Name and title:
Kelly Presutti, Assistant Professor, History of Art & Visual Studies
Academic focus:
19th-century European art, landscape, environmental history
Current research project:
A book on landscape representation and the changing politics of land use in post-Revolutionary France
Previous positions:
- Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, 2018-2020
- Fellow, Garden and Landscape Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, 2017-2018
Academic background:
- Ph.D., History, theory and criticism of architecture and art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.A., Art history and criticism, SUNY Stony Brook
- B.A., Art history and chemistry, DePauw University
Last book read:
“The Many-Headed Hydra” by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker
In your own time/when not working:
Museums and galleries, yoga, hiking, and getting to know Ithaca's quirks and charms!
Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching:
After Nature, a course that looks at the ways in which artists engaged with changing conceptions of nature over time—and how images continue to impact how we see our environment—that I hope will appeal to students of science and sustainability.
What most excites you about Cornell:
Being part of a vibrant and dynamic department and making connections across the university, from the art museum to the environmental humanities.
