About Dr. Ruggles
Biography
An historian of Islamic art and architecture, Dr. Ruggles’ research examines the medieval landscape of Islamic Spain and South Asia and the complex interrelationship of Islamic culture with Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism and the precise ways that religion and culture are often conflated in the study of these. She is the author of two award-winning books on gardens: Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain (2000), and Islamic Gardens and Landscapes (2008). Additionally she has edited or co-edited numerous works, including Women, Patronage, and Self-Representation in Islamic Societies (2000), the award-winning Sites Unseen: Landscape and Vision (2007), Cultural Heritage and Human Rights (2007), Intangible Heritage Embodied (2009), On Location (2012), and Islamic Art and Visual Culture: An Anthology of Sources (2011).
Education
- Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University
- Master of Arts and Ph.D., History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
Teaching and advising
Classes taught
- LA 212: Water and Society
- LA 222 / ARCH 222: Islamic Gardens and Architecture
- LA 505: Methods in Architectural and Landscape History
- LA 506: Landscape and Vision Seminar
- LA 593: Special Topics Seminar
- LA 594 / ANTH 594: Cultural Heritage Seminar
- MDVL 522 / ARTH 522: Medieval Studies Seminar: Gender East and West