Professor of Art History Alison Perchuk will present her latest research on “Medieval
California” at several major international venues this Fall. Her project explores
how artists and architects—primarily in Southern California during the 1920s—adapted
medieval European visual traditions to create new forms distinctive to California. 
In early November, Perchuk presented a study of medievalizing church architecture at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana in Rome as part of an international conference on Neomedieval Rome; this work benefited from research assistance by recent art history graduate Kamilla Peters '25. In December she will discuss Los Angeles's collegiate architecture as part of a conference on medieval art at Oxford University. In late November she returned to Rome for a conference hosted by the region of Lazio focusing on sacred landscapes and monasticism.
Looking ahead, Perchuk will deliver the keynote address at the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies, to be held at the University of Western Michigan in May 2026, speaking on narrative imagery of the Apocalypse in medieval Europe.
Perchuk’s growing recognition builds on an already distinguished record. In addition to book and article prizes from the leading medieval studies organization in North America, she has held prestigious year-long fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the Huntington Library, as well as fellowships from the National Gallery of Art and the American Philosophical Society.