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Sylvia de Swaan, a lecturer in the art department, was a presenter at the 39th National Conference of the Society for Photographic Education. De Swaan led a session in portfolio review and also spoke on her work, including “Memorabilia,” photographs interwoven with journal entries from her travels in East Europe in 1999, and “Return,” an autobiographical body of work. The conference was held last month in Las Vegas.

Stephen Goldberg, associate professor of art and department chair, presented “The Chinese City as Cosmic Correlative” and “Imaging the Great Transformation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy,” as part of the Cullum Lecture Series at Augusta State University in Augusta, Ga., on March 5.

Professor of Art Robert B. Muirhead has several paintings included in The Copley Society of Boston’s invitational show, "Landmarks & Icons: New Views of Old Places." The exhibition continues through March 9.

John McEnroe and Deborah Pokinski, art history associate professors, co-edited Critical Perspectives on Art History (Prentice Hall, 2002). The book presents essays with conflicting points of view on specific issues and themes in art history and focuses the reader on critically evaluating the differences in interpretations and approaches

Associate Professor of Art History John McEnroe is co-editor of Artists, Writers, and Musicians, An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed The World (Oryx Press), a multicultural reference tool that examines 200 artists, writers, and musicians from around the world.

"polarities undone," a collaboration between Hamilton Associate Professor of Art Ella Gant and Cultural Theorist/Designer Kyle Kyrnitszke, is on view as part of the Reactions show at Exit Art in New York City. Exit Art, a cultural space near the World Trade Center site, mounted this international, invitational show to "interpret or translate the feelings of a larger community into a collective expression of analysis" following the events of September 11.

Hamilton College Scholar in Residence Tacey Rosolowski has been asked to curate Material Explorations: Wearable Objects of Non-traditional Materials, an international juried exhibition opening at the Munson Williams Proctor Institute School of Art Gallery on March 29.

Douglas Ambrose, associate professor of history, wrote an article for the Georgetown Law Journal titled "Sowing Sentiment: Shaping the Southern Presbyterian Household, 1750 - 1800."