Alexandra Fried

Om Alexandra Fried

Alexandra Fried är lektor i konst- och bildvetenskap vid Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper.

Intresseområden

Medeltidens skulptur- och bildspråk Heliga Birgitta Jan van Eyck Nattvarden 1900-talets utgrävningar av de tidiga högkulturerna Modern och post-modern amerikansk konst  

Bakgrund

Fried har studerat konsthistoria på Baruch College och Queens College som tillhör City University of New York. Hon disputerade med avhandlingen” The Swedish Madonnas: A Comparative Study of Wooden Sculptures of the Virgin and Child between 1250 and 1350” på Universitet i Leicester i England, 2012.

Konferenser och uppsatser

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MEDIEVAL STUDIES Kalamazoo, USA (2015) Paper: St. Bridget’s Way: Pilgrimage, Revelations and the Madonna in Medieval Scandinavia IRTG Baltic Borderlands Umeå, Sweden (2014) Paper: The Bunge master - reconsidered

International Medieval Congress Leeds, UK (2014) Paper: A Reassessment of the Bunge Master Oeuvre on Gotland (Session organizer)

Yale Conference on Baltic and Scandinavian Studies New Haven, USA (2014) Paper: The Bunge master and the Hanseatic Connection

Gender and Medieval Studies conference Winchester, UK (2014) Paper: Life, text and image: St. Bridget’s Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela

South Eastern Art Conference Uni of NC, USA (2013) Paper: The importance of one pilgrim, St. Bridget

International Medieval Congress Leeds, UK (2013) Paper: The Linde Madonna: A Pleasure to the Eye in the Medieval Church

Gender and Medieval Studies conference Corsham, UK (2013) Paper: The Role of the Madonna and Child in Medieval Sweden

International Medieval Congress Leeds, UK (2003) Paper: Stockholm and its Role within the Hanseatic League: An Assessment of Medieval Sculpture