Micklewright, Nancy
Head, Public and Scholarly Engagement, Freer|Sackler
Micklewright, Nancy
Head, Public and Scholarly Engagement, Freer|Sackler
History of Photography in the Middle East, especially the Ottoman Empire; Ottoman painting and dress; gender issues in Islamic art.
Positions
- Senior Program Officer, J. Paul Getty Museum 2001 - 2010
- Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Victoria 1989 - 2001
- Michigan Society of Fellows, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1986 - 1989
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Research And Grants
Investigator On
- Artists in Edo awarded by Toshiba International Foundation
- Chinese Object Study Workshop Proposal awarded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Mediation in Museums awarded by Hemera Foundation
- Object Study Sessions in Chinese Art: A Pilot Program awarded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative - Freer | Sackler awarded by The Getty Foundation
- Qur'ans Programs awarded by EL-HIBRI Foundation
- Resonance, Wonder, Relevance: Buddhist Art Galleries for the 21st Century awarded by The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation
- Scholarly Inquiry, Public Outreach: The Program in Museums and Society at JHU awarded by Johns Hopkins University
- The Shimada Prize awarded by Metropolitan Center for Eastern Art Studies
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Micklewright, Nancy. 2019. "Introduction: Art-Historical Art." Ars Orientalis, 49, (20191029). https://doi.org/10.3998/ars.13441566.0049.001. 2019
- Micklewright, Nancy. 2017. "Clothes Make the Man." Ars Orientalis, 47 6–17. 2017
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Chapter
- Micklewright, Nancy. 2013. "Alternative Histories of Photography in the Middle East." In Photography's Orientalism: New Essays on Colonial Representation. Behdad, Ali and Gartlan, L., editors. 75–92. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute. 2013
- Micklewright, Nancy. 2013. "Nicholas V. Artamanoff and the Photography of Istanbul." In Artamonoff: Picturing Byzantine Istanbul, 1930-1947. Varinlioglu, Günder, editor. 47–61. Istanbul: Koç University Press. 2013
- Micklewright, Nancy. 2011. "Orientalism and Photography." In The Poetics and Politics of Place: Ottoman Istanbul and British Orientalism. Inankur, Zeynep, Lewis, Reina, and Roberts, Mary, editors. 99–114. Istanbul: Pera Museum Publication. 2011
- Micklewright, Nancy. 2010. "Harem/House/Set: Domestic Interiors in Photography from the Late Ottoman World." In Harem Histories: Envisioning Places and Spaces. Booth, Marilyn, editor. 239–260. Durham, London: Duke University Press. 2010
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Webpage
- Micklewright, Nancy. 2010. In the Service of Empire: Ottoman Official Photography. 2010
