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Past Member

Shiva Mihan

Funding provided by the Herodotus Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Art History
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Shiva Mihan’s research is focused on the arts of the book and text transmission in 15th-century Iran. Her forthcoming book, Patronage and Manuscript Production in Timurid Herat, explores aesthetic and textual content of the manuscripts produced at the royal atelier of Prince Baysunghur in the first half of the 15th century.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

University of Cambridge
Ph.D.
2018

Honors

2018
Leigh Douglas Memorial prize for the best PhD dissertation in the UK

Appointments

Harvard Art Museums
2018–2020
Curatorial Fellow