Teachers of History in the Universities of the UK 2007 - listed by research interest

Art & architecture

John S.A. Adamson (Peterhouse - University of Cambridge) (16th-17th c. Eng. & Eur.) [Nobility & British politics 1590-1660]

Victoria Avery (Dept. of History of Art - University of Warwick) Lect. in Art Hist. (15th & 16th c. Italian Art) [Venice & sculpture; bronze as an artistic medium in Renaissance Italy: its production, uses & reception]

Caroline M. Barron (Dept. of History - Royal Holloway, University of London) Prof. of Hist. of London (Later Med.) [Medieval London; women; gentry & aristocracy; reign of Richard II]

Huw J. Barton (School of Archaeology & Ancient History - Leicester) Res. Assoc. in Bioarchaeol. [Hunter-gatherer archaeology; Australian archaeology; lithics; archaeobotany]

Shulamith Behr (Dept. of History of Art - Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) Bosch Sen. Lect. in German Art (Late 19th & 20th c. German Art, Kandinsky) [The role of women in German Expressionism]

Francesca Berry (School of Historical Studies - University of Birmingham) Lect. in the Hist. of Art (19th-20th c. France) [Artistic & visual culture of the domestic interior]

Louise M. Bourdua (Dept. of History of Art - University of Aberdeen) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art [13th & 14th c. Italian mendicants & art]

Alixe Bovey (School of History - University of Kent at Canterbury) Lect. in Med. Hist. [Late medieval visual culture; illuminated manuscripts]

Cheryl Buckley (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies: History of Art, Design & Film Division - University of Northumbria at Newcastle) Reader (Design Hist.) [Women & design, 1910-50]

K. Michael Bury (History of Art - University of Edinburgh) Reader in Hist. of Art [Printmaking 16th c.; painting in Perugia late 15th-early 16th c.; Counter-Reformation Italy]

Joanna L. Cannon (Dept. of History of Art - Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) Reader in Hist. of Art [W. European art 13th-14th c.; central Italian art & architecture, esp. associated with the mendicant orders]

David A. Carpenter (Dept. of History - King's College, University of London) Prof. of Hist. (Med.) [English political, social & architectural history 12th-14th c.]

Christopher M. Clark (St. Catharine's College - University of Cambridge) Reader in Mod. Eur. Hist. (Mod. Eur.) [Religion & politics in early 19th c. Prussia]

Georgia M. Clarke (Dept. of History of Art - Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) Reader in Hist. of Art [15th-17th c. architecture, particularly Italian; architecture & texts; urbanism; Italian Renaissance palaces; Bologna; Rome]

Heather Coleman (School of Art, Design & Media - University of Portsmouth) Assoc. Sen. Lect. in Hist. & Theoretical Stud., Sch. of Art [Museums & exhibitions as sites of production of meaning around objects]

Mark L. Connelly (School of History - University of Kent at Canterbury) Reader in Hist. (Mod. Brit. Soc. & Cultural Hist.) [British military history from 1800]

Donal Cooper (Dept. of History of Art - University of Warwick) Lect. in Art Hist. (Eccles. Art & Architecture in Late Med. & Renaissance Italy) [Patronage of the Franciscan & other mendicant orders; art & culture in Renaissance Umbria; the decorative arts in Italy to 1600]

David Peters Corbett (Dept. of History of Art - University of York) Prof. of Hist. of Art [British art, 1840-1965; American art, 1830-1917]

Mark W. Crinson (Dept. of History of Art - University of Manchester) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art (19th-20th c. Brit. Architecture) [Colonial architecture; architectural education]

Peter Davidson (Dept. of History of Art - University of Aberdeen) Prof. in Renaissance Stud., Scholar-Keeper of the University's Collections [Baroque arts; exile; recusancy; symbols and emblems]

Jack Dawson (School of Arts, Design, Media & Culture - University of Sunderland) Sen. Lect. in Art & Design Hist. (19th c. Local Art, Ruralism, Arts & Crafts)

Rosie Dias (Dept. of History of Art - University of Warwick) Lect. in Art Hist. (Brit. Art & Culture in the 18th & Early 19th c.) [History of exhibitions & art institutions]

Diana E.S. Dunn (Dept. of History & Archaeology - University of Chester) Sen. Lect. (Late Med., Renaissance) [15th c. politics & society; women's history]

J. Adrian Forty (Bartlett School of Arch. & Planning - University College, University of London) Prof. of Architectural Hist., Bartlett Sch. of Architecture [Architectural thought]

Tamar Garb (Dept. of History of Art - University College, University of London) Prof. of the Hist. of Art [19th c. French art]

Julian Gardner (Dept. of History of Art - University of Warwick) Prof. of Hist. of Art [Artistic patronage; Rome; tomb structure; Giotto]

E. Jane Garnett (Wadham College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Inter-Collegiate) (18th-20th c.) [19th & early 20th c. British & European intellectual, cultural & religious history; development of Victorian art criticism & visual culture; representation of women across the whole historical spectrum]

John M. Gash (Dept. of History of Art - University of Aberdeen) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art (Early Mod.) [Caravaggio & his followers]

Malcolm Gee (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies: History of Art, Design & Film Division - University of Northumbria at Newcastle) Princ. Lect., Head of Art Hist. Division [Art & patronage in central & western Europe c.1880-1939]

Anthony Geraghty (Dept. of History of Art - University of York) Lect. in Hist. of Art [Early modern English architecture; Wren]

Kevin Greene (School of Historical Studies - Newcastle University) Sen. Lect. (Roman, Theory & Method) [Roman economy; Roman ceramics; technology in the 1st millennium A.D.]

