Department of History of Art and Archaeology
& School of Arts
Dr Natasha Morris
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Key information
Key information
- Roles
- Department of History of Art and Archaeology Lecturer in Islamic Arts SOAS Middle East Institute Member
- Qualifications
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BA History of Art – Courtauld Institute of Art (2010-2013)
MA History of Art – Courtauld Institute of Art (2013-2014) | Special Option: Persianate Painting – From the Mongols to the Safavids (14th – 17th Centuries) Iran Heritage Foundation Research Assistant and Courtauld Scholar (2013-2014)
PhD History of Art – Courtauld Institute of Art (2015 – 2020) | Funded by AHRC/CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership - Email address
- nm89@soas.ac.uk
- Support hours
- By email appointment
Biography
Dr Natasha Morris BA, MA, PhD (Courtauld, University of London) is Lecturer in Islamic Arts and a convenor of the Islamic Art module of the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at SOAS.
She is also an associate lecturer in the arts of Iran and Islam at the Courtauld Institute. She was previously Myojin-Nadar Project Curator Middle East Art at the British Museum, and co-authored Reflections: art of the Middle East and North Africa (British Museum, 2020) and Honar: The Afkhami Collection of Modern and Contemporary Iranian Art (Phaidon, 2017).
She has written extensively on the art of the Middle East for publications including The Oxford Art Journal, The Art Bulletin, Time Out, and The Guardian as well as authoring several exhibition catalogues.
Key publications
- V. Porter, C. Tripp and N. Morris, Reflections: Contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa (British Museum Company, 2020)
- S Babaie, V, Porter, N. Morris, Honar: The Afkhami Collection of Modern and Contemporary Iranian Art (Phaidon, 2017
Research interests
- Gender and Sexuality
- Masculinity
- Iran
- The Male Body
- 19th Century
- Material Culture
- Modern and Contemporary Art from the MENA region
- Display practices, curation, and exhibitonary contexts
