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Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
Universidad de los Andes is an autonomous, independent and innovative institution that promotes pluralism, tolerance and respect for ideas; that seeks academic excellence and provides its students with critical and ethical training to strengthen their awareness of their social and civic responsibilities, as well as their commitment to the environment.
It has students who, in an environment of comprehensive, interdisciplinary and flexible training, are the main agents of their educational processes. This enables its highly trained faculty to develop an outstanding academic and professional life project, for which it supports research activity that contributes to the development of the country and its international projection.
EHCN Representative: Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Patricia Zalamea has a BA in art history (1997) from John Cabot University in Italy and a PhD in art history from Rutgers University (2007). She is Associate Professor of Art History at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, where she was the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities between 2015 and 2021. In addition to developing the first art history undergraduate program in Colombia (2010), she is one of the founders and board members of the Colombian Chapter (CCHA) of the Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA), as well as an advocate for public policies on cultural heritage, digital humanities and the place of liberal arts in Latin American higher education. Participation in the Getty program Unfolding Art History in Latin America (2012-2014) and in projects such as Spolia Sancta (2019-2021) allowed her to foster regional and international connections. An active member of diverse academic networks and editorial boards, she continues to advance the development of the field of art history in Latin America as part of the steering committee of the Transregional Academy on Latin American Art of the Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte (2019-2022). Her fields of study include Colonial Latin American art, Global Renaissance art, the reception of Classics in a Colonial context, history of the print, and portraiture. She is currently coordinating a new minor in Narrative Science together with colleagues from the School of Science.Patricia Zalamea
