Renata Holod Receives the MESA Mentoring Award

Renata Holod, professor emerita of history of art and curator of the Near East section of the Penn Museum, is the recipient of the 2020 Mentoring Award from the Middle East Studies Association (MESA). The MESA Mentoring Award was established in 1995 and first given at MESA’s 1996 annual meeting. The award recognizes exceptional contributions retired faculty have made to the education and training of others. With this prestigious honor, Holod’s peers recognize her enduring contributions to several fields through her outstanding advising and mentorship. The news was announced on October 12 at the award ceremony of MESA’s annual meeting, which was followed by a virtual reception of Holod’s numerous former students and colleagues.

Holod has done archaeological and architectural fieldwork in Syria, Iran, Morocco, Central Asia and Turkey, and on the island of Jerba, Tunisia. Her most recent project is a collaborative study of the grave goods of a Qipchaq kurgan in the Black Sea steppe of the 13th century.

Read the original announcement on the Penn Alamanc site.