Ada Cohen
Associate Professor
Ancient Greece, Egypt & Near East
Ph.D., M.A. Harvard University, 1990
B.A., Brandeis University
e: ada.cohen@dartmouth.edu
tel: 646-1332
office: 204 Carpenter
Art History 1, Introduction to Art History I
Art History 20, Art of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East
Art History 21, Art of Greece, Prehistoric to Classical
Art History 22, Late Classical and Hellenistic Art
Art History 82, Sex, Gender and Identity in the Ancient World
Ada Cohen also teaches seminars on various aspects of Hellenistic art, on art and gender in the ancient world, and on art-historical theory and method.
Special Interests
In addition to teaching various courses in ancient art, Ada Cohen regularly teaches the introductory class in art history as well as first-year and advanced seminars on methodological and conceptual topics. Her research has focused on the era of Alexander the Great and the impact of Alexander's image and legacy on later art. She has also studied aspects of prehistoric art as well as sexuality and the construction of identities through visual means. Additional research explores the representation of travel, landscape, and childhood in ancient art. She is completing a book titled "Paradigms of Manhood: Art and Culture in the Times of Alexander the Great" and has begun work on "'He pais kalé': Beauty and Women in Ancient Greek Art"
Selected Publications
•"Gendering the Age Gap in Ancient Greek Art," in A. Cohen and J. B. Rutter, eds., Constructions of Childhood in the Ancient World (Hesperia Supplement, Princeton, forthcoming 2007).
•"Childhood between Past and Present, an Introduction, in A. Cohen and J. B. Rutter, eds., Constructions of Childhood in the Ancient World (Hesperia Supplement, Princeton, forthcoming 2007).
•"Mythic Landscape of Greece," in R. Woodard, ed., Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2007).
•"Landscape and Figure in Ancient Greek Art") in P. Doukellis, ed., The Greek Landscape (Athens: HESTIA Kollaros, 2005): 105-129.
• "Art, Myth, and Travel in the Hellenistic World," in Pausanias: Travel and Memory in Roman Greece, ed. S. E. Alcock, J. Cherry, and J. Elsner (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001), 93-126.
• The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997).
• "Portrayals of Abduction in Greek Art: Rape or Metaphor?," in Sexuality in Ancient Art, ed. N. B. Kampen (with B. Bergmann, A. Cohen, et al.) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), 117-35.
• "Alexander and Achilles—Macedonians and 'Mycenaeans,'" in The Ages of Homer: A Tribute to E. T. Vermeule, ed. J. B. Carter and S. P. Morris (Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1995), 483-505.