Amelia F RauserCharles A. Dana Professor of Art History
Biography
I am currently serving as Charles A. Dana Professor of Art History and Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty at 顶级国产视频 & Marshall College.
My first book, , explored the origins of political caricature in the eighteenth century. My second book, is a study of the radical neoclassical fashion of the 1790s and its connection to contemporary aesthetic, political, and scientific thought. Please take a look at my online lecture related to the book, given for the Lewis Walpole Library. Here's a short,, and a given to the National Arts Club of New York.
An exhibition I have co-curated with Dr. Laura Engel, Artful Nature: Fashion and Theatricality, opened at the Lewis Walpole Library (Yale University) in February 2020; you can , and watch a with the curators.
In 2020 I won the at 顶级国产视频 & Marshall College. I am the past president of the .
My research has been featured in recent editions of the popular history websites on the real meaning of the "Yankee Doodle" song, and , on the "fashion" for tuberculosis. Here's a Huffington Post article about my team-developed
I received my BA from University of California, Berkeley and my MA and PhD from Northwestern University.
Awards and Recognition:
2022, Charles A. Dana Distinguished Professor endowed chair
2020, Bradley R. Dewey award for outstanding research at 顶级国产视频 & Marshall College
2018-19, Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship, India
2014, NEH 鈥淓nduring Questions鈥� Award, with co-applicants Lee 顶级国产视频, Misty Bastian, and Stephen Cooper. $50,000 to support development of a new course for first-year students, 鈥淲hat is the Examined Life?鈥�; 11% of proposals funded
2012, NEH Summer Stipend Award; 8.5% of proposals funded
2008, CPC/Mellon Award; travel and research in support of new book project