Established in 1991, the Arkansas College Art History Symposium seeks to encourage and recognize student achievement in art history in the state. Providing a much-needed forum for emerging undergraduate and graduate students, the symposium features 20-minute illustrated talks on a wide variety of topics in art history.  The symposium also encourages cooperation among art history faculty throughout the state. Each symposium includes the participation of a guest art historian who typically comments on the student papers and presents a scholarly paper on their own research.

Past symposia have welcomed scholars representing a wide range of specialized fields within the discipline:

2012- Dr. Kevin Concannon (Contemporary, Modern Art), Virginia Tech

2011 -Dr. James Farmer (Pre-Columbian and North American Indian),  Virginia Commonwealth University

2010 -Dr. Christopher Chippindale (Prehistoric Art), Cambridge University

2009 -Dr. Matthew Landrus (Renaissance and Baroque Art),  Lyme College of Fine Arts

          and  Dr. Mallica Kumbera-Landrus (Indian Art),  Rhode Island School of Design

2008 -Dr. Paul Crenshaw (Northern Baroque Art),  Washington University

2007 -Dr. Colin Cruise (19th-Century British Art),  School of Art, the University of Wales at Aberystwyth

2006 -Dr. Gitti Salami (African Art),  University of Kansas

2005 -Dr. Howard Risatti (Contemporary Art and Critical Theory),  Virginia Commonwealth University

2004 -Dr. Betsy Fahlman (American Art),  Arizona State University

2003 -Dr. Ben Hufbauer (Architectural History),  University of Louisville

2002 -Dr. Shaw Smith (19th Century European Art), Davidson College

2001 -Dr. Ajay Sinha (Asian Art),  Mount Holyoke University

2000 -Dr. Pamela Simpson (American Art),  Washington and Lee University

1999 -Dr. Henri Dorra (19th Century European Art),  University of California Santa Barbara (retired)

1998 -Dr. Patricia Matthews (Modern Art), Oberlin College

1997 -Ms. Barbara Hill (Public Art),  Tampa Art in Public Places Program Coordinator

1996 - Dr. Susan Appel (Modern Architecture),  Illinois State University

1995 -Dr. Daniel Ehnbom (South Asian Art),  University of Virginia

1994 -Dr. Elizabeth C. Teviotdale (Medieval Art),  J. Paul Getty Museum

1993 -Dr. Norman Land (Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art),  Memphis State University

1992 -Dr. Lauren Soth (Architectural History),  Carleton College

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