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Marian Feldman is a Professor and Diversity Champion in the Department of History of Art at Johns Hopkins University, with a joint appointment in Near Eastern Studies. She holds the W.H. Collins Vickers Chair in Archaeology and serves as Director of Graduate Studies. Her work focuses on the ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean, particularly the arts of the late third, second, and first millennia BCE. Feldman earned her PhD in Art History from Harvard University, specializing in ancient Near Eastern art.
Education:
- PhD in Art History, Harvard University
Research Interests: Cultural interactions, collective memory, object agency, materiality, and spatial analysis in ancient art. Her projects explore how art objects shaped identity and diplomacy, such as in her seminal works Diplomacy by Design (2006) and Communities of Style (2014). She investigates themes like luxury arts, portable objects, and the role of art in political and social contexts.
Publications: Over 50 articles and books, including co-edited volumes on ancient Near Eastern art and critical methodologies. Her current projects examine space, affect, and agency in Mesopotamian contexts.
Awards & Fellowships:
- Fellowship at Institute for Archaeological Research (Freiburg, 2019)
- Getty Foundation 'Connecting Art Histories' Visiting Professor (Bogaziçi University, 2013)
- Stanford University Behavioral Sciences Fellowship (2008–2009)
Grants & Collaborations: Co-PI on the Getty Foundation-funded 'Material Entanglements' project (2017–2020). Active in international research networks, including excavations at Kurd Qaburstan and studies of Qatna’s wall paintings.
Labs & Teams: Leads interdisciplinary projects in art history and archaeology, collaborating with institutions like the University of Freiburg and the University of Cologne. Her work bridges academic and public engagement through museum exhibitions and international teaching roles.
