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Name Title Email Research
Brockington, Grace Associate Professor in the History of Art

British art, modern art (C19th and C20th), text and image, art and theatre, peace/ war/ internationalism, female artists, environmental humanities
Dent, Peter Senior Lecturer Sculpture; late medieval art; Italy; Dante
Donkin, Lucy Senior lecturer in History and History of Art Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean; material and visual culture; space and place; religion; environment
Gowrley, Freya Senior Lecturer in History of Art and Liberal Arts Visual and material culture from the early modern period to the present; gender and sexuality; domesticity; collage; the body; British art
Hamilton, William Lecturer in History of Art Periodical illustration; art and conflict; cartoons; visual satire; print; nineteenth and twentieth centuries; Britain and Germany
Hunt, Catherine Lecturer Early Modern art, Netherlands, Reformation, art and fashion
Jumabhoy, Zehra Lecturer Modern and Contemporary art, Asian art histories, South Asian visual culture and poltics, British art and Empire, Welsh art, National Identity, Postcolonial Theory, Curating
Kelly, Sophie Lecturer in Visual Arts and Cultural Heritage Medieval art; curating and cultural heritage; material culture studies
Maasri, Zeina Senior Lecturer in History of Art Modern art and design history, Middle East, visual culture and politics, anti-colonialism, global sixties, graphic design and print media, curating and digital humanities
Matchette, Ann Senior Lecturer Visual and material culture of the early modern period; curating and cultural heritage; plant humanities
O'Mahony, Mike Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture Sport and Visual Culture; Russian and Soviet Art
Robles, Elizabeth Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art Modern and Contemporary Art, 'Black Art' and British Art History, visual culture and race, intersectional feminisms, Black Atlanticism
Wates, Matt Teaching Associate Modern and Contemporary Art, Art and Philosophy, Art and Music
Williamson, Beth Professor of Medieval Culture and Chair in the History of Art Medieval religious and devotional practice, especially in relation to visual and aural culture. She concentrates particularly on the forms and functions of religious imagery, the relationships between liturgy, devotion, and visual culture, materials and materiality, and on sensory and bodily experience. 
Name Title Email
Bann, Stephen Emeritus Professor of History of Art
Mowl, Timothy Emeritus Professor Tim.Mowl@bristol.ac.uk
Shaw-Miller, Simon Emeritus Professor