Community of Scholars Profile

Grabar, Oleg

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Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[F]HistSt9/1/19906/30/1998
[E]HistSt7/1/19981/8/2011

Year of Death: 2011

Field of Study while at IAS: Islamic Art and Culture

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
Professor (1990–98); Professor Emeritus (1998–2011)Institute for Advanced Study19902011
Professor (Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture 1980–90; Chairman, Department of Fine Arts, 1980–90; Emeritus Professor since 1990)Harvard University19691990
Professor (Instructor 1954–55; full Professor from 1964)University of Michigan19551969

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1955Princeton University
B.A.1950Harvard University
Certificats de licence1948University of Paris

Honors

DescriptionYear
Chairman's Award (Aga Khan Award for Architecture)2010
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art (College Art Association)2005
Charles Lang Freer Medal2001
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Executive Committee 1984–88)
Member, American Philosophical Society