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Mari Yoko Hara serves as Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame's School of Architecture since 2022, specializing in early modern art and architecture with emphasis on Renaissance Italy, cross-cultural exchange, and transmedial knowledge production.
Her educational background includes a B.A. from John Cabot University in Rome, M.A. from Williams College, and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia (2015).
Hara's research centers on the 'culture of making' in Renaissance spatial design, challenging textual primacy through figures like Baldassarre Peruzzi. Her current book project reevaluates architectural pedagogy through Peruzzi's experimental integration of painting, building, and stage design. She also investigates global knowledge circulation through co-editing From Rome to Beijing: Sacred Spaces in Dialogue (Brill, 2023), examining Jesuit-Chinese cultural negotiations via sacred spaces.
Her publications reveal consistent focus on transmediality: the 2018 chapter explores chiaroscuro's architectural applications, while the 2016 Renaissance Studies article analyzes theater sets as spatial semiotics. These works demonstrate her methodological approach linking visual techniques to architectural theory across cultural contexts.
Hara's scholarly recognition includes:
- Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship (Columbia University)
- American Academy in Rome Fellowship
- Samuel H. Kress Foundation Grant
- Renaissance Society of America Fellowship
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Grant
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Fellowship
She actively mentors students in architectural history courses emphasizing global classicism and cross-cultural exchange, with planned instruction at Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway. Her research program continues to explore early modern multiculturalism through spatial paradigms, supported by major foundation grants enabling transnational archival work.
