Specialization:
Areas of Concentration: Eighteenth and Nineteenth-century European Architecture and Public Spaces; History of the Mediterranean; Mechanically Reproducible Mediums; Greco-Roman Reception
Faculty Advisor: Richard Wittman
M.Litt Thesis: "Roman Holiday: Constructions of National Identities in John Shaw Smith’s Environs of Rome" (University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, completed 2023)
Bio:
Elizabeth Saubestre is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Department of History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research centers on the construction of national identity within visual art, with particular focus on depictions of public spaces. She is particularly interested in social history, postcolonial approaches, and mechanically reproducible mediums such as photography and printmaking.
Prior to beginning her doctoral studies at UCSB, Elizabeth received her B.A. in History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2021. She then completed her Master of Letters in Art History at the University of St. Andrews in 2023, graduating with distinction and earning a certificate in French Museological Studies from the École du Louvre in the process. In addition to her academic studies, she has worked in museum development. She is a current recipient of the Regents Fellowship award at UCSB.