Violence interrupts and reconfigures; it degrades and reconstitutes; it also forms a basis for historical continuity. In a contemporary society saturated with violent imagery, in which scholarly discourses are imbued with considerations of violence, and in an intellectual atmosphere that favors technical knowledge over humanistic inquiry, we contemplate the urgency of the art historian's project and the disciplinary cases that might be made. The 2012-2013 Silberberg Lecture Series will ask how works of art and artistic practices perpetuate or resist violence, and the responsibility of the art historian in this discourse. 

Planned and coordinated by the Graduate Student Association, the Daniel H. Silberberg Lecture series invites art historians, archaeologists, and conservators specializing in a variety of periods and genres to share their latest research with the IFA community and general public.

The lectures are free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required. To make a reservation for this event, please click here. Please note that seating in the Lecture Hall is on a first-come first-served basis with RSVP.

Robert Hayden is Professor of Anthropology, Law and Public & International Affairs and Director, Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

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