Visiting Scholars
The Visual Studies Initiative is hosting conversations with distinguished scholars from around the globe. These individuals have founded programs related to Visual Studies or have written seminal books on the subject. Please contact us to nominate a visiting scholar.
The 2007/2008 Visual Studies Visiting Schoars are:
Fall 2008
Peter Weibel and Bernt Lintermann (ZKM, Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany)
Spring 2008
W. J. T. Mitchell (University of Chicago)
Bill Mitchell (Director of the MIT Design Laboratory)
February 11-12, 2007
James Elkins (School of the Art Institute, Chicago)
October 16-17, 2007
Margaret Dikovitskaya, Columbia University, October 16-17, 2007
September 23-25, 2007
Bill Seaman, Rhode Island School of Design
September 11-12, 1007
Alain Fleischer, Le Fresnoy, Ecole Nationale des Arts Contemporains, France. Alain Fletcher is co-sponsoring an exchange program between Duke and Le Fresnoy
April 17, 2007
Nicholas Mirzoeff, New York University
March 20-21, 2007
Michael Anne Holly, Sterling and Francine Clark Institute
Keith Moxi, Columbia University