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de Stecher, Annette W

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  • Dr. de Stecher's research engages with American art, in integrated histories of visual culture production. Her areas of expertise include critical museology, material culture studies, and Indigenous art histories. Her current research takes a fresh look at 18C and early 19C diplomatic silver gifts in the US and Canada, and how in this period French and British empires and the newly formed American state used silver jewelry gifts as an essential mediator with their Indigenous allies. Her study foregrounds narratives of Indigenous-settler engagement in a project to decolonize colonial archives and center Indigenous voice.

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  • Critical museology and museum studies, material culture studies, Indigenous art histories, materiality, women's histories, Canadian art history, gender studies, Indigenous diplomatic histories

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  • ARTH 1400 - History of World Art 2
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Fall 2019
    Surveys major art styles from about 1600 to the present, including Europe, Asia, the Islamic world, the Americas and Africa. Emphasizes comparison of Western and non-Western visual expressions as evidence of differing cultural orientations.
  • ARTH 3439 - Native North American Art II
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    This course explores the historical and contemporary arts of Indigenous peoples of the Southeast, Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, and California, in their richness, diversity, and temporal depth. We will explore the value and role of these art forms to Indigenous nations and communities. We will address issues of DEI and colonial histories, and themes of cultural continuity, survivance, and gender.
  • ARTH 3929 - Special Topics in Art History
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2019 / Fall 2020 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2023
    May be repeated up to 18 total credit hours when topic varies.
  • ARTH 4919 - Capstone Seminar: Topics in Art History
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023
    Seminar course dealing with selected areas or problems within the history of art. Consult current online Schedule Planner for seminar topic. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.
  • ARTH 4929 - Special Topics in Art History
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2022
    May be repeated up to 18 total credit hours when topic varies. Same as ARTH 5929.
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