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Student Profile: Annah Krieg
by Kaitlin Cavanaugh
Annah Krieg is a graduate student in the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of History of Art and Architecture and the recipient of a Mellon Fellowship. After spending a year in Germany, she is back in Pittsburgh writing her dissertation.
Krieg’s work began as an undergraduate at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. She graduated summa cum laude in 2001 with dual degrees in German and art history, and a minor in gender studies.
After receiving her bachelor’s degree, the prospect of earning a master’s degree and holding an assistant teaching position drew Krieg to Pitt. After completing her master’s degree in 2004, Krieg began working on her dissertation which examines neo-medieval architecture and its cultural, religious, and political instrumentalization. Her research is focused on neo-Romanesque religious architecture in nineteenth-century Germany.
With this specialization in modern German and Central European art and architecture, Krieg knew she would have to spend a significant amount of time in Germany in order to conduct research.
“As an architectural historian, it is important to visit sites and see monuments firsthand. It is also important to have access to primary historical documents [and] it is also simply helpful to concentrate full time on my own work,” explains Krieg.
Krieg received a Fulbright award which allowed her to conduct research through the prestigious Humboldt University of Berlin. While in Berlin, she had access to the National Library, the Central Archives of the Evangelical Church, the parish archives of the Crown of Roses Basilica, and the archives of the Jewish Museum for her research.
Krieg also traveled to Warsaw to use the archive of the Jewish Historical Institute and to Hannover, Germany to see the archives of architect Edwin Oppler. After completing her dissertation, Krieg hopes to teach at the university level.
