Art History and Archaeology

Faculty Distinction 2021/22


Barry Bergdoll

Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History; Chair, Department of Art History and Archeology

Medal from the Academie d’Architecture, Paris

Honorary doctorate, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Elected to the Academy of Arts, Guild Hall, East Hampton


Barry Bergdoll

Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History; Chair, Department of Art History and Archeology

Medal from the Academie d’Architecture, Paris

Honorary doctorate, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Elected to the Academy of Arts, Guild Hall, East Hampton


Barry Bergdoll
Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History; Chair, Department of Art History and Archeology

Medal from the Academie d’Architecture, Paris

Honorary doctorate, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Elected to the Academy of Arts, Guild Hall, East Hampton


Diane Bodart

David Rosand Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance Art History

Visiting scholar, French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici


Diane Bodart

David Rosand Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance Art History

Visiting scholar, French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici


Diane Bodart
David Rosand Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance Art History

Visiting scholar, French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici


Noam Elcott

Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology

The Columbia College Great Teacher Award, The Society of Columbia Graduates, Columbia University

Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar, Columbia University


Noam Elcott

Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology

The Columbia College Great Teacher Award, The Society of Columbia Graduates, Columbia University

Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar, Columbia University


Noam Elcott
Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology

The Columbia College Great Teacher Award, The Society of Columbia Graduates, Columbia University

Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar, Columbia University


Kellie Jones

Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Chair Department of African and African Diaspora Studies

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for “Black Curators Matter: An Oral History Project”


Kellie Jones

Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Chair Department of African and African Diaspora Studies

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for “Black Curators Matter: An Oral History Project”


Kellie Jones
Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Chair Department of African and African Diaspora Studies

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for “Black Curators Matter: An Oral History Project”


Holger Klein

Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History

Distinguished Research Fellow, Sabanci University


Holger Klein

Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History

Distinguished Research Fellow, Sabanci University


Holger Klein
Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History

Distinguished Research Fellow, Sabanci University


Elenora Pistis

Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology

Getty Scholar Fellowship


Elenora Pistis

Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology

Getty Scholar Fellowship


Elenora Pistis
Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology

Getty Scholar Fellowship


Avinoam Shalem

Riggio Professor of Art History

Getty Foundation Grant


Avinoam Shalem

Riggio Professor of Art History

Getty Foundation Grant


Avinoam Shalem
Riggio Professor of Art History

Getty Foundation Grant


Zoe Strother

Riggio Professor of African Art; Jonathan Sobel and Marcia Dunn Program Chair for Art Humanities

Margaret Herz Demant Award for African Art, Friends of African and African American Art at the Detroit Institute of Art


Zoe Strother

Riggio Professor of African Art; Jonathan Sobel and Marcia Dunn Program Chair for Art Humanities

Margaret Herz Demant Award for African Art, Friends of African and African American Art at the Detroit Institute of Art


Zoe Strother
Riggio Professor of African Art; Jonathan Sobel and Marcia Dunn Program Chair for Art Humanities

Margaret Herz Demant Award for African Art, Friends of African and African American Art at the Detroit Institute of Art


Lisa Trever

Lisa and Bernard Selz Associate Professor of Pre-Columbian Art History and Archaeology

National Geographic Society, Exploration Grant, “Uncovering the Painted Stories of Pañamarca, Peru”


Lisa Trever

Lisa and Bernard Selz Associate Professor of Pre-Columbian Art History and Archaeology

National Geographic Society, Exploration Grant, “Uncovering the Painted Stories of Pañamarca, Peru”


Lisa Trever
Lisa and Bernard Selz Associate Professor of Pre-Columbian Art History and Archaeology

National Geographic Society, Exploration Grant, “Uncovering the Painted Stories of Pañamarca, Peru”


Michael Waters

Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology

Research Residency, Canadian Centre for Architecture


Michael Waters

Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology

Research Residency, Canadian Centre for Architecture


Michael Waters
Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology

Research Residency, Canadian Centre for Architecture

The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.

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