Allison Levy

About Allison Levy

Allison Levy is Director of Brown University Digital Publications, a program of distinction based in the University Library’s renowned Center for Digital Scholarship. Launched with generous support from the Mellon Foundation and further supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, BUDP provides a novel and intentional university-based approach to digital content development that is helping to set the standards for the future of scholarship in the digital age. In her role as director, Levy brings together key organizational, academic, and technological resources to support new forms of faculty-authored scholarship, resulting in pathbreaking, award-winning publications. A hallmark of BUDP under her leadership is the centering of access and inclusion in the practice and production of digital scholarship, as exemplified by the NEH Institute on Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities “Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Roadmaps” (2022, 2024) and the IMLS program “Advancing HBCU Scholarship, Diversifying Digital Publishing” (20••••26). Levy also spearheads efforts at the industry level to advance the conversation around the development, evaluation, and publication of born-digital scholarship. She currently serves on the Association of University Presses Library Relations Committee and the Renaissance Society of America Digital and Multimedia Committee. An art historian educated at Bryn Mawr College, Levy has held teaching appointments at University College London, Wheaton College, and Tulane University; at Brown, she holds the appointment of Adjunct Assistant Professor in Italian Studies. Levy has authored or edited five books on early modern Italy, with translations in Italian and Chinese. She serves as founding series editor of the Amsterdam University Press book series Visual and Material Culture, 1300–1700, and previously served as founding series editor of the Routledge book series Visual Culture in Early Modernity. Levy\'s research has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Association of University Women, the Getty Research Institute, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, and the Bogliasco Foundation, among others.https://vivo.brown.edu/display/alevy10

Experience

1. Series Editor

   Amsterdam University Press

   Mar 2016 — Present

   A forum for innovative research on the role of images and objects in the late medieval and early modern periods, Visual and Material Culture, 13••••00 publishes monographs and essay collections that combine rigorous investigation with critical inquiry to present new narratives on a wide range of topics, from traditional arts to seemingly ordinary things. Recognizing the fluidity of images, objects, and ideas, this series fosters cross-cultural as well as multi-disciplinary exploration. We consider proposals from across the spectrum of analytic approaches and methodologies. http://en.aup.nl/series/visual-and-material-culture-13••••00

Education

• Bryn Mawr College

  Ph.D., History of Art

  1995 — 2000

• American University

  Master of Arts (M.A.), History of Art

  1990 — 1992

• Tulane University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History of Art

  1986 — 1990

Skills

• Copy Editing
• History of Art
• Digital Humanities
• Research
• Editing
• History
• Scholarly Publishing
• Publishing
• Scholarly Communication
• Social Media
• Writing
• Blogging
• Art History
• Creative Writing
• Higher Education
• Public Speaking
• Visual Arts
• Lecturing
• University Teaching
• Art
• Academic Writing