Erika Naginski

Professor Erika Naginski serves as Professor of Architectural History at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she directs the PhD program in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning. Her scholarly work focuses primarily on European architecture from 1600-1800, with significant contributions through her publications including "Sculpture and Enlightenment" (2009), "Polemical Objects" (2004), "Writing on Drawing" (2000), and "The Return of Nature" (2014). Her academic excellence has been recognized through prestigious fellowships from renowned institutions including the Harvard Society of Fellows, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. As a leading authority in architectural history and theory, with particular expertise in representation, she has shaped scholarly discourse in her field while mentoring the next generation of architectural historians and theorists.