History of Art's Walker Will Contribute to 2028 J. Paul Getty Museum Exhibition

Professor of History of Art Alicia Walker has been named to the scientific committee for an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, "Chivalry Real and Imagined" (June 27–Oct. 1, 2028). In addition to collaborating on the planning of the show, she will also contribute an essay to the accompanying catalog. 

Chivalry is one of the most widely recognized aspects of medieval society, but it is commonly perceived in Eurocentric terms. Walker's contribution to the Getty exhibition and catalog will help to expand the intercultural perspective on chivalry, foregrounding the roles of Byzantine and medieval Islamic societies in the formulation of Western chivalric values and practices as well as the impact of Western chivalry on cultures of the eastern Mediterranean. 

Walker's primary fields of research include cross-cultural artistic interaction in the medieval world from the 9th to 13th centuries and gender issues in the art and material culture of Byzantium.