Past Events
HISTORY OF ART VIRTUAL COLLOQUIUM - Dr. Ian Verstegen
Click HERE for the Zoom link to this event.
"Rudolf Arnheim and the Disquieting Questions of Life and Art"

Mid-Year Presentations 12/15
Join the Visual Studies program for the mid-year presentations of each of the seniors. Each student receives a block of time to present their project and work, leaving time for questions and comments. The schedule, with students and their advisors, is pasted below. Mid-Year VLST…
Alumni Chat: Careers in Film and Video with Lucy Nebeker
On Friday, December 11th at 3:30pm, please join us for an alumni chat with Lucy Nebeker (’18), as she recounts her path from Visual Studies to a career in film. A recent graduate from UPENN, Lucy majored in cognitive neuroscience and visual studies with a minor in film. At 18…

Course and Major Fair
Join our zoom drop in during the Course and Major Fair
ASEF-PSOM Luncheon Lecture - Anjan Chatterjee, MD - The Aesthetic Brain
The Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty of the Perelman School of Medicine will host Anjan Chatterjee, MD. This event will be held virtually via Zoom. Please RSVP to receive a link. Below the registration form, you may choose to add this event to your calendar. Visit us at…

Enactive Screens. The Moving-Body and the Moving-Image
In this talk I will critically discuss the relevance of an enactive approach to human cognition for film and media studies. Rooted in J.J. Gibson’s ecological approach to visual perception and in Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, enactivism is an emerging perspective in…
2020 Senior Project Online Exhibition Go-live
The annual Senior Project Exhibition will be hosted online this year.

Visual Studies/Sachs Lecture in Contemporary Art: Jill Magid
Institute of Contemporary Art
University of Pennsylvania
118 S. 36th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Mid-Year Senior Project Presentations
December 10, 2019 Mid-Year Visual Studies Senior Presentations Jaffe 113 10-10:30 Pablo Borra-Paley(Sam Mapp, Ian Verstegen) 10:30-11Kabele Cook(Zab Johnson, Gregory Veshbow) 11-11:30Joy Lee (Zab Johnson, Greogory Vershbow) 11:30-12Megan Lloyd (Sharka Hyland) BREAK 12:30-1…
Benjamin van Buren Seminar: Perception and Cognitive Impenetrability
Cohen 493
In this seminar, New School professor Benjamin van Buren will discuss his work and that of the Scholl lab at Yale on perception and the problem of cognitive impenetrability. A limited number of seats are available. Lunch is included. If you wish to attend, please RSVP with Ian…