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Current Member

Jesús Escobar

Funding provided by the Ruth Stanton Foundation Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Architectural History

Home Institution

Northwestern University
While at IAS, Jesús Escobar will work on a book manuscript, “Americans Abroad in the Seventeenth Century: People, Buildings, and the Space of Empire,” which explores individual experiences with architecture in Mexico, Peru, Spain, and Italy. He specializes in architecture, urbanism, and cartography of the Spanish Habsburg empire.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Princeton University
Ph.D.
1996
Columbia University
B.A.
1989

Appointments

Northwestern University
Professor