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Jeffrey F. Hamburger (born 1957) is an American art historian specializing in
medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
religious art Religious art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual. Sacred art involves the ritual and cultic practices and practical and operative aspects of the path of the spiritu ...
and
illuminated manuscripts An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is often supplemented with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers, liturgical services and psalms, the ...
. In 2000 he joined the faculty of
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
, where in 2008 he was appointed the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture. Hamburger received his
B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...
, M.A and
Ph.D A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...
from
Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor ...
and has previously held professorships at Oberlin College and the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
. Elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy in 2001, he has won numerous awards for his publications, among them: the Charles Rufus Morey Prize of the
College Art Association The College Art Association of America (CAA) is the principal organization in the United States for professionals in the visual arts, from students to art historians to emeritus faculty. Founded in 1911, it "promotes these arts and their underst ...
(1999), the Roland H. Bainton Book Prize in Art & Music (1999), the Otto Gründler Prize of the International Congress on Medieval Studies (1999), the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History of the
American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...
(1998), the John Nicholas Brown Prize of the Medieval Academy of America (1994), and the Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities of the American Council of Graduate Schools (1991). His research has been supported by fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, the
Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent schola ...
, the
National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...
, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, and the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (german: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung) is a foundation established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and funded by the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Education and Rese ...
. In 2009 Hamburger was elected a member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, a ...
and in 2010, of the
American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...
. In 2015 he was awarded an Anneliese Maier Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In 2022 he was awarded the Gutenberg Prize of the City of Mainz and the Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft.


Select bibliography

*''Color in Cusanus''. Stuttgart: Hiersemann 2021, *''The Birth of the Author: Pictorial Prefaces in Glossed Books of the Twelfth Century''. Turnhout: Brepols, 2021. *''Beyond Words: New Research on Manuscripts in Boston Collections''. Edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger. Conf. proc. Cambridge and Boston, 2016. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2021. *''The Liber ordinarius of Nivelles. Liturgy as Interdisciplinary Intersection'' (Spätmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation 111). Co-edited with Eva Schlotheuber. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020. . *''Diagramming Devotion: Berthold of Nuremberg's Transformation of Hrabanus Maurus's Poems in Praise of the Cross''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. *''Liturgical Life and Latin Learning at Paradies bei Soest, 1300–1425. Inscription and Illumination in the Choir Books of a North German Dominican Convent''. 2 vols., co-authored with Eva Schlotheuber,
Margot Fassler Margot Fassler is an American music and Christianity historian, currently the Keough-Hesburgh Professor Professor of Music History and Liturgy at University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or N ...
, Susan Marti. Münster: Aschendorff: 2017. . *''Unter Druck: Mitteleuropaische Buchmalerei Im Zeitalter Gutenbergs''. Luzern: Quaternio, 2015. English ed. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2018. *''Leaves from Paradise: The Cult of John the Evangelist at the Dominican Convent of Paradies bei Soest'', Houghton Library Studies, vol. 2. Cambridge: Houghton Library, distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008. *''Crown and Veil: The Art of Female Monasticism in the Middle Ages'', co-edited with Susan Marti (translation of essays from the catalogue Krone und Schleier. Kunst aus mittelalterlichen Frauenklöster), foreword by Caroline W. Bynum, trans. Dietlinde Hamburger. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. *''Frauen - Kloster - Kunst: Neue Forschungen zur Kulturgeschichte des Mittelalters. Internationales Kolloquium im Zusammenhang mit Krone und Schleier: Kunst aus mittelalterlichen Frauenklöstern'', Die Wolfsburg, Mülheim/Ruhr, co-edited with Carola Jäggi, Susan Marti, Hedwig Röckelein. Turnhout: Brepols, 2007. *''Tributes in Honor of James H. Marrow: Studies in Late Medieval and Renaissance Painting and Manuscript Illumination'', co-edited with Anne Korteweg. Turnhout: Brepols, 2006. *''The Mind’s Eye: Art and Theological Argument in the Medieval West'', co-edited with Anne-Marie Bouché. Princeton: Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University, Princeton University Press, 2005. *''Krone und Schleier: Kunst aus mittelalterlichen Frauenklöstern''. International loan exhibition, Kunst- und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, and Ruhrland Museum, Essen, March 17-July 3, 2005, co-conceived with Jan Gerchow and Robert Suckale, co-edited with Lothar Altringer, Carola Jäggi, Susan Marti, Petra Marx, Hedwig Röckelein. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2005. *''St. John the Divine: The Deified Evangelist in Medieval Art and Theology.'' Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. *''Die Ottheinrich-Bibel: Kommentar zur Faksimile-Ausgabe der Handschrift Cgm 8010/1.2 der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München'', co-authored with Brigitte Gullath, Karin Schneider, & Robert Suckale. Luzern: Faksimile-Verlag, 2002. *''The Visual and the Visionary: Art and Female Spirituality in Late Medieval Germany.'' Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998. *''Nuns as Artists: The Visual Culture of a Medieval Convent'' Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. *''The Rothschild Canticles: Art and Mysticism in Flanders and the Rhineland circa 1300''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.


External links


Jeffrey Hamburger's CV

Jeffrey Hamburger's academia.edu page
*Gewertz, Ken

''Harvard Gazette'' 2001-02-08. Accessed 2008-05-19.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamburger, Jeffrey F. 1957 births Living people Yale University alumni Oberlin College faculty Harvard University faculty American art historians Members of the American Philosophical Society Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America