CURRICULUM VITAE

ROZMERI BASIC

Associate Professor of Art History

School of Art, FJC 413

The University of Oklahoma

520 Parrington Oval

Norman, OK 73019

(405) 325-6593

rozmeri@ou.edu

EDUCATION

Ohio University, Ph.D. in Comparative Arts, August 1994.

Major: Carolingian Art and Architecture

Ohio University, M.F.A. in Art History, August 1991.

Major: Early Medieval Art and Architecture

The University of Southern California, Graduate Student, August 1984-June

1985.

Courses in Historiography, Medieval Art and Architecture.

The University of Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, B.A. in Art History, June 1983.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, School of Art, The University of Oklahoma, August 2003-

Present.

Assistant Professor, School of Art, The University of Oklahoma, August 1998-

August 2003.

Courses taught (undergraduate and graduate levels):

Understanding Art

Byzantine Art and Architecture

Byzantine Icons

Etruscan Art and Architecture

Aegean Art and Architecture

Cycladic Art

Minoan Art and Architecture

Mycenaean Art and Architecture

Ancient Portraits

Japanese Art

Humanities Area Seminars, College of Liberal Studies, The University of

Oklahoma.

MLS Seminar:

Democracy on the Balkans (May-June 2002).

BLS Seminars:

How Dictatorships End and Democracy Takes Over: The Case of Yugoslavia

(December 2001-January 2002).

Postscript Kosovo and the Future of Democracy in Yugoslavia (May-June 2000).

Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Bradley University, August 1995-August

1998.

Courses taught (undergraduate level):

Survey of Art History I (Prehistory-Medieval), Survey of Art History II

(Renaissance-Contemporary), Survey of Art History III (Far Eastern Art), Survey

of Art History IV (American Art), Ancient Art, Medieval Art, Renaissance Art,

Northern Renaissance Art, Baroque and Rococo Art, 19th Century Art,

Impressionism, Art from 1945-Present, Women in Art, Michelangelo, Abstract

Expressionism.

Instructor, School of Comparative Arts, Ohio University, August 1991-June 1994.

Courses taught (undergraduate level):

Introduction to Fine Arts I, Introduction to Fine Arts II.

Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Art History, Ohio University,

August 1989-June 1991.

Courses taught (undergraduate level):

Survey of Art History I, Survey of Art History II.

Adult Art Education Lecturer, The Freedom Language School, Tokyo, October

1987-August 1989.

Slide lectures on various art history topics.

Slide Library Supervisor, Department of Art History and School of Comparative

Arts, Ohio University, August 1989-August 1994.

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS

Travel grant to present paper in Athens, Greece, School of Art, The Weitzenhoffer College of Fine Arts, and the Office of the Vice President for Research, November 2006, $2,200.

Travel grant to develop photo and digital materials from research trip in Venice and Murlo, Italy, and Dimini and Sesklo, Greece, School of Art, June-August 2006, $800.

Travel grant to present paper in Boston, The Weitzenhoffer College of Fine Arts and School of Art, April 2006, $ 1,125.

Travel grant to present paper in Atlanta, The Weitzenhoffer College of Fine Arts and School of Art, October 2005, $900.

Travel grant to develop photo and digital materials from research trip in Croatia, August 2005, $400.

Fulbright research award for senior scholars to Egypt for academic year 2003-4.

Publishing grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine

Arts, Chicago, May 2003, $4,500.

Travel grant to develop photo and digital materials from research trip in India,

January 2003, $800.

The University of Oklahoma Student Association Outstanding Faculty Award,

April 2002.

Travel grant to develop photo and digital materials from research trip in Turkey,

June-August 2002, $800.

Travel grant to develop photo and digital materials from research trip in Italy,

June-August 2001, $800.

Travel grant to present paper in Atlanta, College of Fine Arts and School of Art,

The University of Oklahoma, November 2001, $600.

