Graduate Student History of Art & Architecture Association
Who We Are
Officers
2011/2012
- President- Sarah Parrish sparrish@bu.edu
- Vice President & Treasurer- Erin Hyde Nolan
- Symposium Coordinator- Leslie K. Brown
- Guest Scholar Lecture Series Coordinators- Lynne Cooney and Naomi Slipp
- Fundraising Coordinator- Lindsay Alberts
- History of Art & Architecture Forum Coordinator- Margaret Shortle
- Theory Reading Group Coordinator- Beth Pugliano
- MA Exam Prep Coordinators- Melanee Harvey and Laura Thiel
- Student/Faculty Committee Representative- Leslie K. Brown
- GSO Representatives- Rachel Tolano and Jeffrey DeBlois
- Secretary- Abbie Romanul
- Grant Writing Secretary- Emma Clutie
- Forum Secretaries- Julia Neal and Emily Voelker
- Head Volunteer- Elisa German
What We Do
GSHAAA strives to deepen our knowledge of art history, to support our graduate students’ art historical endeavors and departmental life, and to provide funding (when possible) and academic and professional development opportunities to our budding scholars.
Our activities involve the following areas: Scholarship, Sociability and Mentoring, and Financial Support.
Graduate Student Symposium
We organize one of the longest running Graduate Student Symposiums in the country. From a call for papers, presentations are juried and selected graduate students from across the world come together to share their work one weekend in March.
Contact Leslie K. Brown, lkbrown@bu.edu for more information on how to get involved and with any questions.
Guest Scholar Lecture Series
GSHAAA runs a series of informal lectures by local scholars and professionals. They take place throughout the school year and are a great way to learn about the art world and meet people in the field.
History of Art & Architecture Forum
The History of Art & Architecture Forum convenes twice a month, giving graduate students the opportunity to present papers prior to attending conferences and learn more about funding opportunities, grant writing, publishing and other professional development opportunities.
Contact: Margaret Shortle, mshortle@bu.edu.
Theory Reading Group
The Theory Reading Group provides the art history graduate students a place to explore and educate ourselves on the history and application of theoretical approaches in the history of art.
Contact: Beth Pugliano, pugliano@bu.edu
Exam Prep Help
We also want to help you get ready for the Comps. Thus, Melanee Harvey or Laura Thiel, this semester’s coordinators, will be running information sessions and reviews. Learn more about exam prep. GSHAAA has compiled some helpful preparation tips for taking the orals. Learn more here.
Contact: Melanee Harvey, melaneeh@bu.edu and Laura Thiel, letthiel@bu.edu
Student/Faculty Committee
In order to keep the lines of communication open, a small group of students (usually 1 MA, 1 PhD and a GSHAAA officer) meet regularly with the Department Chair and the Director of Graduate Studies to discuss all aspects of student life.
Contact: Leslie K. Brown, lkbrown@bu.edu
Social Events
GSHAA also helps plan the department holiday and end of the year parties as well as more informal events. Coming in the summer of 2011- the Official GSHAAA event calendar!
Meetings
Once or twice a semester GSHAAA holds an open meeting for all members at which we discuss issues and plan upcoming events. We hope you’ll join us. Click here to view past meeting minutes.
gCal Event Calendar
Click here to view the GSHAAA gCal event calendar.