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Professor William Craft Brumfield holds dual appointments as Professor of Slavic Studies and Sizeler Professor of Jewish Studies at Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts. His affiliations include the Department of German & Slavic Studies and the Interdisciplinary Program in Linguistics.
Education: Earned Ph.D. in Slavic Languages from University of California, Berkeley (1973), with graduate research at Moscow and Leningrad Universities.
Research focuses on Russian architectural documentation through photography, preservation of cultural heritage, and Slavic literary history. His interdisciplinary approach combines architectural analysis with cultural anthropology to examine historical continuity in Russian regional architecture.
Publication trends show consistent focus on regional Russian architectural surveys, with recent works emphasizing photographic documentation and cultural preservation methodologies. His scholarship demonstrates evolving techniques in architectural taxonomy and heritage conservation.
Awards and Honors:
- Guggenheim Fellowship (2000)
- Order of Friendship Medal (2019)
- D.S. Likhachev Prize (2014)
- Election to two Russian state academies
Research collaborations include the National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, and Woodrow Wilson Center. Directed NEH Summer Institutes in Russia and established extensive photographic archives for scholarly access.
