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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.

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!

Congratulations to Dr. Claudia Zapata (PhD ‘22) for curating “Radical Histories: Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian Ame...
09/04/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Claudia Zapata (PhD ‘22) for curating “Radical Histories: Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” at the H’ART Museum in Amsterdam!! The exhibition closes on Monday, September 6.

Congratulations to SMU Art History alum Dr. Claudia Zapata (PhD ‘22) for having a film in the Dallas Latino Film Festiva...
09/04/2026

Congratulations to SMU Art History alum Dr. Claudia Zapata (PhD ‘22) for having a film in the Dallas Latino Film Festival this weekend!! Dr. Zapata’s film is titled “Texas Pride” and will be screened this evening at 8:15 pm at the Latino Cultural Center!!

First graduate student workshop of the school year! ✅ Thank you to Dr. Anna Lovatt, Dr. Stephanie Langin-Hooper, and PhD...
09/02/2026

First graduate student workshop of the school year! ✅ Thank you to Dr. Anna Lovatt, Dr. Stephanie Langin-Hooper, and PhD student Erin Wilson for speaking about best practices in teaching!

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