Travel grant to present two papers in Atlanta and Cleveland, College of Fine Arts

and School of Art, The University of Oklahoma, November 2000, $500.

Travel grant to present a paper in Louisville, College of Fine Arts and School of

Art, The University of Oklahoma, October 2000, $500.

Travel grant to present a paper in Duluth, College of Fine Arts and School of Art,

The University of Oklahoma, September 2000, $600.

Research travel grant for Herakleion, Greece, Research Council, The University

of Oklahoma, Summer 1999, $1,000.

Travel grant to present a paper in Atlanta, College of Fine Arts and School of Art,

The University of Oklahoma, November 1999, $600.

Travel grant to present a paper in Charleston, College of Fine Arts and School of

Art, The University of Oklahoma, January 1999, $550.

Travel grant to present a paper in Rochester, College of Fine Arts and School of

Art, The University of Oklahoma, October 1998, $500.

Travel grant to present a paper in San Francisco, Bradley University, Department

of Art, January 1998, $750.

Grant for instructional enhancement, Teaching Excellence Program, Bradley

University, November 1995, $2,100.

Grant for visual image resource technology improvement, College of

Communication and Fine Arts, Bradley University, November 1995, $700.

Grant for computer infrastructure improvement, Cullom-Davis Library, Bradley

University, November 1995, $1,750.

Graduate Fellowship, Ohio University, School of Comparative Arts, August 1991-

August 1994.

Graduate Teaching Associate, Ohio University, Department of Art History,

August 1989-August 1991.

Graduate Student Scholarship, The University of Southern California,

Department of Art History, January 1985-June 1985.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Aegean Art: An Illustrated History, McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, N.C., work in progress.

Brief History of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai. Bijeljina: Most Print, Co.,

2004 (illustrated guidebook in Serbian language).

St. Donat and Alcuin’s Acrostics: Case Studies in Carolingian Modulation.

Fucecchio (Florence): Kim Williams Books, 2003. Supported by the publishing

grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

Articles/Entries

“Art and Architecture: Mamluk, The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

“Architecture, Architects,” The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

"Genghis Khan," Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives, Pasadena: Salem Press, 2006.
"Al-Hakim," Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives, Pasadena: Salem Press, 2006.
“On Some Forgotten Works from Bari and Rome,” Literature Gazette, Belgrade: June 2005, pp. 4-5 (8 pages of standard paper) with 6 illustrations (text in Serbian language).

“Monastery of St. Catherine,” Literature Gazette, Belgrade: September 2004, p. 5 (8 pages) with 5 illustrations (text in Serbian language).

“A Notion of Order in Etruscan Necropolises Layouts,” Zbornik Filozofskog

Fakulteta iz Kosovske Mitrovice XXXII, Kosovska Mitrovica: Filozofski Fakultet,

2003, pp. 53-67 (text in English language).

“Phrygia Dominates Anatolia,” Great Events from History: The Ancient World,

Pasadena: Salem Press, 2003.

“Kaniska, Emperor of India,” Great Events from History: The Ancient World,

Pasadena: Salem Press, 2003.

“Elamites Flourish in Iran,” Great Events from History: The Ancient World,

Pasadena: Salem Press, 2003.

“Anthemius of Tralles,” Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Pasadena: Salem

Press, 2001.

“Gandhara Art,” Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Pasadena: Salem Press,

2001.

“Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus,” Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,

Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001.

“Law Code of Gortyn,” Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Pasadena: Salem

Press, 2001.

“Profile of Native American Female Faculty at the University of Oklahoma,”12th

Annual International Conference Proceedings-Women in Higher Education,

Charleston: January 2-5 1999, pp. 1-6.

“Women in Higher Education in Firmer Communist Countries of Eastern Europe–

A Case Study of F.R. Yugoslavia,” 11th Annual International Conference

Proceedings-Women in Higher Education, San Francisco: January 3-6 1998, pp.

61-66.

