Members of the department said they are thrilled by the new additions to their permanent staff.
"I know his work very well," Loeb Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology David G. Mitten said. "He's probably the leading scholar in Western medieval art. His books on all kinds of things, especially medieval art and female monastic communities, have been groundbreaking works."
Though he will not be offering any classes next fall, Hamburger will teach two classes--one graduate and one undergraduate--in the spring. The undergraduate course will be a survey of medieval art and architecture.
Hamburger said the offer from Harvard came at the perfect time, since he was planning to leave Canada soon anyway.
"I was determined to leave," he said. "I'm just happy that it was Harvard."
Hamburger will be moving to Cambridge this fall with his wife and two daughters.
"I look forward to throwing myself into everything at Harvard," he said.
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