Martha Easton

Martha Easton is Associate Professor of Art History and Program Director of Museum Studies at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she teaches a wide variety of courses ranging from prehistory to the present day. Trained as a medievalist, Martha's courses often cover topics such as the cross-cultural interactions in Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages, and the resulting rich artistic heritage. As a current professor and former museum educator for the Met Cloisters in New York, Martha enjoys nothing more than looking at and discussing art and architecture with other people.

She earned her PhD from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts with a focus on late antique and medieval art, a minor in Japanese art, and a certificate in curatorial studies (the latter offered jointly with the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Martha has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia and spent six years living and working in Japan between college and graduate school. She has published widely on a variety of topics, including medieval illuminated manuscripts; gender and hagiography; “courtly love” ivories; the collecting of medieval art by museums and private collectors; and medievalism, or the appropriation of the Middle Ages in later periods.

Language spoken: English