Book Reviews

Brief Art History Survey, Wadsworth Thomson Learning, October 2004.

The Architecture of Historic Hungary, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998. Balkanistica

17, April 2004, pp. 157-159.

A History of Western Art, McGraw-Hill, April 2002.

A History of Western Art, Non-Western supplement, McGraw-Hill, April 2002.

Gardner’s Art through the Ages, Wadsworth Thomson Learning, April 2002.

Other

Review of applications to the Southeast European Research Scholar Program administrated by American Councils for International Education in Washington, D.C., March 2006

Two-hour documentary program History and Art of the Monastery of St.

Catherine at Sinai, National TV of Serbia and Montenegro, December 2004.

Encyclopedia of the Byzantine Empire, Jennifer Lawler, Jefferson, North

Carolina: Farland and Company, Inc., 2004. Selected sixty original illustrations

and relevant captions for several different periods.

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking in Visual Arts, Pamela J. Eyerdam, Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship, 2003. My web sites are on the list of web sites that feature works of art, biographies of artists, background information, critical reviews, scholarly treatment of art topics, and museums.

The Christians, Alberta, Canada: The Christian History Project Series, 2003.

Selected eight original illustrations and relevant captions from the period from the

Decian prosecution to the death of Constantine.

Digital Databases

http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi1113/stcatherine/index.html

http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi1113/index.htm

http://www.ou.edu/finearts/art/ahi4913/aegeanhtml/framesetminoan.html

http://www.ou.edu/finearts/art/ahi4913/aegeanhtml/framesetcycladic.html

http://www.ou.edu/finearts/art/ahi4913/aegeanhtml/framesetmycenaen.html

http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi4263/frameset.html

http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi4163/files/main.html

CONFERENCE PAPERS

“Between the Byzantine Empire, Venice and the Latin West: A Case Study of City of Zara,” The First International Symposium on Change in the Byzantine World in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, Istanbul, Turkey, forthcoming in June 2007.

“Jeremias Palladas and the Post-Byzantine Mannerism,” Conference on Greek Art and Culture, The University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, forthcoming in May 2007.

“A Question of Post-Byzantine Mannerism,” The Midwest Art History Society’s 34^th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, forthcoming in March 2007.

“Notes on the Treasury of the Siphnians at Delphi and the Etruscan Sanctuary of Poggio Civitate near Murlo,” The Forth International Conference on History, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, December 2006.

“Cross-cultural Encounters in the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai in Egypt,” 2006 Medieval Academy Meeting, Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2006.

“Miracle-working Documents in the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai in Egypt,” 20^th Annual International Conference in Literature, Visual Arts, and /or Cinema, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2005.

“A Brief Remark on the 16th Century Byzantine Icons from Crete,” Sixteenth

Century Studies Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 2002.

“The Symbolic Role of Borders in Aegean Art,” International Conference on

Image and Imagery: Frames, Borders, Limits, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada,

October 2002.

“Hidden Order in Etruscan Necropolises Layouts,” 17th Annual International

Conference on Chaos and Order in Literature, Visual Arts, and/or Cinema,

Atlanta, Georgia, November 2002.

“Etruscan Funerary Art: Imitation of Death in Life,” 16th Annual International

Conference on Parody and Imitation, Atlanta, November 2001.

“Iconography of the Wall Painting in Akrotiri on Thera,” 11th Annual Oklahoma

Conference of Art Historians, Edmond, February 2001.

“An Early Work by Domenikos Theotokopoulos,” Sixteenth Century Studies

Conference, Cleveland, November 2000.

“The Story of Madness and/or Bliss of Etruscan People,” 15th International

Conference on Madness and Bliss, Atlanta, November 2000.

“The Role of Cycle Painting in Akrotiri on Thera,” Joint SECAC-MACAA

Conference, Louisville, October 2000.

“The Symbolic Dimension of Water in Aegean Art,” An Interdisciplinary

Conference on the Bonds Between Women and Water, Duluth, September 2000.

