Dr. Amelia Maria Miholca
Contact Information
Biography
Dr. Amelia Miholca received her Ph.D. in art history from Arizona State University. Her area of specialization is 20th century art. Among her many research interests, she has published on the Romanian avant-garde movement and is researching Holocaust art in Eastern Europe as it relates to issues of memorialization and representation during the Cold War and in current times. In addition to teaching remotely at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Dr. Miholca teaches at Arizona State University. She resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband Marco and their baby boy Matteo.
Education
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2021 (art history)
M.A., Arizona State University, 2014 (art history)
B.F.A., Arizona State University, 2012 (painting)
Teaching and Research Interests
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Courses Taught: History of Graphic Design; Art of the 20th Century Survey; Ancient to Medieval Art Survey; Renaissance to 19th Century Art Survey.
Arizona State University Courses Taught: upper-level seminar ARS 498 Theories of Modern Sculpture; Holocaust Memorialization and Representation.
Published Research
Book Chapters:
(Peer-Reviewed) “Dada in Romania: How Romanian Avant-Garde Magazines Celebrated Dada.” From Janco to the 21st Century: Dada and Its Legacy. Ronit Milano, Raya Zommer-Tal and Noam Gonnen (eds.) Routledge, 2024.
(Peer-Reviewed) “Between Zurich and Romania: A Dada Exchange.” Narratives Crossing Borders: Transcultural Perspectives Anthology. Herbert Jonsson, Lovisa Berg, Chatarina Edfeldt, Bo G. Jansson (eds.). Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm University Press, 2021.123-144.
Journals:
(Peer Reviewed) “Re-envisioning Cubism in Romanian Avant-Garde Magazines.” Journal of Romanian Studies 3:1 (May 2021): 85-112.
(Peer Reviewed) “Constantin Brancusi’s Involvement with African Art.” Critical Interventions: Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture 9:3 (2015): 179-190.
(Peer Reviewed) “The Construction of Brancusi’s Primitivism.” Visual Past: A Journal for the Study of Past Cultures 1 (December 2014): 13-45.
Book Review:
(Peer Reviewed) “Alexandra Chiriac, Performing Modernism. A Jewish Avant-Garde in Bucharest.” Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art. Série Beaux-Arts. Tome LX (2023): 183 185.