Bissera V. Pentcheva

Nombre

Bissera V. Pentcheva

Entidad

Stanford University

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Currículum

2003 – present: Full Professor, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University.

SELECTED HONORS
2023 Kress Foundation Publication Fund for the exhibition catalogue, AudioVision in the Middle Ages
2021–2024 Stanford University, Cultivating the Humanities Grant for Auralizing the Medieval Image: Ste. Foy at Conques, https://enchantedimages.stanford.edu
2018 American Academy of Religion, award for the book, Hagia Sophia: Sound, Space and Spirit in Byzantium for excellence in historical studies
2018-2019 Wissenshaftskolleg zu Berlin
2018-2019 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
2017-2018 American Academy in Rome Fellowship, Millicent Mercer Johnsen Post-Doctoral Rome Prize
2016 Onassis Foundation (USA) to produce a documentary film on Hagia Sophia and Icons of Sound
2010-2012 Mellon New Directions Fellowship to study Classical Arabic
2010 Dean’s Award for Innovation in the Humanities for the project “Icons of Sound: Architectural Psychoacoustics in Byzantium” conducted together with Jonathan Abel (Stanford Center for Computer Research for Music and Acoustics), http://iconsofsound.stanford.edu/
2005 Humboldt Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2000-2001 Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship, Washington, D.C.

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Lineas de investigación

Bissera V. Pentcheva's innovative work on acoustics, art, and music has redefined the field of Byzantine architecture and is now expanding into Western medieval art. Her new research explores the visions of Ste. Foy at Conques developed in the interactions across art, music, poetry, and dance. The project is funded by Stanford's Cultivating the Humanities Grant.

Orcid

0000-0003-3882-2803

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Stanford University

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