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Jesús Escobar is the Charles E. Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University, where he has been a faculty member since 2008. He chaired the Department of Art History for seven years from 2010 to 2018. Escobar specializes in the art, architecture, and urbanism of early modern Spain and its transoceanic empire. His recent book, 'Habsburg Madrid: Architecture of the Spanish Monarchy,' examines how governmental buildings and public spaces shaped the Spanish capital from 1620 to 1700, offering insights from local, regional, and global perspectives. He received the 2023 Eleanor Tufts Book Award for this work. Escobar's earlier publication, 'Plaza Mayor: Shaping Baroque Madrid,' also won the Eleanor Tufts Book Award in 2004. Currently, he is working on a book project concerning the experiences of architecture in Latin America and Europe by American-born individuals in the seventeenth century. Escobar is actively involved in various professional societies and has received grants from notable institutions such as the Clark Art Institute and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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