Scholarship and Biography
Dustin Aaron specializes in the art and architecture of the European Middle Ages. His scholarship explores the intersections of art making with colonial and environmental histories, particularly those of medieval Central and Eastern Europe. Topics of recently published and forthcoming essays include art and medieval colonization (The Art Bulletin), memory and landscape and modern political medievalisms. He is currently writing a book on the role of craft in shaping pre-modern perceptions of colonized land as wilderness.
Aaron’s research has been supported by the Medieval Academy of America, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Central European History Society and the Remarque Institute, among other organizations. Lecture and seminar topics include: medieval art, architecture, illuminated manuscripts, environmental art history, the history of the artist and the historical roles of art in premodern race and colonialism.