University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Students

Kathryn Martin

Europe before 1750

ancatdubh4@gmail.com

Realizing a void in scholarship on Northern European art, Kathryn Martin has focused on medieval Scandinavian art for both her master's thesis and now for her doctoral research. Currently engaged in research on the iconography of Sts Erik and Olaf in medieval Swedish art, Martin hopes to highlight the relationship between their appearance in Swedish altarpieces and wall paintings and the popularity and practices of the cult of St Erik in late medieval Sweden, as well as the cult's connection to political posturing in the medieval Swedish court. Additionally, Martin studies panel and wall paintings in the Nordic countries, with a special interest in iconographic anomalies occurring in Scandinavian art when compared to pieces with similar topics produced in mainland Europe.

CV Highlights

Education:

PhD: dissertation working title, " From Hellraiser to Helgen: Scandinavian Saints in         Medieval Art," advisor: M. Alison Stones
MA: 2004 University of Pittsburgh, History of Art and Architecture
BA: 2002 University of Pittsburgh, Magna Cum Laude & Departmental Honors

Awards/Honors:

2007 Summer Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

2007 Dissertation Development Grant, HAA Department, University of Pittsburgh

2006 University of Pittsburgh FAS Fellowship

2002 - 2004 University of Pittsburgh Teaching Assistantship

Professional Experience:

2004 - 2006 Art & Framing Guild II, Arlington, VA; Gallery Director

2002 - 2004 University of Pittsburgh; Teaching Assistant

2003 Midwest Art History Society Conference, Pittsburgh, PA; Co-presented "The Lancelot-Grail Project"

2002, Fall Princeton University/University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Research Assistant; Performed database entry for "A Study of the Feasibility of Creating a Medieval Module for ArtSTOR"

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