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SMU Art History RASC/a Rhetorics of Art, Space and Culture: Ph.D. Program in Art History at Southern Methodist University

RASC/a (derived from the Spanish vernacular for “scratch”) stands for “Rhetorics of Art, Space, and Culture” and marks a new curricular initiative in graduate studies launched in 2011. The department chose the unusual name to underline the commitment to shaping a small and dynamic graduate program that emphasizes close mentorship, innovative methodologies, and scholarship that challenges traditional disciplinary boundaries. The program builds upon the strengths of the faculty and area resources, with particular emphasis on historical and new media, visual technologies, architecture and the city, race and gender, and transnational scholarship.

The Hawn Art Gallery at SMU Libraries is seeking an undergraduate Art History intern! This is a great opportunity to gai...
10/22/2026

The Hawn Art Gallery at SMU Libraries is seeking an undergraduate Art History intern! This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in exhibition planning, research, marketing, and public programming.
Swipe to learn more about the position and application requirements!

📸 Photos feature Fred Wikelski, the most recent Hawn Art Gallery intern, and Molly Steed, Archivist with Bywaters Special Collections.

How to Apply:

Submit your resume, cover letter, and a letter of recommendation from a faculty member or work supervisor to Kate Alleman at [email protected].

File Naming Format:

• Lastname_Letter_2026
• Lastname_Resume_2026

Position Highlights:

• Help plan the 2027 Hawn Gallery exhibitions
• Create activations for the Fall 2026 student-curated exhibition
• Develop exhibition materials, including labels, essays, and interpretive texts
• Coordinate marketing and exhibition programming
• Propose exhibitions for Spring 2028

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate Art History major or minor
• Basic familiarity with art galleries and art historical research
• Available to meet in person at least once a week, with some remote work possible
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable experience in the art world!

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1

Last week we had a special guest lecturer in Professor Adam Herring's class (ARHS 1351: Visual Cultures: Topics in Art H...
10/19/2026

Last week we had a special guest lecturer in Professor Adam Herring's class (ARHS 1351: Visual Cultures: Topics in Art History). Tom the alpaca came in to surprise students ahead of their midterm exam. Thanks Tom!!

Calling all DFW Graduate Students!The Second-Year Cohort in SMU's Department of Art History is announcing a call for pap...
10/19/2026

Calling all DFW Graduate Students!

The Second-Year Cohort in SMU's Department of Art History is announcing a call for papers for their 2027 Graduate Symposium entitled "Embodied Encounters: Bodies, Physicality, and Sensory Experience in Art." Please submit a 250 to 300-word abstract, and a brief biographical statement of approximately 100 words to [email protected] by November 30th, 2026. Submissions will also be considered for the following cash prizes:

1st Place: $300
2nd Place: $200
3rd Place: $100

The symposium planning team will notify accepted proposals by mid-December. We look forward to everyone's submissions!

Congratulations to PhD ✨candidates✨ Emma Woods, Erin Wilson, and Rebecca Dunnegan!! All three presented their dissertati...
10/07/2026

Congratulations to PhD ✨candidates✨ Emma Woods, Erin Wilson, and Rebecca Dunnegan!! All three presented their dissertation prospectuses (and passed!) earlier this week, and we couldn’t be more proud. ❤️

Join us Monday, October 5 from 2-4 pm in GARS 3515 for the PhD colloquium! Rebecca Dunnegan will present “Privatizing th...
10/02/2026

Join us Monday, October 5 from 2-4 pm in GARS 3515 for the PhD colloquium!

Rebecca Dunnegan will present “Privatizing the Revolutionary Self: Interior Worlds during the French Revolution.”

Erin Wilson will present “Spun, Stitched, Knitted, Knotted: Textile Engagements in Eighteenth-Century French Visual Culture.”

Emma Woods will present “Papers and Proposition: Drawing and Statelessness in the Work of Saul Steinberg and Hedda Sterne.”

See you there!

SMU Moody Graduate School Reposting this because we are so proud of PhD Candidate Laura Martin!! ❤️Congratulations to La...
09/23/2026

SMU Moody Graduate School Reposting this because we are so proud of PhD Candidate Laura Martin!! ❤️

Congratulations to Laura Martin, Ph.D. Candidate in Art History at SMU, on receiving four prestigious research fellowships from the Lilly Library, John Carter Brown Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and The Huntington Library.

These awards will support her dissertation research, Divine Intimacy: Sexuality and Spirituality in Early Modern Hispanic Art, through access to archival collections across the country.

Congratulations, Laura, on this remarkable achievement!

Thank you to Dr. Meredith Gamer for sharing her research during our first Comini Lecture of the semester! Dr. Gamer, Ass...
09/22/2026

Thank you to Dr. Meredith Gamer for sharing her research during our first Comini Lecture of the semester! Dr. Gamer, Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University presented “‘With utmost delicacy and tenderest care:’ William Hunter’s maternal-fetal bodies.”

It was a full house yesterday for our first Scratchpad Talk of the semester with PhD candidate Jennifer Laffick! Jennife...
09/15/2026

It was a full house yesterday for our first Scratchpad Talk of the semester with PhD candidate Jennifer Laffick! Jennifer presented research in progress for her dissertation. Her presentation was titled “Atlantic Neoclassicism: Jean-Baptiste Debret and the Mutations of History Painting in Brazil.” Wonderful talk Jennifer! Thank you to everyone who attended!

Join us this Thursday, September 17th from 5:30 to 7 pm for our first Comini lecture of the school year! Dr. Meredith Ga...
09/15/2026

Join us this Thursday, September 17th from 5:30 to 7 pm for our first Comini lecture of the school year! Dr. Meredith Gamer, Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University will present "‘With utmost delicacy and tenderest care:’ William Hunter’s maternal-fetal bodies."

We will have our first Department of Art History Scratchpad Talk featuring PhD candidate Jennifer Laffick on Monday Sept...
09/10/2026

We will have our first Department of Art History Scratchpad Talk featuring PhD candidate Jennifer Laffick on Monday September 14 from 2-3:30pm in OFAC 1650. Jennifer's talk is titled "Atlantic Neoclassicism: Jean-Baptiste Debret and the Mutations of History Painting in Brazil." See you there!

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