Events

Art historian Evan Neely will be presenting on the work of African American landscape painter Robert S. Duncanson. One of three lectures on the legacy of colonial histories in North America; the privatization of nature and land; and the logic of the plantation and enclosure on contemporary life in the series Nature and Sovereignty organized by Alena Williams, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies in Winter Semester 2025/26.

Lecture

Three talks on the legacy of colonial histories in North America; the privatization of nature and land; and the logic of the plantation and enclosure on contemporary life organized by Alena Williams, Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies in Winter Semester 2025/26.

Legacies of the Plantation
K. Wayne Yang, Professor of Ethnic Studies & Provost of John Muir College, Co-founder, Indigenous Futures Institute, University of California, San Diego
Monday, 13.10. 2025, 17h

From Plantations to Invasive Infrastructures: Kanaka Maoli Mobilization for 'Āina
Architectural Historian Kelema Moses, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Member, Indigenous Futures Institute, University of California, San Diego
Friday, 17.10.2025, 11h

North of Robert Duncanson’s Canvas
Art Historian Evan Neely, Associate Chair, History of Art and Design, Pratt Institute, New York
Wednesday, 3.12.2025, 11h

Lecture series

We cordially invite you to attend this online appointment to learn about the requirements, the call for submissions and decision procedure of the PhD in Practice program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Informative meeting

In advance of the PhD in Practice application process 2026, the program invites potential and interested applicants to an online information session where you will have the opportunity to meet the program leaders and professors Anette Baldauf and Renate Lorenz, learn about the program, requirements, the call for submissions and decision procedure of the PhD in Practice program at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Study information