Looking Closer at American Art

Looking Closer at American Art:
A Symposium in Honor of David Lubin

Saturday April 26, 2025
1:00pm-5:30pm

For 25 years, David Lubin has forged strong interdisciplinary connections for students and faculty. He regularly taught a combined English/Art History course in the Honors program with Barry Maine, and his contribution to film studies on campus reached out to communications, documentary film, and beyond. A symposium in honor of his work will be grounded in the vitality of exchanges across disciplines and, in the context of Reynolda House, bring the work of art into dialogue with history, literature, film, and other areas of interest. The invited speakers are all leading scholars in the field whose work draws upon the American Studies tradition of a broad understanding of the forces that shape American culture. 

On the eve of his retirement, distinguished scholars of American art will gather to reflect on the legacy of the teaching and scholarship of David Lubin, the Charlotte C. Weber Professor of American Art in the Department of Art at Wake Forest University. Speakers include Prof. Martin Berger (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Prof. Alexander Nemerov (Stanford University) and Prof. Jennifer Roberts (Harvard University). The event will conclude with a reception in honor of Professor Lubin.