Explores the life and career of Rahel Szalit (1888–1942), among the best-known Jewish women artists in Weimar Berlin.
An interpretation of architecture and urbanism in seventeenth-century Isfahan, Iran, through the analytical lens of urban experience.
A reference grammar of the Hittite language grounded in linguistic and textual analysis, and a tutorial that offers a series of lessons with a comprehensive vocabulary list and illustrative sentences for students to translate.
Analyzes representations of Jews on medieval English Christian maps, focusing on cartographic imagery intended by royal and ecclesiastical patrons to define, constrain, and dehumanize Jews.
Examines the life and work of the medieval friar and magician Albert the Great, using his disputed reputation as a case study for the complex history of magic and its connection with science and religion.
A rhetorical account of expertise and expert status that is informed by research in allied fields, including Science, Technology, and Society studies, psychology, education, and philosophy.
Explores the life and work of the Renaissance sculptor Pietro Torrigiano, disentangling legend from history in his life story and reconstructing his work as an artist and in particular as a sculptor.