Noah Michaud’s research centers around the real and virtual encounters between Italy, chiefly the Republic of Venice, and sub-Saharan Africa in the early modern era. He studies the visual, material, and expressive cultures that contour these encounters...
Lauren Ehrmann's research focuses on North African and Andalusian manuscripts. She is interested in depictions of urban space, travel, cross-cultural exchange, and the relationship between manuscripts and the body. Prior to attending Harvard, Lauren was...
Luci Williams’ studies are animated by an interest in textiles: their design, production, and the lives of the people–and animals–that make them. She looks forward to exploring this in the context of Soviet Central Asia.
A graduate of Oberlin College...
Byron studies visual culture between Europe and America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His research interests extend from the cultural centers of northern and central Europe to the Ibero-American world, focusing particularly on their entwined...
Anthony’s area of study revolves around the art, archaeology, and culture of ancient Greece during the eighth through fifth centuries BCE. His research primarily focuses on depictions of eroticism and images of daily life, with the aim of gaining deeper...
Icey Lin is a Ph.D. student in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. She specializes in East Asian art, especially the art and architecture of early- to middle-period China (c. 3rd century BCE to 13th century CE). Her...
Nicanor studies the history and theory of modern architecture. He is interested in the dissemination of French academic culture, particularly in Latin America, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His work focuses on object´s political agency...
John DeVoy is a first-year PhD student interested in the peripheral regions of the Early Byzantine world and their representation of local heterodoxy versus imperial orthodoxy through miniatures, wall paintings, and icons. He is also interested in the...