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Biography
Academic Interests
Early Modern Europe, especially Spain
Research
My scholarship investigates the cultural history of early modern Spain in the fields of art history, urban history, religion, and material culture. I focus on the imperial period from 1492 to 1700, and my major research projects explore the transformations of Spanish society and culture, especially material and artistic culture, alongside the rise and fall of Spain’s international empire. I am especially interested in the ways that Spanish people interpreted the impact of the imperial project on their own society and in their reactions to the cultural and social changes that they witnessed in their cities, gender relations, and social hierarchies. I am currently working on a new book about Spanish fashion at the court of Philip IV (1621-1665) based on archival research at the Royal Palace in Madrid.
(Faculty photo by Maria Baranova).