Elena Gittleman

Elena Gittleman

Lecturer, Art History

Affiliate, Honors College

• Not accepting Ph.D. students

Education

  • Ph.D. History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, 2026
  • M.A. History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, 2018
  • M.A. Art History, Southern Methodist University, 2015
  • B.A. Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2013

Research interests

  • Byzantine art and archaeology
  • Late Antique art and archaeology
  • Jewish art history
  • Architecture of the ancient and medieval Mediterranean 
  • Theater history
  • Performance theory
  • Collective memory
  • Historiography 
  • Classical reception in the medieval and early modern worlds

 

Selected publications

“Performative Reenactment in the Saints and Martyrdoms of the Menologion of Basil II (Vat. gr. 1613).” In Verbal and Visual Expression in the 'Menologion of Basil II' — New Perspectives on Text and Image, edited by Alicia Walker and Charles Kuper. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Forthcoming 2026)


“Holy Actors in Medieval Byzantium: Christian Learning, Imperial Power, and Ancient Theatre in the Menologion of Basil II (Vat. gr. 1613).” In Performing Antiquity in Medieval Eurasia, edited by Niels Gaul and Foteini Spingou. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press (Forthcoming 2026).

with Erin Piñon. “On Graduate Studies. Performing Ritual, Ritualizing Performance: Objects that Act.” Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies 28.1 (2021): 101-112, doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/26670038-12342744