Caroline Astrid Bruzelius is an American art historian and expert in medieval architecture. [1] She is the Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University. [2] In 2020 she was elected to the American Philosophical Society. [3]
Bruzelius was born in Stockholm, Sweden on April 18, 1949, to Axel Sture Bruzelius and Constance (Brickett) Brereton. She emigrated to the United States in 1965.[ citation needed]
Bruzelius completed her undergraduate work at Wellesley College in 1971 [4] and received an M.A. in Art, an M.Phil, and a Ph.D, all from Yale University in 1973, 1974, and 1977, respectively. [2]
From 1977 to 1979, Bruzelius was an assistant professor at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and from 1979 to 1980 she was a researcher at the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1980 she became a professor at Harvard University, a position she held until 1981. The following year, in 1982, she became a Mellon Fellow and an assistant professor at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where she became an associate professor in 1986, and the Chairman of the Art Department from 1989-2003. She became a full professor at Duke in 1991, and held that position until 1993.[ citation needed] From 1994 to 1998 she was the Director of the American Academy in Rome. [2] She was awarded the Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art and Art History at Duke in 2001. [4]
Caroline Astrid Bruzelius is an American art historian and expert in medieval architecture. [1] She is the Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University. [2] In 2020 she was elected to the American Philosophical Society. [3]
Bruzelius was born in Stockholm, Sweden on April 18, 1949, to Axel Sture Bruzelius and Constance (Brickett) Brereton. She emigrated to the United States in 1965.[ citation needed]
Bruzelius completed her undergraduate work at Wellesley College in 1971 [4] and received an M.A. in Art, an M.Phil, and a Ph.D, all from Yale University in 1973, 1974, and 1977, respectively. [2]
From 1977 to 1979, Bruzelius was an assistant professor at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and from 1979 to 1980 she was a researcher at the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1980 she became a professor at Harvard University, a position she held until 1981. The following year, in 1982, she became a Mellon Fellow and an assistant professor at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where she became an associate professor in 1986, and the Chairman of the Art Department from 1989-2003. She became a full professor at Duke in 1991, and held that position until 1993.[ citation needed] From 1994 to 1998 she was the Director of the American Academy in Rome. [2] She was awarded the Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art and Art History at Duke in 2001. [4]