Did you know GW has an excellent collection of fine art right here on campus? Explore the “floating world” of Edo Japan with UHP Program Officer Catherine Chandler at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery’s exhibition of Hiroshige’s “Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido.” Utagawa Hiroshige was among the most prolific and poetic of Edo artists, before the onset of Westernization in Japan, and whose work had a profound impact of the impressionists and post-impressionists in Europe and America.
To meet demand for famous scenic views, artists such as Hiroshige would reproduce series of woodcuts for popular consumption. GW is lucky enough to have a such collection of woodcuts of famos travel destinations along the important road, the Tokaido.
Catherine earned her Bachelor’s in art history at Wheaton College, her Master’s in art history at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, and pursued further graduate work at Bryn Mawr.

Join the Program Board for their first event of the fall Wednesday, October 19th!
Come watch the 3rd and last Presidential debate in the Honors townhouse from 9-10:30 pm. Enjoy some refreshments and pizza along with good times among friends (and a lot of nervous laughter from the candidates). We’ll see you there!
RSVP here: https://debate.youcanbook.me
Follow this event on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/900462616753215/ 

Taking Pictures: Pity, Fear, and Security at the Border
Tuesday, October 4th, 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Smith Hall, Room 114 (801 22nd St., NW)
Interested in the role of arts and culture in global politics and humanitarian crises? Check out this unique lecture event with Dr. Barbara Johnson.
“The humanitarian community working on behalf of refugees and irregular migrants relies heavily upon creating in the public imagination a particular ‘image’ of a migrant in need of assistance.
They depict individuals in camps or, after arriving in a host country, trying to rebuild a fractured life.  The security community invested in controlling the border similarly relies upon an image of the migrant.  This representation, however, is rooted in imaginations of criminality, of threat, and of individuals (often men) wrongfully subverting the asylum system.  These imaginations mark the border as the deciding ‘creative’ moment in determining both the character and the identity of the migrant.  I argue that the politics of representation in asylum are framed by the border itself.  Our imagination not only of the border, but of the political agency and subjectivity of the irregular migrant, is informed by these representations and by discourses of gender and race.  I ask how these dynamics shape the policies and politics of asylum, and how we might productively reshape these politics towards a spirit of long term solidarity.” –Dr. Heather Johnson

Dr. Heather Johnson is a Senior Lecturer in International Studies at Queen’s. Her research focuses on irregular migration and asylum seekers, border security, and the practices of resistance, solidarity and protest of noncitizens. She also writes about visual representations of refugees, particularly through a gender studies lens. Heather is currently working on a project about irregular migration in the maritime space, funded through the ESRC Future Research Leaders Programme.
This event sponsored by the Office of International Programs and the GW Department of Fine Arts and Art History.

Discover the art of Barbara Kruger with UHP Program Officer Catherine Chandler on a personal tour of “The Tower” of the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art. Though her work seems familiar in the age of the internet meme, Kruger was a pioneering figure in the 80s and keeps her relevance today, pairing black and white photos with slogans on feminism, consumerism, politics, and desire.
Catherine earned her Bachelor’s in art history at Wheaton College, her Master’s in art history at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, and pursued further graduate work at Bryn Mawr.

Already getting sick of the city life? Eager to explore beyond E and K streets? Love the smell of the Shenandoah river in the morning? Hike with the Honors Program!
On Saturday, September 17th, the Honors Program is hosting a $5 hike with your classmates, professors and staff, and certified TRAiLS guides. We’re going to Harpers Ferry, a historic town in West Virginia, complete with actors in historic garb and a big ole mountain to climb!
We’ll meet in the Foggy Bottom townhouse at 9 am, and the hike should last most of the day, returning to campus in the early evening. Whether you are a professional hiker or have never even scaled an escalator, come out, enjoy the fall sunshine, and get to know UHPers outside the classroom. We’ll provide lunch and guides, you provide insightful questions and witty banter.

Sign up here by 9/14!