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Kelsey Eldridge serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Puget Sound, specializing in cross-cultural artistic exchanges between Byzantium and the Italian peninsula during medieval and early modern periods. Her role encompasses teaching core art history curricula and advancing niche research in material culture.
Her educational trajectory demonstrates rigorous art historical training:
- BA in Art History and Comparative Religion, University of Puget Sound (2012)
- MA in Art History, University of Washington (2014)
- PhD in History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University (2023)
Research spans Byzantine material culture through the lens of imperial imitation, with hands-on expertise in numismatics (coins) and sigillography (seals) developed during positions at Harvard Art Museum and Dumbarton Oaks. Her dissertation Imitations of Empire: Porphyry Sarcophagi in Byzantium and Beyond interrogates how Roman imperial funerary art was adapted across Byzantine territories.
Prestigious awards underpin her scholarly work:
- Tyler Fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Graduate Fellowship at Villa i Tatti, Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Fall 2018)
Professor Eldridge maintains active academic engagement through Fall 2025 courses including Western Art II: Renaiss-Modern (ARTH 276-A), 19th Century Art: Europe & US (ARTH 365-A), and Special Topics in Art History (ARTH 399-A), with contact via Kittredge 205 office, phone 253.879.5039, or email keldridge@pugetsound.edu.
