Gabriel Chazan

Gabriel Chazan is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His dissertation "Devotional Aestheticism: Steinberg, Sontag, Koestenbaum and the Question of a Queer Jewish Art History" considers art writing by three Jewish critics during the AIDS crisis. Drawing on queer theory and Jewish studies, he focuses on Jewish identity, representation, and culture in art history and visual studies. Before arriving at UW–Madison, Gabriel completed his MA at University College London (UCL). He has taught courses on “Art, Visual Culture and Holocaust” and the "History of Photography" at UW-Madison. He is currently a member of the inaugural educator cohort at the Jewish Museum of Maryland.