Ann Gunter | |
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Occupation | Art historian |
Title | Bertha and Max Dressler Professor in the Humanities |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College Columbia University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Northwestern University |
Notable works | Greek Art and the Orient |
Ann C. Gunter is an art historian and Bertha and Max Dressler Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University. Her work focuses on visual and material culture of the ancient Near East and neighboring parts of the eastern Mediterranean. [1]
Gunter attended Bryn Mawr College, [2] graduating magna cum laude in 1973. [3] She went on to Columbia University where she earned an M.A. (1975),M.Phil. (1976) and Ph.D. (1980). [3]
Gunter joined the Smithsonian Institution's Freer and Sackler galleries in 1987 as Assistant Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art,and in 1992 was appointed Associate Curator. [2] She was also a visiting assistant professor at Emory University and the University of Minnesota,Minneapolis. [2] She was Director of the American Research Institute in Turkey at Ankara and an adjunct associate professor in Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University. [2]
Gunter became Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Freer and Sackler in 2004 and served until 2008,while also serving as Head of Scholarly Publications and Programs. [3] In 2008 she joined Northwestern University as Professor of Art History,Classics,and in the Humanities. [3]
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