A specialist in modern and contemporary art with a focus on art theory and on Holocaust representation, Andrew Weinstein has been a member of the Department since 1992. In addition to serving on various committees (Elections and Nominations, 2001-03, Library/Media, 2003-05, Mentoring, 2006-07, Counseling, 2005-06, Continuing Education, 2007-08, Personnel Policies, 2000-01 and 2007-09 as chair and in 2009-10 as a consultant, and Admissions & Registration, 2009-11, as chair), Dr. Weinstein has presented papers at FIT through the Liberal Arts Roundtable program and Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations. Outside of FIT, he has spoken at the Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, the Association for Jewish Studies, the College Art Association, the International Congress of the Society for the Philosophical Study of Genocide and the Holocaust, and the Modern Language Association, and has lectured for the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford University, and Elderhostel. His criticism, essays, and fiction have appeared in American Book Review, Bloomsbury Review, Boulevard, High Plains Literary Review, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Studies in Short Fiction, zingmagazine and other publications.

Education:

B.A.  Brown University
M.A.  University of Pennsylvania
M.A.  (in English) New York University
Ph.D. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Current Courses:

HA 111  History of Western Art and Civilization: Ancient to Renaissance
HA 112  History of Western Art and Civilization: Renaissance to the Modern Era
HA 214  Art in New York
HA 231  Modern Art
HA 331  Contemporary Art
HA 332  Modern Architecture
HA 345  History of Industrial Design
HA 394  History of New York Architecture (Honors Program)
HA 411  Western Theories of Art
AM 521  Modern Art (Art Market program, School of Graduate Studies)

Selected Publications:

"Taking Abjection to Holocaust-Related Art." The Holocaust: Art and Taboo. Ed. Susanne Rohr. Heidelberg:  Winter Verlag, forthcoming.

"From the Sublime to the Abject: Six Decades of Art." Absence/Presence: Critical Essays on the Artistic Memory of the Holocaust. Ed. Stephen C. Feinstein. Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 2005. 70-92.

"The Healing Power of the Artist?" Vitaly Komar: Three-Day Weekend. Ed. Andrew Weinstein. New York: Humanities Gallery, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2005: 20-25.

"From International Socialism to Jewish Nationalism: The John Reed Club Gift to Birobidzhan." Complex Identities: Jewish Consciousness and Modern Art. Eds. Matthew Baigell and Milly Heyd. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2001. 142-61.

"Art After Auschwitz and the Necessity of a Postmodern Modernism."  Contemporary Portrayals of Auschwitz and Genocide: Philosophical Challenges.  Eds. Alan Rosenberg, James R. Watson, and Detlef Linke. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2000. 151-67.