Studying Art History By Joni Rosenberg
Art History Professor Jesús Escobar shares his COVID-19 pandemic experience as an educator and researcher of architecture and urbanism in the Spanish Habsburg Empire.
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hen the COVID-19 pandemic first sent college students home in March 2020, no one knew exactly how daily life would change. Art History Professor Jesús Escobar was guest lecturing at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore when its campus, along with others all across the country, was shut down. At the time, Escobar was involved in three different research projects at various stages of completion. Although their timelines were once very clear, they had to be altered to accommodate the pandemic. As a researcher of architecture and urbanism, Escobar often travels to cities of interest for onsite visits and archival research. However, the travel restrictions first implemented in spring 2020 meant that it was impossible for Escobar to travel internationally that summer. The largest impact was on a project Escobar started in 2018. Because it uses biographical
