May-December 2017 Population movements have been a continuous part of Latin American history and remain instrumental in shaping the region to this day. The exhibition, created by the students in… Keep reading
Leanna Myers
Tracing the Movement of Populations in Latin America – May – December 2017
Tracing the Movement of Populations: American Legacies of Expansion and Removal – May – December 2017
May-December 2017 From the birth of the United States to modern times, many living on American soil migrated across the country either by force or seeking better opportunities. This exhibition… Keep reading
American Modernism at Mid-Century: The Work of Morris Davidson
April 28 – September 17, 2017 Morris Davidson’s career as a painter spanned the decades in which American artists experimented with a wide variety of artistic expression, from social realism… Keep reading
The Dada Effect: An Anti-Aesthetic and Its Influence
March 16 – May 27, 2017 The Dada Effect: An Anti-Aesthetic and its Influence Dada was an international multimedia artistic and literary movement founded in Zurich in 1916 to reimagine… Keep reading
Marilyn Murphy – Realism Subverted
January 19 – March 3, 2017 This exhibition is presented in honor of Marilyn Murphy, who will retire in 2017 after 37 years of teaching in the Department of Art… Keep reading
Colombia in the Early 20th Century
The J. León Helguera Collection of Colombiana at Vanderbilt University, is an exceptionally rich repository for students, scholars, and others, interested in the study of nineteenth and early-twentieth century Colombia…. Keep reading
Syriac: Preserving an Endangered World Culture
This exhibition is part of research at Vanderbilt exploring the rich and far-reaching role of Syriac culture in world history. Vanderbilt host to Syriaca.org , a first-of-its-kind online reference hub for the… Keep reading
Book as Art: Medieval Necessity and Modern Invention
June 2016-March 2017 Illuminated manuscript (literally “hand written”) books are arguably the most characteristic objects of the European middle ages. They preserved a culture’s visions, adventures, religious rituals, and hard-won… Keep reading
The Fight for Freedom
The compelling letters, rare broadsides, and audio and video recordings in this exhibition serve as witnesses to powerful moments in America’s history. While many of the individuals who donated these… Keep reading
Rebellion and Nation Building in 19th-Century Colombia
The J. León Helguera Collection at Vanderbilt University houses over a thousand broadsides from nineteenth and early twentieth-century Colombia. Dean’s Fellow, Emma Banks, has selected 150 of these documents for digitization…. Keep reading
