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Building a Sustainable Road Map for Engaged Scholarship in Art History
April 8-9, 2027 | Washington, DC

How might art historians bridge the perceived divide between the concerns of art historical scholarship and the most pressing questions facing humanity today?

This convening will bring together 20-30 scholars and practitioners from universities, museums, and public humanities initiatives to develop strategies and priorities for advancing engaged research in art history. Together, we will build a plan to make engaged art history more rigorous, more visible, and more impactful in academic and community contexts and in society more broadly.

Organizers:
Erin Benay, Case Western University
Caitlin Berry, Johns Hopkins University
Katherine Brion, New College of Florida
Laura M. Holzman, Indiana University Indianapolis
Jennifer Kingsley, Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer Stager, Johns Hopkins University 

Building a Sustainable Roadmap for Engaged Art History is supported by a grant from the Johns Hopkins University Nexus Awards Program.

In January I gave a keynote talk at a symposium on Engaged Art History in A Time of Multiple Crises (Engagierte Kunstgeschichte: Verantwortung, Handlungsspielräume und Relevanz eines Fachs in Zeiten multipler Krisen) at Technische Universität Berlin. It was a meaningful and thought-provoking event organized by Isabelle Dolezalek and Bénédicte Savoy.

My talk addressed “The Democratizing Potential of Engaged Art History.” The recording is now available.

Learn more about the event and watch several of the other presentations here.