Jerrilynn Dodds | |
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Born | February 11, 1951 |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2016) Orden del Mérito Civil (2018) |
Academic background | |
Education | |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art history |
Sub-discipline | Medieval Studies,Islamic Art |
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Jerrilynn Denise Dodds OMC [1] is an American art historian and curator. She currently holds the Harlequin Adair Dammann Chair in Islamic Studies at Sarah Lawrence College,where she previously served as Dean of the College. [2] From 1992 - 2007 she worked as a consultant,curator,and lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dodds is a former Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford. [3]
Dodds received her B.A. in Art History from Barnard College,Columbia University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in the History of Art and Architecture from Harvard University. [4]
From 1980 - 1989 she was as an assistant professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. From 1989 - 2009 she was a Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Theory at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture,where she also served as Senior Faculty Advisor to the Provost for Undergraduate Education. [5] [6] From 2009 - 2015 she served as the Dean of Sarah Lawrence College,where he currently holds the Harlequin Adair Dammann Chair in Islamic Studies. [7] Throughout much of her career,Dodds research has focused on transculturation and artistic interchange between Christians,Muslims,and Jews in Medieval Spain. [4]
Her publications include Architecture and Ideology in Early Medieval Spain (1990);NY Masjid:The Mosques of New York (2002);and,as co-author,The Arts of Intimacy:Christians,Jews,and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture (2008),which was named a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year. [8]
In addition to her academic work,Dodds served as a consultant,curator,and lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Select exhibitions include Al Andalus:The Arts of Islamic Spain,The Arts of Medieval Spain, and Convivencia:The Arts of Jews,Christians and Muslims in Medieval Iberia. Also a prolific filmmaker,Dodds directed four documentaries for the Met,including Journey to St. James:A Pilgrim’s Guide (1993), An Imaginary East (1995), NY Masjid (1996), and Hearts and Stones:The Bridge at Mostar (2004). Her films have been awarded two MUSE Awards from New York Women in Film &Television,as well as the 1995 Cine Golden Eagle Award for Best Documentary Film. [9]
In 2016 Dodds was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts Research. [10] [11] In 2017,she was awarded the Slade Professorship of Fine Art at the University of Oxford for the 2020–2021 academic year. [12] In 2018,she was knighted by the Felipe VI of Spain,and inducted into the Orden del Mérito Civil.
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