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May 1, 2024 | 03:03 pm

Healing arts and letters

A new Medical Center department teams up with the Humanities Center to foster collaboration on both sides of Elmwood Avenue.

topics: Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics, Humanities Center, Lainie Ross, Peter Christensen, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Society & Culture
April 8, 2021 | 10:23 am

How patents transformed the world of architecture

Associate professor of art history Peter Christensen has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim fellowship for his project exploring an understudied shift in architectural history.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, featured-post, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Guggenheim Fellowship, Peter Christensen, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
November 20, 2019 | 10:59 am

Rochester historian takes a role in preserving world cultural heritage

Peter Christensen, an associate professor of art and art history at the University of Rochester, has a new role as a juror advising the United Nations in its work designating UNESCO World Heritage sites.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, faculty, featured-post-side, humanities, Peter Christensen, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
January 4, 2018 | 02:58 pm

Looking at urban history as a fight for space, power

Chicago and Delhi. Rome and Rochester. The students in the 100-level course “The City: Contested Spaces” take a virtual tour of them all, while pondering an overarching question—can people’s lives be reshaped by redesigning urban spaces?

topics: Department of Anthropology, Department of Art and Art History, Department of History, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, interdisciplinary, Laura Ackerman Smoller, Llerena Searle, Peter Christensen, River Campus Libraries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
December 13, 2017 | 12:15 pm

Finding roots of globalization in Ottoman Empire’s railway

In his new book, assistant professor of art history Peter Christensen focuses on infrastructure—railway stations specifically—and their place in architectural history not just as technology, but also as art.

topics: book authors, Department of Art and Art History, featured-post, Peter Christensen, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
The Arts
September 7, 2016 | 04:25 pm

Award supports book on Ottoman Railway

Peter Christensen’s book shows how the late 19th-early 20th century German-designed train stations, bridges, and other structures along the Ottoman Railway show the trademarks of imperialism and elements of emergent nationalism.

topics: awards, Department of Art and Art History, humanities, Peter Christensen, School of Arts and Sciences,
University News
March 30, 2016 | 04:41 pm

NEH grants support three Rochester professors

Susan Uselmann and Thomas Devaney were awarded “Enduring Questions” grants, which aim to help in “the development of a new course that demonstrates the enduring value of the Humanities by extending beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries.” Peter Christensen has received a Summer Stipend.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, Department of History, Eastman School of Music, grant, humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, Peter Christensen, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan Uselmann, Thomas Devaney,