Irene J. Winter

Irene J. Winter (born 1940) is an American art historian.

Life

BA Barnard College, Anthropology, 1960; MA University of Chicago, Near Eastern Studies, 1967; PhD Columbia University, Art History and Archaeology. She has taught at Queens College, CUNY, 1971-1976, The University of Pennsylvania, 1976-1988, and Harvard University since 1988, chairing the department of Fine Arts from 1993-1996, and served on the Faculty Council, 2006-2009; retired June 2009. Slade Professor, University of Cambridge, 1997.

Awards

• 2009 The Barnard College Medal of Distinction
• 2005 Mellon Lecturer, The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
• 2003-2004 Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study fellows
• 1983 MacArthur Fellows Program

Works

• On Art in the Ancient Near East, 2 Vols. Brill Academic Publishers, 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-17500-6
• Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context: Studies in Honor of Irene J. Winter by Her Students. Brill. 1 June 2007. ISBN 978-90-04-15702-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)