I am particularly interested in the relationships among art, science, anatomy, medicine, economics, and politics in the Age of Enlightenment.
Biographical Profile
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Art
Tenure Status
Tenured
International Activity
International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research
Countries
England, Ireland, Holland, Belgium and Puerto Rico
Description
I have been engaged in archival research related to some eighteenth-century artists, primarily in England and Ireland. I am examining primary materials-artwork, correspondence, contemporary documents and publications, provenance and museum records, conservation reports, x-rays, and published scholarship. I have also spoken about my research at international venues, including Oxford University's St Hugh's College. Additional research was presented at the University of Leuven in Belgium (2012).
Institution/Entity
The Royal Society of London; The British Library; British Museum; National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum; National Portrait Gallery, London; National Gallery, London; National Gallery of Ireland; National Library of Ireland; Trinity College, Dublin; Derby Local Studies Library, Derbyshire; Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock; Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford; Liverpool Public Library; Walker Art Gallery and Merseyside Museums, Liverpool; Liverpool University; et al.
Institutional Focus Areas
Arts and Humanities
Extended Residence in Foreign Country
Yes
(England)
Speaks Non-English Language
Yes
(German, French, Spanish, a little Irish, a little Dutch.)
Interest Background
Do you include students in your research?
Graduates
Interest Keywords
Joseph Wright, Royal Society, Geology, Landscape, Botany, Portraiture, Electricity, Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Franklin, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, British, Exhibitions, Anatomy, History of Medicine, History of Science
Institutional Focus Areas
Arts and Humanities
Personal Focus Areas
Art History, 1700-1870, History of Science, 1700-1870, Art Theory, 1700-1870
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates
Institution
Location
Degree
Field of Study
08/1997 - 05/2002
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
PhD
Art History--18th and 19th Centuries
08/1995 - 05/1997
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
MA
Art History--18th and 19th Centuries
09/1991 - 05/1995
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
BA
Art History (Labor Studies minor)
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
2012 - Present
Professional Activity
Editorial Board Member
Open Inquiry Archive (www.openinquiryarchive.net)
2013 - Present
Professional Activity
Book Reviews Co-Editor
Open Inquiry Archive (www.openinquiryarchive.net)
Positions & Appointments
Dates
Description
Institution/Entity
2002 - 2004
Visiting Assistant Professor, two consecutive one-year appointments, Art History (18th and 19th Centuries), Art Department, University of South Carolina
08/2004 - 08/2010
Assistant Professor of Art History (18th and 19th Centuries), Art Department, University of South Carolina
Department of Art
10/2009 - Present
Graduate Director for Art Department
08/2010
Associate Professor of Art History
Department of Art
01/2011 - 04/2014
Associate Chair
Department of Art
04/2014 - Present
Associate Director
School of Visual Art and Design
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
2005
Award
Huntington-British Academy Fellowship
British Academy (National Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences), London
2001
Fellowship
Visiting Fellow
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University
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