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art history

Luiza Osorio G. Silva, a UC Irvine assistant professor of art history holding a replica coffin and a homemade mummy she has owned since childhood.

Bringing ancient Egypt to life

Professor uses pop culture to demystify pharaohs, pyramids and more

April 15, 2024
Bridget Cooks, professor of art history and African American studies photo: Steve Zylius/UC Irvine
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UCI Podcast: Bridget R. Cooks takes us inside the Met

Why the timing is right for the ‘Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism’ exhibition

February 20, 2024
Susan M. Anderson standing in front of paintings in a gallery.

Early 1900s influencer anchors new museum show

Widow played unsung role in California art scene

September 25, 2023
Héctor Tobar (left) and Roland Betancourt.

Héctor Tobar and Roland Betancourt are named 2023 Guggenheim Fellows

UC Irvine scholars are among 171 recipients of the prestigious award

April 10, 2023
Joseph Jeon, director of UCI’s Center for Critical Korean Studies.

UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies receives two international grants

Over $1 million in funding will support programs, create new faculty position

August 23, 2021
UCI’s Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History & Archaeology of Ancient Iran

Grant establishes endowment for doctoral fellowships in Iranian studies

Support further distinguishes UCI as destination for scholars of ancient and modern Iran

March 17, 2021
UCI alum Vincent Steckler speaking to student in a lecture hall.

Alumnus Vincent Steckler ’80 and his wife donate $10.4 million to UCI

Gift will support art history students, create ICS center promoting inclusiveness

January 12, 2021

Arts trek

Class boldly goes on 1,900-mile mission to explore artworks embedded in the environment

June 03, 2019

Dissecting Disneyland

New UCI course examines inner workings and idiosyncrasies of theme park

May 28, 2019