Fred Kleiner

Professor of Art History & Archaeology; Etruscan & Roman Art

Professor Kleiner is the author of more than a hundred articles, reviews, and books, including The Arch of Nero in Rome; A History of Roman Art; and the 10tth through the 15th editions of Gardner’s Art through the Ages. He was Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Archaeology from 1985 to 1998, and from 2009 to 2012 he was Secretary of the Text and Academic Authors Association. Professor Kleiner has also served five terms as Chair of the Department of History of Art & Architecture (1981-1985, 2005-2014). He won Boston University’s Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2002 and has twice received the Distinguished Teaching Prize of the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. He has also won the College of Arts and Sciences Prize for Advising in the Humanities.

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