University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Students

Karen Webb

Europe before 1750

kfw4@pitt.edu

Education

PhD: Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh
Dissertation Topic: Diagrams, Architectural Structures, and their Relationships
Major area: Romanesque and Gothic Art

MA: Art History, University of Florida, May 2004
Thesis: "A Preliminary Investigation of the South Portal of Santiago de Compostela"
Major area: Spanish Romanesque

MAPH: Humanities, The University of Chicago, March 2001
Thesis: "Christian Mystery: Esotericism and Hermeneutical Completion in the Old and New Testaments"

Teaching Experience

University of Pittsburgh
      Grading Fellowship, HAA 0070, European Traditions, fall 2005
      Teaching Fellowship (Lecturer), HAA 0010, Introduction to Art, summer 2005
      Teaching Fellowship (Lecturer), HAA 0050, Introduction to Medieval Art, spring 2005
      Teaching Fellowship, (Discussion) HAA 0040, Introduction to Architecture, fall 2004

University of Florida
      Teaching Assistant (Discussion), ARH 2051 Survey (Renaissance thru Postmodern),       spring 2004
      Teaching Assistant (Discussion), ARH 2050 Survey (Prehistoric thru Medieval), fall       2003
      Graduate Assistant for Art Appreciation, fall 2002/spring 2003

Other Experience

University of Pittsburgh
      Art Inventory and Condition Reporting Project  Summer, fall 2007-spring 2008
      Art Gallery Assistant, spring 2007
      Slide Library Digitizing and Cataloguing Project Fall, spring 2005, fall 2006

Internship with Dr. Martin Roland at the University of Vienna and the Austrian National       Library, summer 2006

Internship at the Harn Museum of Art as a Curatorial Assistant in exhibition of American       Art, summer 2003

University of Florida 
      Library Technical Assistant, July 2000-August 2002
      Slide Librarian/Photographer               
      Curator, Student Show                        

Presentations and Publications

“Making a Mark in the Trade: Preliminary Evidence in the Windows of Chartres Cathedral and Bourges Cathedral” presented at the Crossing the Boundaries Graduate Conference in SUNY Binghamton on April 22nd, 2007

“Diagramming Chartres: Experiencing Gothic Space as Text” presented at the Medieval Environments Graduate Conference in Medieval Studies at Princeton University on April 8th, 2006

“The Woman with the Skull: A New Perspective” presented at the 22nd Annual Art History Graduate Student Symposium at Florida State University in February 2004

“Hagia Sophia: A Living Icon” presented at the 1999 National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Rochester, New York, Published in the Proceedings of 1999 NCUR

Awards

Friends of Frick Travel Grant, University of Pittsburgh

FLAS Language Fellowship to Vienna, Summer 2006, University of Pittsburgh

Teaching Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

Teaching Assistantship Award, University of Florida

Robert E. Langley Scholarship

Languages

French (Certified Fall 2005)
German (Certified Fall 2006)
Spanish (learning)
Latin (Fair-2 classes)

Foreign Travel

Spain, May 2002
France, June 1987, June 1994, June 1995, May 2005, May 2007
Germany, June 1987, June 1991, December 1996
Prague, Czech Republic, December 1996
Switzerland, June 1995, May 2002
England, June 1987, June/July 1989, May 2005
Ireland, June 1994
Scotland, June/July 1989
Wales, June/July 1989
Italy, December 1998
Austria, June 1987, December 1998, May-July 2006
Luxembourg, June 1991

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