History of Art & Architecture

2023 Nov 13

Science and Technology: Approaches to Medieval and Renaissance Art

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

485 Broadway, Lower Level Auditorium

A lecture by Nikolas Bakirtzis, Associate Professor and Director of the Andreas Pittas Art Characterization Laboratories (APAC Labs) of the Cyprus Institute. Co-sponsored by the Department of the History of Art & Architecture and the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies.

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2023 Oct 05

Heritage Forensics: Satellites and Specters in the Contested Caucasus

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

William James Hall room 105, 33 Kirkland Street
An introduction to the work of Caucasus Heritage Watch (CHW), which uses the techniques of cultural aerospace to document, detect, and deter attacks on the fragile remains of the human past in the South Caucasus; presentations by Adam T. Smith (Cornell University), Ian Lindsay (Purdue University), Lori Khatchadourian (Cornell University), and Husik Ghulyan (Cornell University). Co-sponsored by the Harvard Department of the History of Art & Architecture, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, the Program on Georgian Studies, the... Read more about Heritage Forensics: Satellites and Specters in the Contested Caucasus