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S. Hollis Clayson is a Professor Emerita of Art History and Bergen Evans Professor Emerita in the Humanities at Northwestern University, affiliated with the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. Her academic journey includes a PhD from UCLA (1984) and extensive postdoctoral awards and fellowships. Clayson specializes in 19th-century European art, particularly French art and transatlantic exchanges between France and the U.S. She has held notable roles such as Director of the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities (2006–2013) and has curated major exhibitions like Electric Paris (2013) and Toulouse-Lautrec Prints (2015).
Her research focuses on themes like art and illumination, modernism, urban culture, and gender representation. Notable works include Paris in Despair (2002), Illuminated Paris (2019), and co-edited volumes like Is Paris Still the Capital of the Nineteenth Century? (2016). Clayson has received prestigious honors such as the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (2014) and teaching awards including the Charles Deering McCormick Professorship (1993–96).
Her career includes visiting professorships at institutions like Williams College, New York University, and the National Gallery of Art. Current projects include The Inescapability of the Eiffel Tower and contributions to Oxford Bibliographies and Grove Art Online. Clayson’s work bridges art history with interdisciplinary studies, emphasizing cultural context and transnational influences.
