
Past Member
Cynthia Hahn
Funding provided by the Fund for Historical Studies
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Cynthia Hahn is a historian of medieval art that works on relics, especially their display and use. Her project at the Institute will focus on wearable reliquaries, amulets, texts, and images and their relationship to the body and personal practices of prayer, viewing, and imagination.
Dates at IAS
Visitor
School of Historical Studies
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Spring
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Visitor
School of Historical Studies
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Other
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D.
1982
University of Chicago
M.A.
1976
Honors
Distinguished Professor CUNY
Fellow of Medieval Academy of America