Terra Foundation Visiting Professor for 2021-22

Terra Foundation Visiting Professor for 2021-22 will bring new perspectives on American art in a global context.

Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black, currently Professor of Art History and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA, has been appointed as Oxford University’s sixth Terra Foundation for American Art Visiting Professor for 2021-22.

The Terra Foundation Visiting Professorship is an annual appointment which was established in 2016 to promote the study of American art from a global perspective at the University of Oxford and beyond, thanks to funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art. Each Visiting Professor engages in advanced research in the visual arts of the United States, delivers public lectures and organises symposia that encourage international research collaboration. They also offer courses to undergraduate and graduate students.

Professor Villaseñor Black, who is a leading expert on a range of topics related to contemporary Latinx art, the early modern Iberian world and Chicanx studies, will begin her Visiting Professorship in October. She said: “Given the rich resources at Oxford for the study of art history, I am excited by the possibility of establishing close contacts with scholars there and elsewhere in the UK. I look forward to collaborating with colleagues in departments across Oxford and using the museum and library resources, which are unmatched in the world.”

Professor Villaseñor Black’s expertise will make a valuable contribution to the breadth of subjects offered as part of Oxford’s teaching and research in the History of Art. In 2016, she was awarded UCLA’s Gold Shield Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence for exceptional teaching, innovative research, and strong commitment to university services. Speaking about her teaching at Oxford, Professor Villaseñor Black said: “My proposed undergraduate course expands the definition of American art by positioning Hispanic art of the United States, from the 18th-century to the present day, at the heart of what it means to be ‘American’.”

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