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Past Member

Cynthia Hahn

Funding provided by the Fund for Historical Studies

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Medieval Art History
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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
Spring
Member
School of Historical Studies
Visitor
School of Historical Studies
Other
Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D.
1982
University of Chicago
M.A.
1976

Honors

Distinguished Professor CUNY
Fellow of Medieval Academy of America