Tag Gronberg (Dept. of History of Art - Birkbeck College, University of London) Lect. in Hist. of Art [20th c. art, design & architecture; gender & modern visual culture]

Jane Hawkes (Dept. of History of Art - University of York) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art [Late antique & early medieval art & iconography]

Andrew F. Hemingway (Dept. of History of Art - University College, University of London) Prof. of Hist. of Art [19th & 20th c. American art & culture]

David E. Hemsoll (Dept. of History of Art - University of Birmingham) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art [Architecture of Sanmicheli; Renaissance architecture & theory; Renaissance art]

T.A. (Sandy) Heslop (School of World Art Studies & Museology - University of East Anglia) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art [Social context of art & architecture c.1000-1200]

Charles A. Hope (Warburg Institute, University of London) Prof. of the Hist. of the Classical Tradition, Director of the Warburg Institute (Art) [Titian; Vasari; iconography]

Catherine E. King (Dept. of Art History - Open University) Prof. in Art Hist. (Early Mod. Eur.) [Representations of art & artists; Women as patrons of art in Italy 1300-1600]

E. Anne Laurence (Dept. of History - Open University) Prof. of Hist. (Early Mod. Brit. & Eur.) [Women & buildings in early modern England; Anglo-Irish relations]

Anne E. Lawrence (School of History - University of Reading) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (Med. Culture) [Libraries & scriptoria in Anglo-Norman England; Cistercian scholarship]

Simon Lee (Dept. of History of Art - University of Reading) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art [Jacques-Louis David & his pupils]

Amanda Lillie (Dept. of History of Art - University of York) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art [Italian art & architecture 1400-1600]

Mark Little (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies: History of Art, Design & Film Division - University of Northumbria at Newcastle) Princ. Lect., Head of Media & Communications (Cultural Hist.) [Effects of digital technology on culture]

Maria Loh (Dept. of History of Art - University College, University of London) Lect. in Early Mod. Italian Art [Early modern Italian art & theory; Venice; theories of authorship & desire; repetition & the double in art & film]

Paul Magdalino (School of History - University of St. Andrews) Prof. of Med. Hist. (Byz.) [11th-14th c. Byzantium]

Peter Mandler (Gonville & Caius College - University of Cambridge) Reader in Mod. Hist. (Mod. Hist.) [Modern British history, esp. politics of culture]

Charles A. McKean (Dept. of History - University of Dundee) Prof. of Scot. Architectural Hist. [Scottish architectural & urban history]

John Molyneux (School of Art, Design & Media - University of Portsmouth) Sen. Lect. in Hist. & Theoretical Stud., Sch. of Art [Rembrandt; history of Marxism & Marxist movement]

Hilary Moreton (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies: History of Art, Design & Film Division - University of Northumbria at Newcastle) Sen. Lect. (Design Hist.) [Fashion & feminity]

John C. Morrison (Dept. of History of Art - University of Aberdeen) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art (Mod.) [Scottish cultural identity; Scottish painting; Scottish cultural institutions]

Thomas Munck (Dept. of History - University of Glasgow) Reader in Mod. Hist. (Early Mod. Eur., French Revolution) [Social history of the Enlightenment; 17th-18th c. Denmark]

Stefan Muthesius (School of World Art Studies & Museology - University of East Anglia) Prof. Emeritus [Artistic & social values in design history]

Lynda Nead (Dept. of History of Art - Birkbeck College, University of London) Reader in Hist. of Art [Representations of femininity in mid 19th c. British art]

Mignon Nixon (Dept. of History of Art - Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art [Post-1945 American art; feminism; theory & criticism]

Diana Norman (Dept. of Art History - Open University) Sen. Lect. in Art Hist. [Art, patronage & religion in late medieval Siena]

Veronica Ortenberg (Division of History - University of Northampton) Sen. Lect. in Hist. [Cultures of the post-Roman world in western Europe; Church history; popular religion; art in medieval Europe; medievalism]

Gillian M. Perry (Dept. of Art History - Open University) Lect. in Art Hist.

Linda Polley (Design History Group - University of Teesside) Sen. Lect. in Design Hist. (19th-20th c. Urban, Architecture) [Urban & suburban architectural history 19th-20th c.]

