Alla Myzelev

Associate Professor of Art History and Department Chair
Brodie Hall 224
585-245-5811
myzelev@geneseo.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests: 

Modern and Contemporary Art

Museum Studies

Fashion and Material Culture of Eastern Europe

Digital Humanities and digital museum studies

Portrait of Alla Myzelev.

Classes

  • ARTH 378: Museum Studies

    This course is intended to acquaint students with museum practices and theory, approaches to scholarly research, business and curatorial practices, connected professional organizations and national and international issues faced by museums. Aspects of display design, museum education, transport of work, as well as study of different types of museums is included in the course content.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. Queens University, Kingston

  • M.A. York University

  • B.A. Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Books

  • Alla Myzelev, ed., Exhibiting Craft and Design: Transgressing the White Cube Paradigm 1930-present, 978-1-4724-7695-1, Burlington, VT: Ashgate, June 2017.

  • Alla Myzelev, Architecture, Design and Craft in Toronto 1900-1940: Creating Modern Living. ISBN: 978-1-4724-5700-4. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, March 2016

  • Alla Myzelev, Group of Seven and its Role in Canadian Culture. Teaching Module. Toronto: Nelson, 2014.

  • John Potvin and Alla Myzelev, eds., Fashion, Interior Design and the Contours of Modern Identity, Burlington; Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010.

  • John Potvin and Alla Myzelev, eds., Material Culture in Britain, 1750-1920: The Visual Meanings and Pleasures of Collecting, Burlington; Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009.