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Lecture

The Air of Modernity: Edgar Degas’ "Ironers" Ecocritically
Marni Kessler, Professor Nineteenth-Century European Art, Kress Foundation Department of Art History, University of Kansas 
Thursday, September 4, 2025 @ 06:00 pm
Chandler Auditorium at the Harn Museum of Art
Lecture

The Colonial Forest and the French Landscape
Stephanie O’Rourke, Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Thursday, October 2, 2025 @ 06:00 pm
Chandler Auditorium at the Harn Museum of Art
Lecture

The Empire Builds Back: Seventeenth-Century Architecture from the Americas to Europe
Jesús Escobar, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Art History, Northwestern University, Chicago. 
Thursday, November 13, 2025 @ 06:00 pm
TBD
Lecture

Modernism in Relation: KCS Paniker and the Paul Klee Spirit
Rebecca M. Brown, Professor of the History of Art , Johns Hopkins University
Thursday, March 5, 2026 @ 06:00 pm
Chandler Auditorium at the Harn Museum of Art
DateDetailsEvent Type
Thu, Sep 4, 2025
06:00 pm

The Air of Modernity: Edgar Degas’ "Ironers" Ecocritically

Marni Kessler, Professor Nineteenth-Century European Art, Kress Foundation Department of Art History, University of Kansas 
Chandler Auditorium at the Harn Museum of Art		Lecture
Thu, Oct 2, 2025
06:00 pm

The Colonial Forest and the French Landscape

Stephanie O’Rourke, Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Chandler Auditorium at the Harn Museum of Art		Lecture
Thu, Nov 13, 2025
06:00 pm

The Empire Builds Back: Seventeenth-Century Architecture from the Americas to Europe

Jesús Escobar, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Art History, Northwestern University, Chicago. 
TBD		Lecture
Thu, Mar 5, 2026
06:00 pm

Modernism in Relation: KCS Paniker and the Paul Klee Spirit

Rebecca M. Brown, Professor of the History of Art , Johns Hopkins University
Chandler Auditorium at the Harn Museum of Art		Lecture

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