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Holger Klein
Associate Professor, Director of Art Humanities
Early Christian, Byzantine, and Western Medieval art and archaeology
Ph.D., Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 2000

Biography
Holger Klein was educated in Art History, Early Christian Archaeology and German Literature at the Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau, Munich, London (Courtauld Institute of Art), and Bonn. His research focuses on Early Christian, Western Medieval, and Byzantine art and architecture, and, more specifically, on the problem of cultural exchange between Byzantium and the Latin West. His most recent archaeological project is a survey of the church of Hagia Sophia in Vize (Turkey).

Contact Information
931 Schermerhorn Hall
Telephone: (212) 854-3230
E-mail: hak56@columbia.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:00-3:00 and by appointment.

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Sacred Relics and Imperial Ceremonies at the Great Palace of Constantinople, F. A. Bauer (Hrsg.), Visualisierungen von Herrschaft, BYZAS 5 (2006) 79-99
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Eastern Objects and Western Desires: Relics and Reliquaries between Byzantium and the West, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 58. (2004), pp. 283-314.
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Rcent Publications

Monographs
Byzanz, der Westen und das wahre Kreuz. Die Geschichte einer Reliquie und ihrer künstlerischen Fassung in Byzanz und im Abendland, Wiesbaden 2004.
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Exhibition Catalogues
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures. Medieval Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland 2007 [German edition: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Meisterwerke von 300-1550, Munich 2007.
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Kariye Camii. The Tale of Two Magnificent Men and One Magnificent Structure, Istanbul 2007.
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Restoring Byzantium. The Kariye Camii in Istanbul and the Byzantine Institute Restoration, New York 2004
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