Maggie M. Cao (NHC Fellow, 2021–22; David G. Frey Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
April 27, 2023
Advisor: Martin Caver, NHC Teacher Advisory Council
“Imperialism” has long been an uneasy term for Americans in the contiguous United States. Many ignore or even deny the country’s colonial activities abroad, which started in the nineteenth century and continue today. This webinar will help educators bring empire into their teaching of the history and culture of the United States by mobilizing art as a productive lens. We will untangle the power relations and imperialist history informing nineteenth century US paintings of foreign people, places, and things. We will also look at artists living today who respond critically to that history in their work. In the process, we will understand what US imperialism looked like in the past and how it continues to affect contemporary communities and environments.
Webinar Resources
Before the live webinar please be sure to review the available materials in the webinar resource folder. Use the code provided in your registration email to access these resources.
- Immerwahr, Daniel. Introduction to How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
- Cao, Maggie M. “What is the Place of Empire in the History of American Art?” Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 6, no. 1 (Spring 2020).
- Arabindan-Kesson, Anna. “Seeing Empire.” Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 6, no. 1 (Spring 2020).
- Klein, Shana. “Be Fruitful and Multiply: Food, National Expansion, and the Art of Empire.” Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 6, no. 1 (Spring 2020).
- Caragol, Taína, and Kate Clarke Lemay. “Imperial Visions and Revisions.” Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 6, no. 1 (Spring 2020).
- Capistrano-Baker, Florina H. “Inside the Outsider’s Gaze.” Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 6, no. 1 (Spring 2020).
- Mancini, J. M.“Enacting Empire: War and the History of American Art.” Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 6, no. 1 (Spring 2020).
- Kamehiro, Stacy L.“Empire and US Art History from an Oceanic Visual Studies Perspective.” Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 6, no. 1 (Spring 2020).
Subjects
History / Art / American Imperialism / Cultural History / Visual Arts / Paintings / Colonialism /
Rights
cc-by-nc-nd