Undergraduate Art History Symposium

2023 Virtual Symposium

2023 Virtual Art History Student Symposium

2023 Virtual Art History Student Symposium

2022 Virtual Symposium

Students representing colleges and universities across the U.S. and abroad shared research in papers that push the boundaries of art history. The discipline is in good hands for the future!

2022 Virtual Art History Student Symposium Flyer

2022 Virtual Art History Student Symposium Flyer

2021 Virtual Symposium

Nearly 100 presentations from 64 colleges and universities in the Northeast. Twelve sessions over three days. The 2021 SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium was a smashing success!

2021 Virtual Art History Student Symposium Flyer

2021 Virtual Art History Student Symposium Flyer

2020 Symposium

The success of the previous year’s event inspired us to expand our horizons and invite participants from further afield for the second SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium, which was scheduled for April 18, 2020.

Once again, the event had an enthusiastic response, and we were pleased to accept forty-two papers from another competitive group of applicants. We happily anticipated hosting participants from over twenty-five collegiate institutions across the Northeast, but the COVID-19 pandemic derailed our original plans and forced us to cancel the event. Students were instead invited to submit their papers for publication in a special volume, which was completed in December 2020 and is available here for free download. The twenty-seven contributed essays transport the reader across the globe, from antiquity to the present day, and it is energizing to see what promising future talent exists in the fields of art history, archaeology, and architectural history. We greatly appreciate the students’ fortitude in completing these papers in truly challenging circumstances, often physically far-removed from their campuses’ library and archival resources while grappling with a sudden transition to entirely online courses.

2020 Symposium Papers

Cover for 2020 Symposium Papers

2019 Inaugural Symposium

The Inaugural SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium was held on April 13, 2019 and featured papers delivered by a dozen students representing colleges from across the Hudson Valley: Bard College, Marist College, Sarah Lawrence College, SUNY Albany, SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Purchase, Union College, and Vassar College. The event also included a luncheon for the student participants and their guests and a closing reception at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art for all attendees. We were astonished by the number of students who submitted abstracts for this brand-new event, creating a very competitive selection pool. All of the student presenters gave excellent talks to a full audience and enjoyed socializing with their fellow young art historians.

2019 Inaugural Art History Student Symposium Flyer

2019 Inaugural Art History Student Symposium Flyer