SMU Art History RASC/a
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RASC/a (derived from the Spanish vernacular for “scratch”) stands for “Rhetorics of Art, Space, and Culture” and marks a new curricular initiative in graduate studies launched in 2011. The department chose the unusual name to underline the commitment to shaping a small and dynamic graduate program that emphasizes close mentorship, innovative methodologies, and scholarship that challenges tradition
04/08/2026
Congratulations to PhD candidate Christine Burger for presenting her dissertation prospectus yesterday!! Christine presented “Unboxing Lust and Desire: Dorothy Iannone’s Box Sculptures in Context.” Way to go Christine!!
03/31/2026
4th year PhD candidate Laura Martin recently presented her dissertation, Divine Intimacy: Spirituality and Sexuality in the Early Modern Hispanic World, as part of the “En Construcción” lecture series at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. After three months of archival research in Madrid, she brought her findings to a community of scholars.
02/05/2026
Congratulations to Prof. Amy Freund on the publication of her book, Noble Beasts: Hunters and Hunted in Eighteenth-Century French Art, with Yale University Press. Prof. Freund promises that her next book will be about cats, but in the meantime please enjoy this 1740 portrait of Pehr, a very good boy.
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