Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Jerome A. Feldman

Professor of Art History and Art

Hawaii Pacific University

45-045 Kamehameha Hwy. 173 Kahak Street

Kne'ohe, Hawaii 96744-5297  Kailua, HI 96734-4189

(808) 236-5835, Fax (808) 236- 3590 (808) 263-1202

jfeldman@hpu.edu

Affiliate Graduate Faculty                            

Department of Art

University Of Hawaii

2535 The Mall

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822  (808) 956-8251

Slade Visiting Professor

Department of Art History

Cambridge University

Cambridge, UK                (2004-2005)

Director: USS Bowfin Memorial Association

EDUCATION:                                           

                                                                                                                          degree          date

Columbia University, N.Y.                   Ph.D.                            l0/77

University of Hawaii, Honolulu             M.A.                             6/70

City College, City Univ., N.Y.              B.A.                             l/68

Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.    Indonesian Language Prog. summer/72

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Thesis:

The Architecture of Nias, Indonesia, Ph.D. thesis, Columbia University, (University Microfilms), Ann Arbor, l977.

Books:

Mentawai Art, Archipelago Press, Singapore, 1999. (principal author)

Arc of the Ancestors, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1994

The Eloquent Dead: Ancestors in the Art of Indonesia and Southeast Asia- Editor. Introduction", and "Ancestors in the Art of Nias, Indonesia", 1985:35-78, the Museum of Cultural History, UCLA. 207 pages.(principal author)

The Art of Micronesia, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, 1986. (principal author)

Chapters in books:

 “El arte tribal del Sureste Asiático” in Orígenes. Artes Primeras Collecciones de la Península Inérica, América Oceanía Asia, África, Madrid, Centro Cultural Conde Duque 2005. pp. 153-201.

"The Adaptation of Indigenous Forms to Western Taste: The case of Nias," in Fragile Traditions: Indonesian Art in Jeopardy ed. P. Taylor,, Univ. of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1994

pp. 43-58.

"Headrests in Oceania," in Sleeping Beauties, ed. W. Dewey, 1993: 178-195 Fowler Art Museum UCLA.

"Nias, Archaic Island of Megaliths," in Sumatra, ed. E.M. Oey, Periplus Editions, Berkeley, Singapore, 1991: 132-138.

"Nias and its Traditional Sculptures," "Nias en zijn traditionele beeldsnijkunst" in Nias, Tribal Treasures, Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, Delft. Den Haag, Netherlands 1990: 21-45.

Articles:

“Art- Southeast Asia” Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History 2005 Vol. 1: 171-176.

“Terence Tui Barrow (1923-2001),” Pacific Arts 23/24 2001:170.

“Early German Collecting in the Pacific: A Special Edition of Pacific Arts,” Pacific Arts 21/22 2000:1.

“The Call of the Dead: Gibbons in the Art of Mentawai, Indonesia,” Journal of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Vol. 1 1998-1999:47-54.

“Art de l’Indonésie àl l’UCLA,” Tribal Arts le Monde de L’Art Tribal, Vol. 3 1994:18-22

“Art of Indonesia at UCLA,” Tribal Arts le Monde de L’Art Tribal, Vol. 3 1994:18-22.

"Dutch Galleons and South Nias Palaces," in Berlo, C., & Wilson, L. Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas: Selected Readings, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs 1993, 296-307 (Reprint of Res 1984 article below).

"Pacific Islands Architecture," "The Art of Belau, Micronesia,"  "Body Art in Micronesia,"  entries in The Dictionary of Art, Macmillan Publishers

RECENT LECTURES:

Consultations in Heaven: the symbolism of the Council Houses in Nias,Indonesia and in Sāmoa Technische Hochschule, University of Vienna 10/31/06

Towards a History of Nias Architecture, Symposium on the Architecture and Art of Nias, Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna 10/30/06

The Arts of Southeast Asia, DeYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco 4/28/05

Melanesia/ Polynesia, Friends of Ethnic Art, San Francisco, 4/28/05

Hawaiian Petroglyphs as Historical Narratives Slade Visiting Lectures, Cambridge University 10/12/04

Dutch Galleons and Indonesian Palaces: Assets of Ostentation in a Tribal Society Slade Visiting Lectures, Cambridge University 10/19/04

Micronesia: Great Art from Tiny Islands Slade Visiting Lectures, Cambridge University 10/26/04

Art Styles and Prehistory in Polynesia Slade Visiting Lectures, Cambridge University 11/2/04

Ancestors, Gold and Megaliths in Nias Island, Indonesia Slade Visiting Lectures, Cambridge University 11/9/04

Consultations in Heaven: the symbolism of the Council Houses in Nias,Indonesia and in Samoa Slade Visiting Lectures, Cambridge University 11/16/04

The Human Body as Art Object in Oceania Slade Visiting Lectures, Cambridge University 11/23/04

Narratives in the Arts of Oceania Slade Visiting Lectures, Cambridge University 11/30/04

Exploring Southeast Asian Origins of Pacific Islands Art, Stanford University 2/18/03

Nias Ancestors in Basel, Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland 10/6/02

Tribal Arts of Southeast Asia, East-West Center, Honolulu 7/31/02

Art and the Human Body in Pre-Columbian Art, Punahou School 3/20/02.

The Cosmic Architecture of Nias, Indonesia, Kings College, Cambridge University 5/23/00.