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Jennifer L. Ball

Assc Professor   Department: Art   Location: 5111 Boylan Hall   Phone: 718-951-5181   Fax: 718-951-4728   Email:

Jennifer L. Ball, Ph.D., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, teaches Byzantine, Medieval, and Islamic art. Her most recent book is Byzantine Dress: Representations of Secular Dress in Eighth- to Twelfth-century Painting(Palgrave 2005). She was a contributor to Byzantium: Faith and Power, is a frequent lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and has published on liturgical textiles and Byzantine-Islamic visual culture. Her current project is "Habit Formation: The History and Meaning of Monastic Dress." Education: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - 2001 (ART HISTORY) Areas of Expertise: Byzantine, Western Medieval, and Early Islamic Art; Textiles, Fashion Theory; and the study of Portraiture are particular areas of interest of mine. Books and Publications Decoding the Nun's Habit in Journal of Modern Hellenism (in press, due summer 2009). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 Medieval Pit-Looms: Filling the Evolutionary Gap in Anayemata Evrtika: Early Christian, Byzantine and Armenian Studies in Honor of Thomas F. Mathews (Mainz: Philipp von Zabern GmBH) (in press, due February 2009). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 "Byzantine Dress" in Clothing in World History, Jill Condra ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishers, 2008. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008 "Des Kaisers teure Kleider: Staatsornat und Alltagstracht der byzantinischen Herrscher," in Pax Geschichte. 5 (October-November 2007), 56-61. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007 "A Double-Headed Eagle Embroidery: From Battlefield to Altar," in Metropolitan Museum Journal. 41(2006), 59-64 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006 "A Syrian Liturgical Stole," in Hugoye: The Journal of Syriac Studies. 9:1(January, 2006). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006 Byzantine Dress: Representations of Secular Dress in Eighth- to Twelfth-century Painting. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 (Books and Publications: Book) 2005 Contributor, 2004. Byzantium: Faith and Power. Edited by Helen C. Evans. Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 18-July 4, 2004 (NY: Metropolitan Museum/Abrams). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2004 Contributor, Reprinted from Byzantium: Faith and Power, in 2004, Pilgrimage to Sinai: Treasures from the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine. Edited by Anastasia Drandaki. Benaki Museum, July 20-September 26, 2004 (Athens: Benaki Museum). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2004