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Oberlin Art Professor Awarded ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship
Liv Combe
Assistant Professor of Art History Sarah Hamill has been awarded a 2013 Collaborative Research Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. Hamill will co-author a study of the role of photography in shaping modern conceptions of art and history.
Art, Identities, and Museums
Liv Combe
Johnnetta Cole ’57 reflects on how she got from studying anthropology at Oberlin to being the director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
Protecting Libyan Archaeology
Amanda Nagy
Professor Susan Kane has been received he Society for American Archaeology’s Presidential Award for her work preserving Libyan archaeological sites and heritage during the country’s 2011 civil war.
The Art of E-Waste
Amanda Nagy
Electronic waste is everywhere. But where does it go? Julia Christensen has won the support of Creative Capital to make DIY video projectors out of scavenged e-waste.