Christiane Jacqueline Gruber Professor and Chair History of Art Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor E-mail:
[email protected] https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/christianegruber/ Education University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Sept. 1998-August 2005): Ph.D., Islamic Art History, Department of the History of Art. Dissertation: “The Prophet Muhammad’s Ascension (Mi‘raj) in Islamic Art and Literature, 1300-1600.” Advisor: Dr. Renata Holod. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Dec. 2001): M.A., Islamic Architecture, “The Missiri of Fréjus as a Healing Memorial: The French Military and its Islamic Architecture (1928-1964).” Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Sept. 1994- May 1998): B.A. magna cum laude, Department of Art and Archaeology, minors in French and Italian Languages & Literatures. Employment 2019- present: Professor & Chair, History of Art, University of Michigan 2018-2019: Professor & Associate Chair, History of Art, University of Michigan 2011-2018: Associate Professor, History of Art, University of Michigan Spring 2013: Visiting Professor (Directeur d’Etudes), Sorbonne University, Paris Spring 2012: Arnheim Professor, Institute of Art History, Humboldt University, Berlin 2005-2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Indiana University, Bloomington. Also Assistant Professor, International Studies; Adjunct Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures; and Adjunct Professor, Central Eurasian Studies. Fellowships and Grants (selected) Grant, The Andrew Mellon Foundation, administered by UM’s Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, to support Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online (Founding Director). Senior Short-Term Fellowship, Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Istanbul, November and December 2017. John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, AY 2015-16. Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, faculty fellowship, AY 2015-16.