Feminist Art History ConferenceAmerican University, Washington, DC
September 26 – September 28, 2025

 

Keynote Speakers

Joan Breton Connelly

Professor of Classics, New York University

Dorothy Price, FBA

Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art

Conference Format

The schedule comprises in-person, online, and hybrid panels.

Mission Statement

The Feminist Art History Conference fosters intersectional and interdisciplinary scholarship on the ways in which gender and sexuality have shaped the visual arts and their study–with a conference program designed to advance new research on topics from the ancient past through the present and across the globe. It provides a forum for participants to examine the roles that art and its agents have played in informing and resisting historical and contemporary inequities. Through this forum, the Conference aims to model a more inclusive art history and scholarly community.

The Feminist Art History Conference was established in 2010 to celebrate and build on the feminist art-historical scholarship and pedagogy of Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrard, Professors Emeriti at American University. It is sponsored by the Art History Program in the Art Department, College of Arts and Sciences, at American University, with the generous support of Robin D’Alessandro and Dr. Jane Fortune.