'Pedagogical Reckoning: Decolonizing and Degendering the Art Historical Canon in the Classroom and Museum' brings together leading voices in art history, museum studies, and pedagogy to confront the Eurocentric and patriarchal foundations of traditional art historical education. This timely anthology provides a range of actionable strategies for reshaping curricula, exhibitions, and research through the lenses of decoloniality, gender justice, and global inclusion.
Edited by Sooran Choi and Gillian Greenhill Hannum, the volume includes contributions from scholars, artists, and educators across institutional contexts-from large research universities to community colleges and art schools. Its chapters span three key areas: inclusive classroom pedagogy, critical museum and curatorial practice, and decolonial research methodologies. Essays explore intersectional frameworks informed by postcolonial theory, feminist critique, queer studies, and ethnic studies, while also providing practical tools such as sample assignments, case studies, and curatorial models.
Uniquely, this anthology integrates scholarly analysis with pedagogical reflection, offering readers both conceptual frameworks and concrete applications. It builds on recent literature such as 'Teaching South and Southeast Asian Art' and 'Expanding the Parameters of Feminist Artivism', while extending the conversation through its focus on classroom agency, community-responsive teaching, and institutional reckoning.
Ideal for art history instructors; museum professionals; and students in anthropology, cultural studies, and education, 'Pedagogical Reckoning' serves as both a critical resource and a methodological guide. It is suitable for classroom adoption, professional development, and curriculum planning, and will appeal to anyone committed to transforming the way we teach, curate, and write about art.
Choi, Sooran: - Sooran Choi is Assistant Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Vermont, where her teaching and research focus on decolonization, global feminism, ecocriticism, and contemporary East Asian art. Her work critically engages with marginalized artistic practices, Cold War visual culture, and alternative pedagogies that challenge Eurocentric and patriarchal art historical frameworks. She has published in Rebus, Multiple Modernisms, and Religion and the Arts, with essays on South Korean performance art, shamanism, gender fluidity, and subversive aesthetics. Her scholarly and curatorial experience directly shaped 'Pedagogical Reckoning', which synthesizes theory and practice to promote institutional change. Choi has received major fellowships from the College Art Association, the Academy of Korean Studies, and the Mellon Foundation. She has taught at CUNY, NYU, and UVM, designing inclusive, interdisciplinary curricula. She also co-leads national initiatives on Korean/Asian studies, integrating intersectional pedagogy into academic and cultural institutions.
Hannum, Gillian Greenhill: - Gillian Greenhill Hannum is a Professor Emerita of Art History at Manhattanville University in Purchase, New York, where she served on the faculty from 1987 to 2021. A photo historian with M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from The Pennsylvania State University, she has published on photographic topics, has presented widely at national and international conferences, and has contributed to several books and exhibition catalogs. Most recently, she co-edited, with Kyunghee Pyun, 'Expanding the Parameters of Feminist Artivism' (2023) and a special issue of the journal 'Religion and the Arts' titled "Keeping the Faith: Religion, Gender, and the Arts in the Twenty-first Century" (2023). She continues to teach at Manhattanville on a part-time basis.
