Dr. Ann Yasin

Biography

Ann Marie Yasin specializes in Roman late antique architecture and material culture and holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Art History and Classics. Her particular research interests include the experience and perception of the built environment, decorative and epigraphic landscapes, commemoration, urbanism, and the relation of material culture to religion in Roman late antique contexts. Yasin received her BA in Classical Archaeology from the University of Michigan and both her MA and PhD in Art History from the University of Chicago. She has been an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California since 2009, previously serving as an Assistant Professor at both USC and Northwestern University. Yasin's notable publications include works on sacred landscapes and the adaptation of architectural memory in late antique churches. Her research contributes to the understanding of how built environments reflect cultural and historical narratives, particularly in the context of religious practices and urban development during the Roman Empire and its successor states.

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