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Karen Overbey

Keep Fighting!

June 27, 2022 By Karen Overbey Leave a Comment

Pro-choice demonstrators outside the Supreme Court, Washington DC, 1989. Photo: Lorie Shaull [CC BY 2.0]

Stand up and say it again: don’t mourn, organize! We are gutted, we are angry, but we really aren’t surprised by the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. And we, like you, feel called to take some kind of action. With federal protection for women’s bodies now gone, we must turn our attention and […]

Towards the Ethical Practice of Art History

August 31, 2018 By Karen Overbey 9 Comments

Because we need innovative pedagogies and self-reflection now more than ever.

50 questions for Medieval Studies

May 14, 2015 By Karen Overbey Leave a Comment

Join the MC and the Medieval Institute for the Meta Session on “Medieval Originality,” revisiting issues from the 1st Kalamazoo!

Landy II [by Karen Overbey]

October 18, 2013 By Karen Overbey Leave a Comment

It’s funny — I loved the show. It was playful and surprising and smart and I stayed for an hour and a half.

On Being in Love with Concrete, Wood, Water, Stone, Glass

March 4, 2013 By Karen Overbey 3 Comments

Naoshima quickened my sensitivity to materials, to surfaces, to the things I come to contact.

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