Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty awarded an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellowship
(Feb 10, 2021): We are delighted to announce that Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty is the recipient of an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellowship for 2021-2022 at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. The Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellowships support research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts of any geographic area and of any period.
Her research project will focus on expanding the ways in which the impact of women upon the history of modern American architecture can be understood by including women who edited journals, ran design businesses, and developed real estate, as well as how they gained authority from experiences abroad.