W. Bernard Herman Distinguished Visiting Scholar

This lecture is given by the W. Bernard Herman Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Art History and is named after W. Bernard Herman (1911–2011), a graduate from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. The W. Bernard Herman Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Art History was established in 2012 and is supported by donations from the Herman family. With it, the Department of Art History is able to bring the finest art history scholars from across the globe to campus for a period of several weeks. While at the University of Toronto, the scholar will teach an intensive course in art, deliver a high-profile public lecture and serve as a resource for faculty and students interested in the scholar's specific area of specialization..

Date Speaker Title
2024 October 1 Peter Geimer, Freie Universität Berlin, DFK Paris "The Colours of the Past: On Historical Imagination in Photography and Film"
2022 Novemnber 1 Kathleen James-Chakraborty, University College Dublin "Expanding Agency: Women and the Global Dissemination of Modern Architecture, 1920–1970"
2016 October 24 Alessandro Nova, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz “Leonardo and the Representation of Nature”
2015 March 12 Alfreda Murck “Mao Zedong’s Mangoes: The Intersection of Art, Propaganda, and Religion”