Maria Gough | |
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Title | Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. Professor of Modern Art |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne Johns Hopkins University Harvard University |
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Discipline | Modern Art |
Sub-discipline | Russian avant-garde, French modernism |
Institutions | University of Michigan Stanford University Harvard University |
Maria Elizabeth Gough is an art historian and actor. She serves as Joseph Pulitzer,Jr. Professor of Modern Art at Harvard University. Her research focuses on early twentieth-century European art,particularly the Russian avant-gardes,Weimar,and French modernism.
Gough graduated from University of Melbourne (BA Hons,1987),Johns Hopkins University (MA,1991),and Harvard University (PhD,1997). Prior to joining Harvard,she taught at University of Michigan (1996-2003) and Stanford University (2003-2009). [1]
In 1991,Gough was part of an Oxford University Press video series designed to teach English to children,playing the title character Wizadora. [2] (The role was recast when ITV picked up the series.)
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