Faculty Profile
Ty Vanover
(he/him/his)Adjunct Faculty in Art & Art History (2023)
Contact Information
717-245-1474
Bio
Professor Vanover teaches courses in global modern and contemporary art. He is a specialist in German and Austrian art and visual culture, the history of sexuality, and history of science. His current research focuses on visualization techniques deployed by early twentieth-century criminologists in the investigation of violent sexual crime; he is presently at work on an essay focusing on the artist Christian Schad that interrogates New Objectivity’s relationship to Weimar-era forensic science. In 2025, he received the Emerging Scholars Prize from the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association, and his essays and reviews have appeared in Arts, Ikonotheka, and the Oxford Art Journal. Forthcoming publications include a chapter on the artist Ernst Hildebrand in "Weimar's Queer Visual Cultures" (eds. Birgit Lang, Ina Linge, and Katie Sutton; University of Toronto Press, 2026). With Camilla Smith, he is the editor of the volume "Erotic Art in Modern Germany: Visual Cultures of Sex, 1871-1945," to be published by Bloomsbury in early 2026.
Education
- B.A., The University of Virginia, 2016
- M.A., The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 2017
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2023
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
FYSM 100 First-Year Seminar
The First-Year Seminar (FYS) introduces students to Dickinson as a "community of inquiry" by developing habits of mind essential to liberal learning. Through the study of a compelling issue or broad topic chosen by their faculty member, students will:
- Critically analyze information and ideas
- Examine issues from multiple perspectives
- Discuss, debate and defend ideas, including one's own views, with clarity and reason
- Develop discernment, facility and ethical responsibility in using information, and
- Create clear academic writing
The small group seminar format of this course promotes discussion and interaction among students and their professor. In addition, the professor serves as students' initial academic advisor. This course does not duplicate in content any other course in the curriculum and may not be used to fulfill any other graduation requirement.
ARTH 102 Introduction History of Art
This course surveys art of the European renaissance through the contemporary period. Art will be examined within the historical context in which it was produced, with attention to contemporary social, political, religious, and intellectual movements. Students will examine the meaning and function of art within the different historical periods. In addition, students will learn to analyze and identify different artistic styles.