“Carolingian Concept of St. Augustine’s Heavenly Jerusalem,”14th Annual

International Conference on Utopia and Dystopia, Atlanta, November 1999.

“Profile of Native American Female Faculty at the University of Oklahoma,” 12th

Annual International Conference on Women in Higher Education, Charleston,

January 1999.

“Veneto-Cretan School of Painting,” 13th Annual International Conference on

Medievalism, Rochester, October 1998.

“Women in Higher Education in Former Communist Countries of Eastern

Europe,” 11th Annual International Conference on Women in Higher Education,

San Francisco, January 1998.

“Master Beyond Borders,”12th International Conference on Borders and

Foundations, Atlanta, October 1997.

“Jeremias Palladas: A Symbol of Tolerance,” 22nd Annual European Studies

Conference, University of Nebraska, Omaha, October 1997.

“Carolingian Modulation as Seen in the Church of St. Donat,” 23rd Annual

Meeting of the Midwest Art History Society, Cleveland, March 1996.

“Carolingian Modulation,” 21st Annual European Studies Conference, University

of Nebraska, Omaha, October 1996.

SLIDE LECTURES/PROFESSIONAL TALKS

The Role of Religion in Aegean Art, Zaduzbina Ilije M. Kolarca, Belgrade, June 2006.

Funny Faces from the Past, The 16^th Annual Classics Day, Department of Classics and Letters, The University of Oklahoma, November 2005.

The Importance of Religion in Etruscan Art, Zaduzbina Ilije M. Kolarca, Belgrade, June 2005.

From Rublev to Malevich-The History of the Russian Soul and Creativity in Visual Art,” Russian Night, Department of Modern Languages, The University of Oklahoma, April 2005.

Animals of the Ancient Sites in India and Egypt, The 15th Annual Classics Day,

Department of Classics and Letters, The University of Oklahoma, November

2004.

Monastery of St. Catherine, Department of Classics and Letters, The University

of Oklahoma, October 2004.

Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai–Symbol of Religious Tolerance, Zaduzbina

Ilije M. Kolarca, Belgrade, June 2004.

Monastery of St. Catherine, American Library, Belgrade, January 2004.

Etruscan Art and Architecture, The 75th Annual Eta Sigma Phi Convention,

Museum of Natural History, The University of Oklahoma, March 2003.

Animals of the Ancient Sites in Italy and Greece, The 13th Annual Classics Day,

Department of Classics and Letters, The University of Oklahoma, November

2002.

Etruscan Funerary Practices, Department of Classics and Letters, The University

of Oklahoma, September 2002.

McGhee Collection of Icons, Docent Training, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art,

March 2002.

Church Restoration and Folk Heritage in the Russian Far North, Commentator on

lecture given by Dr. William Craft Brumfield, A Symposium of Russia and Eastern

Europe, The School of International and Area Studies, The University of

Oklahoma, February 2002.

McGhee Collection of Icons, Docent Training, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The

University of Oklahoma, October 2000.

Byzantine Icons, Mornings with the Professor, College of Continuing Education,

The University of Oklahoma, September 2000.

Etruscan Mystery, Mornings with the Professor, College of Continuing Education,

The University of Oklahoma, April 2000.

McGhee Collection of Icons, Museum Tour, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The

University of Oklahoma, January 1999.

Art of the Greek Islands, Mornings with the Professor, College of Continuing

Education, The University of Oklahoma, October 1999.

Jeremias Palladas: A Master Beyond Borders, School of Art, The University of

Oklahoma, April 1998.

Future of Traditional Arts in the Next Century, Honors Program, Bradley

University, September 1997.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Chair, Course/Curriculum Subcommittee, Academic Programs Council, The University of Oklahoma, August 2006-Present.

Member, Faculty Senate, The University of Oklahoma, August 2006-Present.

