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Nazar Kozak serves as a Senior Researcher in the Department of Art History at the Ethnology
Institute of the National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine. He received his PhD from Lviv
Academy of Arts in 2000. Dr Kozak was a recipient of several international scholarships and
grants, including from the Fulbright Scholar Program, Getty Research Institute, the American
Council of Learned Societies and others. In 2001–2022, he also taught art history at Ivan
Franko University of Lviv. Dr Kozak’s research interests encompass medieval and
contemporary art. His exploration of the medieval period focuses on intersection of visual
culture and politics as well as mobility of religious iconography in (post-)Byzantine world. He
authored a book titled „Image and Authority. Royal portraits in Art of Kyivan Rus'“ (Liha Press,
2007). In contemporary art studies, Kozak investigates agency of art in crises, including
revolutions, wars, and ecological disasters. His 2017 article on art interventions during the
Ukrainian Maidan Revolution received an honorable mention as a finalist for the CAA’s Art
Journal Award.
