Dr. Evgeniya Makarova is a Course Lecturer in Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University and an independent researcher working at the intersection of art history, architectural theory, and sensory studies. She holds an MA in Art History from the University of Geneva and a PhD in Art History from McGill University. Her doctoral research examined the relationship between German artists and the National Socialist state, with particular attention to architectural and technical imagery. Her current research focuses on contemporary visual culture, especially in post-Soviet contexts, with an emphasis on wartime sensorium.

Makarova’s pedagogy is deeply informed by sensory studies. She uses sensory approaches to help students engage art and architecture as embodied, material, and affective forms rather than as images alone, while also making art history more concrete, accessible, and inclusive for students with different ways of learning. This has been central to her effort to bring architecture more fully into the art history classroom, not as a static image on a screen or page, but as a lived and sensory environment. While all of her courses incorporate sensory questions, some have been explicitly organized around them, including Bodies & Buildings and Introduction to Art History: Beyond Vision.