Member, The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts Dean Advisory Committee, The University of Oklahoma, August 2006-Present.

Member, Two Doctoral Committees, School of Music, The University of Oklahoma, August 2005-Present.

Member, Academic Programs Council, The University of Oklahoma, August 2005-May 2006.

Member, Faculty Advisory Council, The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, The University of Oklahoma, August 2005-Present.

Faculty Marshal, Fine Arts Commencement, The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, The University of Oklahoma, May 2005.

Member, Technical Screening Review Committee, The 2005/6 Fulbright Egyptian

Scholar Program, October 2004-Present.

Member, Search Committee for Pittman Professorship in American, Native

American or Western American Art History, School of Art, The University of

Oklahoma, August 2004-2006.

Member, Graduate Committee, School of Art, The University of Oklahoma,

August 2004-August 2005.

Member, College of Fine Arts Dean Advisory Committee, The University of

Oklahoma, August 2002-August 2003.

Coordinator for Russian and Eastern European Studies Program, The School of

International and Area Studies, The University of Oklahoma, August 2002-August

2003.

Affiliated Faculty, Religious Studies Program, The University of Oklahoma,

August 2002-Present.

Member, Premedical and Dental Advisory Interview Committee, The University of

Oklahoma, April 2002-August 2003.

Coordinator for Western European Studies Program, The School of International

and Area Studies, The University of Oklahoma, October 2001-August 2003.

Member, Committee for Exchange with European Universities, The University of

Oklahoma International Exchange Programs, October 2001-Present.

Member, Committee for Media/Digital Art Search, School of Art, The University of

Oklahoma, October 2001-August 2002.

Member, Committee for David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships, The University of

Oklahoma, September 2001-April 2002.

Member, Committee A, School of Art, The University of Oklahoma, August 2000-

August 2002.

Member, Graduate College Academic Appeals Panel, The University of

Oklahoma, August 2000-August 2001.

Member, New Technology Committee, School of Art, The University of

Oklahoma, August 2000-Present.

Member, Art History Ph.D. Planning Committee, School of Art, The University of

Oklahoma, August 1999-Present.

Member, Search Committee for Film and Media Arts Position, School of Art, The

University of Oklahoma, August 1999-April 2000.

Member, Dissertation Evaluation Committee for 1998 Dissertation Prize,

Graduate College, The University of Oklahoma, March 1999.

Affiliated Faculty, International Programs Center, The University of Oklahoma,

March 1999-Present.

Member, Scholarship and Recruitment Committee, School of Art, The University

of Oklahoma, August 1998-August 1999.

Member, Search Committee for Two Studio Positions, School of Art, The

University of Oklahoma, August 1998-April 1999.

Member, University Senate, Bradley University, January 1998-August 1998.

Member, Search Committee for the Assistant of the Provost, Bradley University,

January 1998-August 1998.

Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Art, Bradley University, January

1998-August 1998.

Graduate Advisor, Department of Art, Bradley University, January 1998-August

1998.

Member, University Executive Graduate Committee, Representative for the

Department of Art, Bradley University, August 1997-August 1998.

Member, Multimedia Committee, College of Communication and Fine Arts,

Bradley University, August 1997-August 1998.

Member, College History and Criticism Committee, College of Communication

and Fine Arts, Bradley University, August 1996-August 1998.

Member, College Curriculum and Regulations Committee, College of

Communication and Fine Arts, Bradley University, August 1995-August 1998.

Fine Arts Library Acquisition Consultant, Department of Art, Bradley University,

August 1995-August 1998.

Slide Library Supervisor, Department of Art, Bradley University, August 1995-

August 1998.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Medieval Academy of America, 2005-Present.

United States-Egypt Friendship Society, 2005-Present.

Fulbright Alumni Association, 2004-Present.

Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA), 1999-Present.

Midwest Art History Society (MAHS), 1995-Present.

College Art Association (CAA), 1994-Present.