Sanja Savkic Sebek

Sanja Savkic Sebek is a Research Fellow at the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, University of East Anglia. She specializes in Mesoamerican art history with a focus on Maya visual culture and codicology.

• Education: PhD in Maya Art History (National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2012), MA in Dresden Codex Studies (2007), BA in Archaeology (University of Belgrade, 2001)

Research Interests

• Formal analysis of Late Preclassic Maya art
• Mesoamerican codices and epigraphy
• Aesthetic values in indigenous visual culture
• Interdisciplinary approaches to art history

Scientific Achievements

• Recipient of the Alfonso Caso Medal for outstanding contributions to Mesoamerican studies (2014)