Allison Caplan
Assistant Professor of History of Art · Yale University · Yale University
⭐ She is currently accepting graduate students in the areas of ancient and colonial Latin American art and is particularly excited to advise those interest in working at the intersection of art history and the study of Indigenous languages.
Research interests
Nahua art theory and aesthetics, issues of materiality and value, animal-human relations, and the relationship between visual expression and the Nahuatl language.
Selected publications (since 2023)
[2024] “Talking Like the Birds: Animal Speech and Embodied Imitation in Early Colonial Mexico.” InExhibiting Animals in Europe and America, edited by M. Elizabeth Boone and Lianne McTavish, 44–56. New York and London: Routledge, 2024.
[2024] “The Cotinga and the Hummingbird: Material Mobilities in the Early Colonial Featherwork of New Spain.” In The Routledge Companion to Global Renaissance Art, edited by Stephen J. Campbell and Stephanie Porras. 482-499. New York Routledge, 2024.
[2025] “Tlazohtli, Mahuiztic: The Aesthetic Value of Nahua Luxury.” In Mexico Tenochtitlan: Dynamism at the Center of the World, edited by Elizabeth Boone, Barbara Mundy, and Leonardo López Luján. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 2025.
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