Leonard Barkan is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Comparative Literature at
Princeton University
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. He won
Berlin Prize, Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow in Fall 2009.
He won the 2011 Harry Levin Prize. Barkan shared the PEN/Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts for ''Unearthing the Past'' with Deborah Silverman in 2001.
Life
He taught at the University of California at San Diego,
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
,
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
, and
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
.
He was visiting scholar at
Freie Universität Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
.
He is a Fellow of the
New York Institute for the Humanities The New York Institute for the Humanities (NYIH) is an academic organization founded by Richard Sennett in 1976 to promote the exchange of ideas between academics, writers, and the general public. The NYIH regularly holds seminars open to the publi ...
.
Barkan was elected as a member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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in 1994, and a member of the
American Philosophical Society
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in 2005.
Works
*''The Gods Made Flesh: Metamorphosis and the Pursuit of Paganism,'' Yale University Press, 1986,
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*''Satyr Square: A Year, a Life in Rome'', Northwestern University Press, 2008,
*''Michelangelo: a life on paper'', Princeton University Press, 2010,
*''Berlin for Jews: A Twenty-First-Century Companion'', The University of Chicago Press, 2016,
References
External links
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In Rome, AAR Resident Leonard Barkan Explores the Place of Food Culture in Renaissance Art and ThoughtFeatures , American Academy in RomePEN American Center - Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts Winners
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Northwestern University faculty
Living people
Princeton University faculty
University of Michigan faculty
New York University faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Members of the American Philosophical Society