Sarah Blick has taught at Kenyon since 1994, where she is currently a member of the Art History department. She teaches courses on Medieval and Asian Art History. Her research focuses on pilgrim souvenirs and the cult of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. She also edits Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture for the International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Art. She has recently completed co-editing the two-volume Push Me, Pull You: Art and Devotional Interaction in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art to be published by Brill Academic Press in 2010.

Areas of Expertise

Medieval Art History, Asian Art History

Education

B.A. University of Akron
M.A. University of Minnesota
Ph.D. University of Kansas

Courses Taught

Survey of Art, Part I
Art of the Ancient World
Art of Christian Europe
Introduction to Asian Art
Art of Medieval Europe
Art of Early Medieval Europe
Romanesque & Gothic Art
Art of the Northern Renaissance
Art of China

Seminars:

Pilgrimage & the Arts: Christianity & Buddhism
Art of the Later Middle Ages
Art in Late Medieval & Tudor England
Cathedral Shrines of Medieval England
Sacred & Secular Art in the Later Middle Ages
Integrated Program in Humane Studies: Love & Justice
Art & Politics

Affiliations

Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the Ohio State University (regional affiliate)
College Art Association
International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Arts
Medieval Academy of America
Midwest Art History Society
Pewter Society