Richard A. Leson

Assistant Professor

Office: Mitchell Hall 147E
Phone: (414) 229-4450
e-mail: leson@uwm.edu
Curriculum Vitae pdf

Degrees:

Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2007
B.A., Mary Washington College, 1998

Research and Teaching Interests:

The visual culture of the Middle Ages, with specific concentrations in the areas of medieval manuscript illumination, heraldry, sigillography, devotional culture, gender studies, museum studies, and art associated with the crusades.

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate Courses
ArtHist 101: Ancient to Medieval Art and Architecture
ArtHist 320: Medieval Art and Architecture
ArtHist 322: Origins of Medieval Art
ArtHist 324: Art and Architecture of Byzantium
ArtHist 325: Early Medieval Art in the West
ArtHist 327: Islamic Art in Medieval Spain
ArtHist 329: Art and Architecture of the Late Middle Ages
ArtHist 425: Romanesque Architecture
ArtHist 426: French Gothic Architecture

Graduate Colloquia
Relics and Reliquaries in the Middle Ages
Medieval Narrative Arts

Recent Publications

"The Portrayal of Saladin in a Histoire d'Outremer Manuscript" (Baltimore, Walters Art Museum MS. 142)" Forthcoming in the Journal of the Walters Art Museum (2011)

"Heraldry and Identity in the Psalter-Hours of Jeanne of Flanders (Manchester, John Rylands Library, Ms. lat. 117)," Studies in Iconography Vol. 32 (2011): 155-198.