Elizabeth Otto

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Elizabeth Otto
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Academic background
Alma materOberlin College
Queen's University at Kingston
University of Michigan
ThesisFiguring gender : photomontage and cultural critique in Germany's Weimar Republic (2003)

Elizabeth Otto (born 1970) is an American art historian known for her feminist work on the Bauhaus. She is a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Biography[edit]

Born in 1970, Otto has a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.A. from Queen's University at Kingston.[1] In 2003 she received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Michigan.[2]

Otto is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the State University of New York at Buffalo[1] From 2013–2019, she was the Executive Director of the University at Buffalo's Humanities Institute.[2] Otto is the author of the books Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics (2019)[3][4] and Tempo, Tempo! The Bauhaus Photomontages of Marianne Brandt (2005).[5] With Patrick Rössler, she co-authored Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective.[6][7]

Otto has received fellowships from the National Humanities Center,[8] the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art,[9] the Getty Research Institute,[10] and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Faculty: Elizabeth Otto". Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies. University at Buffalo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "A Conversation with Alumna Elizabeth Otto". Department of the History of Art. University of Michigan. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. ^ Reviews of Haunted Bauhaus:
  4. ^ Reisz, Matthew (3 October 2019). "Books interview: Elizabeth Otto". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. ^ Reviews of Tempo, Tempo!:
  6. ^ Reviews of Bauhaus Women:
  7. ^ "Queer Bauhaus with Libby Otto". Penn History of Art. University of Pennsylvania. 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  8. ^ "National Humanities Center Names Fellows for 2017-18". National Humanities Center. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  9. ^ "National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) Announces 2019–2020 Academic Year Appointments". National Gallery of Art. 1 August 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Getty - All Past Themes and Scholars" (PDF). Getty Research Institute. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Fellows and Scholars: Dr. Elizabeth Otto". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2022. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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