Alla Myzelev

Associate Professor of Art History and Department Chair
Brodie Hall 224
585-245-5811
myzelev@geneseo.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests: 

Modern and Contemporary Art

Museum Studies

Fashion and Material Culture of Eastern Europe

Digital Humanities and digital museum studies

Portrait of Alla Myzelev.

Classes

  • AMST 201: Topic: New Deal Art in Context

    This course will be an interdisciplinary investigation of major influences on and developments in American culture. Each semester there will be a focus on one chronological period, but a variety of topics will be covered. Such topics could include gender, religion, race, social movements and conditions, and artistic and literary developments. The course will emphasize student use and study of period writings and cultural materials. Integrative learning will enhance the interdisciplinary nature of the course.

  • ARTH 400: Topic: New Deal Art in Context

    This course will study an artist or artists or major issues in the history of art. Typical offerings are Michelangelo, Picasso and Matisse, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and Women and Art.

  • ARTH 487: Research Methods in Art Hist

    A study of the history of art history as a discipline and an analysis of diverse art, historical methodologies and theories. Intensive reading and writing, with stress on research skills, writing techniques, oral presentations and class discussion. Graduate school and career options will be explored.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. Queens University, Kingston

  • M.A. York University

  • B.A. Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Books

  • Alla Myzelev, ed., Exhibiting Craft and Design: Transgressing the White Cube Paradigm 1930-present, 978-1-4724-7695-1, Burlington, VT: Ashgate, June 2017.

  • Alla Myzelev, Architecture, Design and Craft in Toronto 1900-1940: Creating Modern Living. ISBN: 978-1-4724-5700-4. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, March 2016

  • Alla Myzelev, Group of Seven and its Role in Canadian Culture. Teaching Module. Toronto: Nelson, 2014.

  • John Potvin and Alla Myzelev, eds., Fashion, Interior Design and the Contours of Modern Identity, Burlington; Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010.

  • John Potvin and Alla Myzelev, eds., Material Culture in Britain, 1750-1920: The Visual Meanings and Pleasures of Collecting, Burlington; Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009.