About
Ross Lee Bernhaut specializes in the visual cultures of southern Asia, with a focus on the art and architecture of northern India between the early medieval and early modern periods. His dissertation research on the architectural and urban history of Gwalior fortress has been supported by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grant as well as a Charles Lang Freer Fellowship at the National Museum of Asian Art. He has held curatorial internships and research assistantships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.
Publications
"Babur, Akbar, and the Transformation of Gwalior's Rock-Hewn Tirthankaras." Archives of Asian Art 73, no. 2 (October 2023): 107–43.
"City and Country Temples in Early Medieval Gopagiri and its Hinterland." In Handbook on Urban History of Early India, ed. Aloka Parasher Sen. New Delhi: Springer Nature (forthcoming).
