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Smarthistory: bringing art history to the world and the world to art history—by Dr. Nara Hohensee
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Smarthistory: bringing art history to the world and the world to art history—by Dr. Nara Hohensee

This is the introduction to a four-part series of posts authored by Smarthistory’s Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Naraelle Hohensee. The rest of the series will appear on this site over the following week. “What’s visible becomes thinkable, and what’s thinkable becomes doable.” —Timothy Snyder In 2003, when Colin Powell went to the United...

Decentering the world—by Dr. Nara Hohensee
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Decentering the world—by Dr. Nara Hohensee

This is the second in a four-part series of posts authored by Smarthistory’s Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Naraelle Hohensee. The series will appear on this site over the following week. How must the discipline of art history change, what are the assumptions it must relinquish, and what ideas must it embrace in order...