Alison Perchuk

Alison Locke Perchuk is an art historian specializing in the study of the art and architecture of medieval Europe and the Mediterranean basin, with a particular emphasis on twelfth-century Rome and central Italy. Her first book project, A History in Paint and Stone: The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah at Castel S. Elia, Italy, examines the intersecting roles of the visual arts, architecture, ritual, and landscape in the creation of communal identity and offers a case study for the writing of history in the absence of texts. Dr. Perchuk holds a PhD in the history of art from Yale University and she is an Associate Professor of Art History at California State University Channel Islands. During the 2018–19 academic year, she was a Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where she began a new project on sacred landscapes in medieval Italy. In addition to her scholarship on twelfth-century Italy, her work addresses issues of race and identity as they relate to medievalism, particularly in the context of early-twentieth-century California and the revival of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.

Education

• M.A. Yale University (1997 — 1999)
• M.A. The Catholic University of America (1994 — 1997)
• B.A. Williams College (1988 — 1992)

Companies

• Associate Professor of Art History California State University Channel Islands (2017)
• Assistant Professor of Art History California State University, Channel Islands (2012 — 2017)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Occidental College (2010 — 2012)
• Visiting Scholar University of California at Los Angeles (2010 — 2010)
• Ph.D. Candidate Yale University (2007 — 2009)
• Consultant Watts House Project (2007 — 2009)
• Lecturer University of California at Riverside (2008 — 2008)
• Manager, Foundation and Government Relations Hammer Museum (2006 — 2007)