Erene Rafik Morcos

Erene Rafik Morcos is a Postgraduate Research Associate in the Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University, specializing in medieval art, multilingual manuscripts, and sacred spaces. She earned her Ph.D. in 2023 with a dissertation on the Greco-Latin Psalter and is currently working on its monograph adaptation.

• Education:
  • B.A. in Art History and Architecture, Yale University
  • Ph.D., Princeton University (2023)

Her research explores medium and materiality in medieval art, with a focus on word-image relationships and medieval graffiti in sacred spaces. She has also investigated Greco-Latin multilingualism in the Mediterranean basin.

Scientific Awards and Grants:

• Petra Kappert Fellow (October 2023–January 2024)
• Samuel H. Kress Foundation Rome Prize (2021–2022)
• Support from the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS)
• Stanley J. Seeger '52 Center for Hellenic Studies
• A.G. Leventis Foundation
• Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Erene previously worked as a curatorial assistant at the Getty Museum and a researcher for a manuscript dealer in Basel, Switzerland. Her current work bridges medieval codicology, Byzantine studies, and interdisciplinary approaches to material culture.