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Petra Chu

 

Petra ten-Doesschate Chu , Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Art History and Museum Studies
College of Human Development Culture and Media

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Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Art History and Museum Studies
College of Human Development Culture and Media

A specialist in the history of nineteenth-century European art, Petra Chu has published extensively in this area. She is the author of a widely used college textbook, entitled Nineteeth-Century European Art, currently in its third edition, and one of the two, founding editors of Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, an electronic journal devoted to ninteenth-century art (19thc-artworldwide.org).

As department chair for 21 years, she co-founded with Professor Emeritus Barbara Cate, the Master of Arts (M.A.) Program in Museum Professions.