Matthew Reeve (Dept. of History - Goldsmiths' College, University of London) Lect. [Visual culture in later medieval Europe]

Jane Rendell (Bartlett School of Arch. & Planning - University College, University of London) Reader in Archit. & Art [Interdisciplinarity, theory & history; gender & space; art & architecture; relationship between spatial theory & critical practice]

Aileen E. Ribeiro (Dept. of History of Dress - Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) Prof. of Hist. of Art & Head of Hist. of Dress Dept. [Dress in Europe 17th-19th c.; clothing in art; dress & ideology; dress in French Revolution; masquerade costume]

Denis Ribouillault (Dept. of History of Art - Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) Lect. in Hist. of Art [17th c. southern European & colonial art]

Glenn J. Richardson (School of Theology, Philosophy, & History - St. Mary's University College, Twickenham) Sen. Lect., Director of Hist. (16th-17th c. Brit. & Eur. Hist.) [16th c. Anglo-French political & cultural relations]

E. Clare Robertson (Dept. of History of Art - University of Reading) Reader in Hist. of Art [Carracci]

Rose Marie San Juan (Dept. of History of Art - University College, University of London) Reader in Early Mod. Italian Art & Visual Culture [Early modern Italian visual culture (Rome & Naples); urban space & visual technologies (print/film)]

Nigel E. Saul (Dept. of History - Royal Holloway, University of London) Prof. of Med. Hist. (Later Eng. Med.) [The reign of Richard II; the English gentry]

Katie Scott (Dept. of History of Art - Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) Reader in Hist. of Art [City as sign of polite culture in 18th c. France; 17th-18th c. French architecture: decoration]

Brian Scott (Centre for Humanities - University of Wales Institute, Cardiff) Reader (Early & Med. Hist.) [Development of children's thinking in history (ages 5-11)]

Simon Shaw-Miller (Dept. of History of Art - Birkbeck College, University of London) Lect. in Hist. of Art [Interdisciplinary relationships between art & music in 20th c.]

Richard G. Sober (Design History Group - University of Teesside) Lect. in Architectural Hist. [Participatory design; recent urban development]

David H. Solkin (Dept. of History of Art - Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) Prof. in Hist. of Art [Painting in England after the Restoration; Hogarth; manhood in British narrative art]

Paul A.W. Stirton (Dept. of History of Art - University of Glasgow) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art [Patrick Geddes; Burne-Jones; Whistler; Hungarian art & design]

Valerie M. Swales (School of Art, Design & Media - University of Portsmouth) Princ. Lect. in Hist. & Theoretical Stud., Sch. of Art [History of consumption; design & psychoanalysis]

Douglas G. Tallack (School of American & Canadian Studies - University of Nottingham) Prof. of Amer. Stud. (17th-19th c.) [American art & architecture 1870s-1930s]

Anabel Thomas (Dept. of Art History - Open University) Res. Lect. in Hist. of Art [Workshop practice in Renaissance Italy, esp. Neri di Bicci]

Richard I. Thomson (History of Art - University of Edinburgh) Watson Gordon Prof. of Fine Art [19th & early 20th c. visual culture in France]

P. Ellis Tinios (School of History - University of Leeds) Hon. Lect. in Hist. (China, Japan) [Historiography in early imperial China; popular culture in early modern Japan]

Paul Usherwood (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies: History of Art, Design & Film Division - University of Northumbria at Newcastle) Sen. Lect. (Art Hist.) [Northern cultural identity]

Cordula van Wyhe (Dept. of History of Art - University of York) Lect. in Hist. of Art [17th c. northern European Baroque art]

William H.T. Vaughan (Dept. of History of Art - Birkbeck College, University of London) Prof. of Hist. of Art [English & German art 1750-1850; professional artists in Victorian England; computer applications for art history]

Cordelia Warr (Dept. of History of Art - University of Manchester) [Italian art of the 13th-15th c., esp. patronage, clothing & the representation of stigmata]

Geoff A. Watkins (History Subject Group - University of Teesside) Princ. Lect. & Deputy Director of Sch. (19th-20th c. French & German Hist.) [Napoleonic legend; Paul Morand & Vichy France]

Nicholas H. Webb (Dept. of History - Open University) Staff Tutor in Hist. (Med. & Early Mod.) [Renaissance cultural history]

Tom Webster (History - University of Edinburgh) Lect. in Brit. Hist. [17th c. English religious history; early modern ecclesiastical architecture; philosophy of history]

Shearer C. West (School of Historical Studies - University of Birmingham) Prof. of Fine Art. Head of Sch. of Hist. Stud. (20th c. German Art) [18th c. British art]

Christopher A. Whatley (Dept. of History - University of Dundee) Prof. of Scot. Hist. (17th-20th c. Scot. & Brit.) [Scottish economic & social history c.1690-1850; causes & consequences of the Union of 1707; order & disorder; the industrial city, esp. Dundee]

Shelagh Wilson (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies: History of Art, Design & Film Division - University of Northumbria at Newcastle) Lect. (Design Hist.) [Arts congresses; (good) design; taste & culture; craft]

Paul Wood (Dept. of Art History - Open University) Sen. Lect. in Art Hist. [Theory of modern art]

Alison W. Yarrington (Dept. of History of Art - University of Glasgow) Richmond Prof. of Fine Art [Sculpture, c.1750-1914; British art, 18th-19th c.]

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