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‘Transformative’ Harnisch Gift Expands Special Collections and Fashion History Timeline

August 3, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

A $400,000 donation from philanthropist Ruth Ann Harnisch via the Harnisch Foundation is bolstering two of FIT’s scholarly initiatives. The […]

Natalie Nudell Discusses Her Book and the Evolution of Prada on Podcast

June 4, 2026 Cynthia Robinson College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Natalie Nudell, adjunct assistant professor of History of Art, was a guest on The Gilded Gentleman podcast on April 28 […]

José Blanco Publishes Textbook Contextualizing Contemporary Global Fashion History

March 12, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Global Perspectives: Dress and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries, a textbook by José Blanco, associate professor of History […]

Kyunghee Pyun giving a lecture in front of presentation screens

Kyunghee Pyun Presents at Symposium on Taiwanese Art

November 5, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Kyunghee Pyun, professor of History of Art, participated in an international symposium held at the University of Edinburgh in conjunction […]

Kyunghee Pyun Gives Talk on Korean Megachurches

October 15, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Professor Kyunghee Pyun, History of Art, gave a lecture at the University of California, Irvine, on October 8, on an […]

photo of cover of Pedagogical Reckoning: Decolonizing and Degendering the Art Historical Canon in the Classroom and Museum and photo of Nancy Eder in front of a bookcase holding a copy of the Pedagogical Reckoning book

Nancy Eder Contributes Chapter to Art History Pedagogy Book

September 18, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Nancy Eder, adjunct assistant professor in the History of Art Department, contributed a chapter to the book Pedagogical Reckoning: Decolonizing and […]

ARTSpeak: The State of the Museum Panel Discussion

March 17, 2025 Laura Hatmaker

The State of the Museum panel discussion will bring together a group of esteemed curators and historians who will discuss […]

Alexander Nagel; Nagel accepting award from Iranian officials

Nagel Nabs Iran’s World Book Award for Studies on Ancient Pigments

March 10, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Alexander Nagel, chair, Art History and […]

ARTSpeak: Oasa DuVerney

January 27, 2025 Laura Hatmaker

Artist and FIT Fine Arts alumna Oasa DuVerney is known for her figurative works utilizing graphite on paper. DuVerney’s work […]

Cover of books Multidisciplinary Representations of Home and Homeland in Diaspora and Home and Homeland in Asian Diaspora: Transnational Reflection in Art, Literature, and Film

New Anthologies Explore the Ideas of Home and Homeland

January 14, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Jean Amato, professor of English and Communication Studies, and Kyunghee Pyun, professor of Art History and Museum Professions, have co-edited […]