenna Calvo )
Unit 8: Picturing the Other
T 19 Oct: Colonialism, Orientalism (1. Admir Cekic) (2. Nelson Chen Feng )
Th 21 Oct: Images of race in North America (1. Renisha ) (2. Jin )
Unit 9: Modernism and Tales of Progress
T 26 Oct: Cubism and Futurism (1. Noam Abrahams) (2. Danielle Guzzardi )
Th 28 Oct: Dadaism and Surrealism (1. Christian Tsang ) (2. Gil Lu )
Unit 10: Art and Revolution
T 2 Nov: Harlem Renaissance (1. Renisha ) (2. Sulaiman)
Th 4 Nov: Chinese Cultural Revolution (1. Dewei ) (2.Yuzhen )
Unit 11: National Modernisms
T 9 Nov: Mexican Muralism (1. Katherine ) (2. Gisela )
Th 11 Nov: Post-Independence African art (1.Jialiang ) (2.Thomas )
Unit 12: Embodied Art
T 16 Nov: Abstract Expressionism and Japanese Gutai (1. Li Zhi ) (2. Hamza )
Th 18 Nov: Performance Art and Relational Aesthetics (1. Katherine ) (2. Masud M )
Unit 13: How to write an art history paper
T 23 Nov: Research workshop (no discussion leaders)
25-28 Nov: Thanksgiving break
Unit 14: Image politics
T 30 Nov: Pop art (1.Amanda ) (2. Gia ) (3. Victoria)
Th 2 Dec: Feminist art of the 1980s (1. Yasmine Benjelloun ) (2. Brigitte Torres )
Unit 15: Institutional Anatomies
T 7 Dec: Minimalism and the White Cube (1. ) (2. )
Th 9 Dec: Institutional Critique (1. ) (2. )
Unit 16: Reading/Finals week
T 13 Dec: Open office hours (no seminar)
Th 16: Open office hours (no seminar)
