Reader in the History of South Asian Art & Archaeology Dr Crispin Branfoot Architecture, sculpture and painting in South Asia, especially in southern India; pilgrimage, sacred geography; material religion; histories of archaeology, conservation and collecting.
Professor of the History of Islamic Art Professor Anna Contadini Arab and early Persian painting and the arts of the Islamic book in general, including the production of manuscripts of the Qur'an; art and material culture of the Islamic world; Fatimid art and architecture; the arts of Islamic Spain; artistic contacts between the Islamic World and Europe; aspects of contemporary Islamic art.
Professor of Film and Screen Studies Professor Lindiwe Dovey Decolonial feminist approaches to filmmaking, film cultures and screen media industries globally; practice/artistic research through film; feminist and ethical leadership in the arts and academia; digital transformations in screen media production, distribution, exhibition, curation, and spectatorship; film festivals and film curating
Professor of Music Professor Lucy Durán Music in the Mande world; Music of Mali, Guinea, Guinea Bissau; gender and music in West Africa; popular musics of Atlantic Africa; childhood music learning in West Africa; Cuban music, especially son and rumba; radio as a medium; and the world music industry.
Professor of Archaeology Professor Graeme Earl Archaeological Computing; Digital Humanities; Human Computer Interaction
Lecturer in Creative Digital Media Mr Marcus Gilroy-Ware Attention economy, misinformation, platforms, digital imperialism, propaganda, surveillance capitalism, political culture, identity, representation.
Professor of Ethnomusicology Professor Rachel Harris Ethnomusicology; musics of China and Central Asia, especially Uyghur; Silk Road narratives; cultural and heritage policy, Islamic soundscapes; gender; minority rights and identity politics
Reader in the History of Korean Art Dr Charlotte Horlyck Visual and material culture of the Korean peninsula; Pre-modern Korean burial practices, particularly of the Koryŏ period (AD918-1392); Arts of the Koryŏ period, especially bronze mirrors and ceramics; 20th century collecting of Korean artefacts; Heritage and museum practices; Gender and material culture.
Lecturer in Contemporary Art Dr Richard Hylton Researching various aspects of contemporary art practice and display within the international arena including Diasporic art, African American art in the international arena, Black British artists, politics of curating, the role of art criticism, the relationships between contemporary art, ethnography, and the western museum.
Professor of Ethnomusicology Professor Angela Impey Music of southern Africa and the African Horn (Sudan); advocacy ethnomusicology; sound/music, memory and place; forced migration, cultural mapping and borderland identities; human rights and development
Lecturer in Musicology of the Middle East Dr Saeid Kordmafi Music of the Islamic Middle East and Central Asia; Persian art music; classical music of the Arab Mashriq; music analysis; rhythm and temporality; performance studies and practice-based research; historical ethnomusicology; music revival.
David L. Snellgrove Senior Lecturer in Tibetan and Buddhist Art Dr Christian Luczanits Premodern Indian and Tibetan Buddhist art and its context
Percival David Professor of the History of Art Professor Shane McCausland Pictorial arts of China - especially painting and calligraphy; arts of the Mongol world; East Asian narrative art; canons, collecting and connoisseurship; Chinese art and modernity
Director of the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art & Senior Lecturer in Arts Education Dr Malcolm McNeill Object based learning; museology; curation and display; the art market; Chinese visual and material culture; Buddhist visual and material culture
Senior Lecturer in Global Creative and Cultural Industries Dr Caspar Melville Specialist interest in popular music, the music industry, music of the Black Atlantic, Afro-diasporic music scenes and London music scenes.
Pratapaditya Pal Senior Lecturer in Curating and Museology of Asian Art Dr Stephen A Murphy Curating, museology, and history of collections, especially in Southeast Asia and Asia more generally; debates surrounding the decolonising of museums. Buddhist and Hindu art and archaeology of Southeast Asia, especially Thailand and Laos. Indian Ocean World maritime networks and shipwrecks.
Senior Lecturer in the History of Architecture & Archaeology of the Islamic Middle East Dr Simon O'Meara Islamic architecture and urbanism; sociological dimensions of the art and architecture of North Africa, especially Morocco; architectural and visual theory; Islamic studies.
Professor of the History of Chinese Ceramics Professor Stacey Pierson History and production of Chinese ceramics; history and theory of collecting and display
Nasser D Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology Professor Scott Redford Islamic art, archaeology, and architecture of the medieval (11th-14th) period in the central and eastern Islamic lands.
Lecturer in the Art History of Africa Dr Polly Savage History of African Art; Modern and contemporary art and curating in Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean, with particular focus on Haiti and Lusophone Africa; art and the Cold War in Africa; art education and cultural policy; post-colonial theory and trans-national exhibition practice.
Hiram W. Woodward Chair in Southeast Asian Art Professor Ashley Thompson Southeast Asian arts, aesthetics, literatures and cultural histories, with a focus on Cambodia, from the Angkorian to the post-Angkorian to the contemporary; Theravadin Buddhist arts, literatures and ritual; cultural heritage; sexual difference; deconstruction; memory and textuality.
Professor of Curating and Museology Professor Louise Tythacott Chinese and Buddhist art in museums; history of Yuanmingyuan (or ‘Summer Palace’) collections; museology; colonialism and material culture; post-colonial critiques of museum representations; history and theory of collecting; art and anthropology.
Joe Loss Reader in Jewish Music Dr Ilana Webster-Kogen Ethiopian music; music and religion in north Africa; Biblical cantillation; ritual and gender; Diaspora.
Senior Lecturer in Music and South Asian Studies Dr Richard Williams Music of South Asia; Hindustani classical music; historical ethnomusicology; cultural history; historical musicology and musical aesthetics; lyric, song, and musical literature; music and gender; music and religion; history of emotions
Lecturer in the Arts and Visual Cultures of Modern China Dr Panpan Yang Arts and visual cultures of China and the Sinophone world; cinematic arts; animation and digital media; art theory; medium and materiality; cultural flows.
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Diana Felix da Costa South Sudan and East Africa; Murle cultural heritage; youth visual, musical and performative culture; body art, scarification and identity; ethnic identity politics; conflict, politics of humanitarian aid and development.
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