Peter Lukehart

Peter Lukehart is associate dean of the National Gallery of Art ‘s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. Formerly, Lukehart served as director of Dickinson College’s Trout Gallery, He has authored a number of publications including a forthcoming article on Virtual Knowledge and Early Modern Visual Culture. Mr. Lukehart co-edited and organized, Writing on Hands: Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, exhibition catalogue (Carlisle: The Trout Gallery, 2000). The exhibition, catalogue, and Website received numerous honors, including The Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits, The Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organization’s Award of Excellence, and the Katherine Kyes and Daniel J. Leab Exhibition Award. Mr. Lukehart has held such prestigious fellowships as a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship (Italy) in 1998-1999 and a Departmental Writing Fellowship and Villa Spelman Fellowship (Italy) from The Johns Hopkins University.