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Valija Evalds
Assistant Professor, Medieval Art










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Prof. Evalds' teaching interests include Medieval art and architecture, the history of costume and textiles, the history of decorative arts, and the history of architecture and urbanism.
 
EDUCATION
2006 Ph.D., Art History, Yale University
1997 M.A., Art History, Yale University
1993 B.A., Art History, Mount Holyoke College
   
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007- Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
2003-2007 Lecturer, Smith College
2003-2005 Adjunct Instructor, Yale University
 
PAPERS PRESENTED

“The Cloister in the Landscape: Monastic Planning Strategies in Post-Conquest England” Vassar College,  April 2007

“Redeploying Sanctity: Cloisters of the Tenth Century Monastic Reform in England.” 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 2005

“The Gothic Revival in New Haven.” Yale University Art Gallery, April 2000

“Costume and Textiles in Renaissance Paintings in the Collection of the Yale University Art Gallery.” Yale University Art Gallery, February 2000

“Costume and Textiles in Medieval Paintings in the Collection of the Yale University
Art Gallery.” Yale University Art Gallery, October 1999

“My Simple White Organdie: Clothing and Class at Smith College 1895-1900.”
Historic Northampton, Northampton, Massachusetts, May 1995

“Out of the Frying Pan into the Factory: Women and Advertising in World War II”
Historic Northampton, Northampton, Massachusetts, May 1994

 
SELECTED HONORS
2007 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
2006
2007
Nominee: Kathleen Sherrerd Prize for Distinguished Teaching, Smith College
2001-2002 Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Fellowship
2000-2001 Fulbright Scholarship
1999-2000 Sumner Crosby Fellowship, Yale University
1998-1999 Lopez Fellowship, Yale University
1996-1998 Paul Mellon Fellowship, Yale University
1995-1998 Henry S. McNeil Fellowship, Yale University
1993 Phi Beta Kappa, Mt. Holyoke College
   
COURSES TAUGHT
Art History I, Ancient through Medieval Art
Introduction to Art History, Honors
Medieval Art
Gothic Art
Community and Contemplation
Costume History
Nuns and Nunneries

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