The Graduate Art History Association, referred to by many as AHA (as in Eureka!), provides a social and academic support network for graduate students within our department.

AHA’s goal is to foster a strong academic environment that encourages graduate students to pursue a variety of sound, creative approaches to art history while engaging meaningfully with peers, faculty, and the greater communities to which we each belong.

In service to this goal, AHA organizes an entirely graduate student-run annual symposium, hosts professional development workshops, and broadly distributes calls for papers and job postings  via an active listserv.

AHA works to cultivate a sense of community through peer-mentoring, orientation programs, travel to nearby museums and institutions, and other social events. It is open to all graduate students with an interest in art history.

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