Posted September 29, 2020
Chair - Department of Art, Art History, and Design
Michigan State University
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Posted September 29, 2020
Chair - Department of Art, Art History, and Design
Michigan State University
Posted October 27, 2020
Assistant Professor of Photography and Experimental Media
University of Iowa School of Art and Art History
Posted November 23, 2020
Director of the School of Art
Ball State University
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Nov 20, 2025 | 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EST Join us for Re-Reading Photos Through Narratives, a lecture exploring contemporary photography in Iran through its cultural and political contexts. Mehrdad Mirzaie will examine how photographers navigate urgency, time, and representation, offering new ways to revisit the region’s photographic history. Register at the...
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Join us March 19–21, 2026, at the Courtland Grand Hotel in Atlanta for this year’s conference — featuring a powerful session by Sonja Langford, “Refusal, Residue, and Relational Looking: Photography at the Edge of the Archive.” Her session will explore ethics, archives, and refusal in socially engaged photographic practice. Register today at https://loom.ly/4z3_egA to take part in incredible sessions like this!