Binghamton Art History

08/26/2026

Graduate Student Activities: Kyle Sossamon in Los Angeles Review of Books

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published a review of Todd McGowan’s Self-Sabotage: How We Try Not to Flourish, titled “How to Lose More Slowly,” in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published a review of Todd McGowan’s Self-Sabotage: How We Try Not to Flourish, titled “How to Lose More Slowly,” in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

08/14/2026

Graduate Student Activities: Kyle Sossamon in The American Psychoanalyst

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published an essay titled “The Telemachus Complex: Shame, inheritance, and paternal authority in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey” in The American Psychoanalyst. Collage by Austin Hughes

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published an essay titled “The Telemachus Complex: Shame, inheritance, and paternal authority in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey” in The American Psychoanalyst. C…

08/13/2026

VizCult is coming back this fall!

The Art History Department at Binghamton University is excited to announce the Fall 2026 VizCult Lecture Series, featuring four new speakers!

📅 September 30 — Zeke Saber, Binghamton University, SUNY
📅 November 4 — Sahar Hosseini, University of Pittsburgh
📅 November 11 — Josh Franco, Smithsonian Institution
📅 December 2 — Ross Bernhaut, University of Michigan

More details coming soon. We can’t wait to welcome you!

08/05/2026

Faculty Activities: Alexis Wang at the International Congress on Medieval Studies

Prof. Alexis Wang delivered a talk at the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI, on May 15, 2026. Prof. Wang's talk, "Medial Ruptures in the Aldilà," was part of the session "Picturing the Aldilà: Italian Last Judgments Revisited" sponsored by the Italian Art Society; it examined several examples of apocalyptic murals with embedded objects. More information may be found here:

Prof. Alexis Wang delivered a talk at the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI, on May 15, 2026. Prof. Wang’s talk, “Medial Ruptures in the Aldilà,” wa…

08/03/2026

Alumni Activities: Pei-Chun (Viola) Hsieh (PhD 2023) appointed Assistant Professor of Western Art History at National Taiwan Normal University

Pei-Chun (Viola) Hsieh (PhD 2023) has been appointed to a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Western Art History in the Graduate Institute of Art History at National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan. Many congratulations Viola!

Pei-Chun (Viola) Hsieh (PhD 2023) has been appointed to a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Western Art History in the Graduate Institute of Art History at National Taiwan Normal Univ…

07/28/2026

Alumni Activities: Bookyung Son at the Paik After Paik Symposium

Former Art History graduate student Bookyung Son ’25 presented their paper, "Access Matters: Research Practices and Challenges of the Nam June Paik Art Center," at Paik After Paik, an international symposium co-hosted by the Arts Council Korea and the Nam June Paik Art Center to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Paik's passing. The symposium brought together scholars, curators, and archivists to reflect on the current state of Paik scholarship, explore new directions for research, and promote dialogue among researchers and institutions internationally. Learn more about the event:

Former Art History graduate student Bookyung Son ’25 presented their paper, “Access Matters: Research Practices and Challenges of the Nam June Paik Art Center,” at Paik After Paik, an i…

06/29/2026

Graduate Student Activities: Kyle Sossamon in Rain Taxi Review of Books

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published a review of Victor Burgin’s Returning to Benjamin: Art in the Age of AI, in Rain Taxi Review of Books. Available in print only; view the details here:

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published a review of Victor Burgin’s Returning to Benjamin: Art in the Age of AI, in Rain Taxi Review of Books. Available in print only; view the detai…

06/11/2026

Faculty Activities: Tom McDonough at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Tom McDonough will deliver a lecture on recent work by the South Korean artist Hague Yang at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles on June 27, 2026.More information here: Tom McDonough. Installation view of "Haegue Yang: Star-Crossed Rendezvous," February 24–August 2, 2026 at MOCA Grand Avenue. Courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Photo by Zak Kelley

Tom McDonough will deliver a lecture on recent work by the South Korean artist Hague Yang at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles on June 27, 2026.More information here: Tom McDonough. Insta…

06/09/2026

Graduate Student Activities: Kyle Sossamon in Critical Inquiry

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published a review of Peter Szendy's book For an Ecology of Images in Critical Inquiry. The full review is available here:

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published a review of Peter Szendy’s book For an Ecology of Images in Critical Inquiry. The full review is available here:

05/29/2026

Graduate Student Activities: Kyle Sossamon in Genealogies of Modernity

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published an article titled “An Ethics of Gesture in It Was Just an Accident” for Genealogies of Modernity. The full article is available here: Louis Lumière, La Sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon, 1895 Gilles de la Tourette, Études cliniques et physiologiques sur la marche: la marche dans les maladies du système nerveux, étudiée par la méthode des empreintes, 1886 Official poster for It Was Just an Accident

Doctoral student Kyle Sossamon has published an article titled “An Ethics of Gesture in It Was Just an Accident” for Genealogies of Modernity. The full article is available here: Louis Lumière,&nbs…