Philip Eliasoph
Philip Eliasoph | |
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Eliasoph in 2025 | |
| Born | 1951 |
| Education | William Shine High School, Great Neck South, (New York, 1969) Adelphi University (BA Art & Art History, Summa Cum Laude, 1972) Binghamton University, State University of New York, (MA Art History, 1974) Binghamton University, State University of New York, (PhD with Awarded with Distinction, 1979). |
| Occupations | Educator, Critic, Museum and Gallery curator |
| Notable work | Paul Cadmus: Yesterday & Today |
Philip Eliasoph (born 1951) is an American art historian, educator, critic, curator and public arts advocate. He began his teaching career in 1975 at Fairfield University, a Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut where Eliasoph is now professor of art history. Since 2023 he is also serving as Special Assistant to the President for Arts and Culture.
He is also the Sam & Bettie Roberts Endowed Lecturer in Judaic Studies at the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies, a position he has held since 2005. In 1997, Eliasoph founded, and remains director and moderator, of the “Open Visions Forum,” a public affairs series held at Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Between 2016-2023 Eliasoph was also been a faculty consultant for The New York Times digital inEducation blog, a global higher education platform.