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Incoming Member
Jesús Escobar
Funding provided by the Ruth Stanton Foundation Fund
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Early Modern Architectural History
Website
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
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Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
1996
Columbia University
B.A.
1989
Appointments
Northwestern University
Professor