|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
ClassicalFRED S. KLEINER725 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 302E Chair, Art History Department, Professor of Art History and Archaeology; Etruscan and Roman Art. B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University Professor Fred Kleiner joined the BU faculty in 1978. He has served as both Chairman and Director of Graduate Studies of the Art History Department, and from 1985-1998 was Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Archaeology. In 2002 he received Boston University's Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching and the College Prize for Excellence in Academic Advising. Professor Kleiner's publications number well over 100 and include The Arch of Nero in Rome (1985), A History of Roman Art (2006), and co-authorship of the 10th (1996), 11th (2001), and 12th (2005) editions of Gardner's Art through the Ages, as well as Art through the Ages:The Western Perspective, Art through the Ages: Non-Western Perspectives, and Art through the Ages: A Concise History. In 2001 Art through the Ages won both the Texty and McGuffey book prizes for the best college textbook in the humanities and social sciences. His articles on classical art and architecture have appeared in all the major archaeological journals of North America and Europe. Professor Kleiner has also been awarded several national grants and fellowships, including a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1988-1989. He teaches AH 111, Introduction to Art History I, every fall and a variety of undergraduate and graduate lecture courses and seminars on topics that cover the full range of Roman art and architecture and extend into late antiquity and the Early Christian period. HILDA WESTERVELT725 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 215D Assistant Professor; Greek Art. B.A., Colby College, Ph.D. Harvard University Professor Westervelt joined the Art History Department at Boston University in 2004, after receiving her Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from Harvard University. She spent two years traveling and conducting research in Greece as a Regular Member at the American School of Classical Studies (2001-2002) and as the Edward Capps Fellow (2002-2003), also at the American School. Her dissertation, "The Centauromachy in Greek Architectural Sculpture", examines the sculptural programs of four major temples of the fifth century. She is currently revising it for publication. Professor Westervelt’s areas of special interest include sculpture and painting of the Archaic and Classical periods, and Greek literature, especially of the Epic, Lyric and Tragic genres. JAMES WISEMAN675 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 351B Professor of Archaeology, Classical Studies, and Art History; classical art and archaeology. A.B., University of Missouri; A.M., Ph.D., University of Chicago Professor James Wiseman, is Professor of Archaeology, Art History, and Classics at Boston University, whose faculty he joined in 1973. He earned a B.A. from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, all degrees with a major in Classics and concentration in Classical Archaeology. He also studied at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and began his teaching career at the University of Texas at Austin. At Boston University he has served as Chairman of the Department of Classical Studies (1974-1982); was founder and Chairman of the Department of Archaeology (1982-1996); and continues as Director of the Center for Archaeological Studies. He teaches courses in archaeology, especially Greek and Roman archaeology and art, each semester both on the undergraduate and graduate level; usually one course in the fall and two in the spring. He also advises students at both levels in the three departments of which he is a member. He is a long-time officer of the Archaeological Institute of America, and served as its National President (1984-88); he is also a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge; a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute. He has been Guggenheim Fellow, Mellon Fellow and Member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, Fellow of Dumbarton Oaks (Center for Byzantine Studies), NEH Fellow, ACLS Fellow (three times), and Visiting Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. He has also been the recipient of numerous grants in support of field research and academic programs. Other honors include the Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Missouri, College of Arts and Science, 1989; Gold Seal Award from the Archaeological Institute of American in January 1989 for "distinguished leadership, commitment and significant achievements as President;" Artemis and Martha Sharpe Joukowsky Distinguished Served Award of the Archaeological Institute of America, 1999. Annual Award in his name for Best Book on Archaeology was established by the Archaeological Institute of American in 1987 and the first award presented in December, 1989. He has lectured widely in this country and abroad, and is the author or editor of six books. He also has written approximately 200 articles on archaeology, Greek and Roman history and art, inscriptions, remote sensing, and literature. |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Boston University Department of Art History | August 17, 2007 |