Jerrilynn Dodds
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]
Biography
[edit]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. [1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/news-events/news/2018-10-25-art-history-faculty-member-jerrilynn-dodds-awarded-the-cross-of-the-order-of-civil-merit-by-spanish-government-nb.html#:~:text=On%20October%2023%2C%20Jerrilynn%20Dodds,rendered%20distinguished%20services%20to%20Spain.%E2%80%9D
- ^ "Dean Jerrilynn Dodds reflects on career thus far at SLC". The Emanon. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/news-events/news/archive/2017-09-04-art-history-faculty-member-jerrilynn-dodds-awarded-slade-professorship-at-oxford-nr.html
- ^ a b "Jerrilynn Dodds". www.sarahlawrence.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ Kugel, Seth (2002-04-07). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: NEW YORK THROUGH THE LENS; The Faces of the Faithful". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ "Jerrilynn Dodds | Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas | Music, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts, Film, Souk". muslimvoicesfestival.org. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ "Teaching Chairs". www.sarahlawrence.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300142143/the-arts-of-intimacy/
- ^ https://www.gf.org/fellows/jerrilynn-d-dodds/
- ^ Marx, Alex. "Jerrilynn D. Dodds". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ "MyHometownBronxville.com – Former Sarah Lawrence Dean Jerrilynn Dodds Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship". myhometownbronxville.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ "Art History Faculty Member Jerrilynn Dodds Awarded Slade Professorship at Oxford". www.sarahlawrence.edu. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
