We have a wide range of people affiliated with the Department of History of Art.
Find contact details and explore who does what.
Our people
Dr Bethan Bide
Employability and Careers Officer
Exceptional Circumstances Officer
Disability Officer
- bethan.bide@york.ac.uk
- V/N/124
Dr Ana Bilbao Yarto
Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art
- ana.bilbao@york.ac.uk
- V/C/219
Research interests:
- Modern and Contemporary Art from the Global South
- Curating and Exhibition Histories
- Art, Human Rights and Environmental Justice (extractivism, fair energy transitions)
- Arts-Based Methods and Pedagogies
Dr James Boaden
Research Programmes Director
- james.boaden@york.ac.uk
- V/N/132
Research interests:
- Modern and contemporary
- Photography and film
- Gender and sexuality
- American art
- sarah.brown@york.ac.uk
- K/G74
Research interests:
- Stained glass
- Medieval and medievalism
- Conservation history and practice
- jason.edwards@york.ac.uk
- V/N/232
Research interests:
- The visual and material culture of South Asia, 1526-1947
- Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh court painting
- Long-Nineteenth-Century photography in Asia
- Queer theory, especially Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
- Imperial scupltural pantheons at St Paul's Cathedral and York Minster
Jake Jarvis
Administration Coordinator
Dr Richard Johns
Senior Lecturer
Deputy Head of Department
Athena Swan/Equal Opportunities Officer
Impact Officer
Research interests:
- British art 1650-1850
- Modern British art
- JMW Turner
- Ceramics
Research interests:
- Modern and contemporary
- Gender and feminism
- Ecology and the environment
- Modern Italian Art
Nicola Long
Student Services Manager
Secretary to the Board of Studies
- nicola.long@york.ac.uk
- V/N/218
Dr Richard McClary
Chair of the Departmental Research Committee
Research interests:
- Islamic art market (1850-2024)
- Islamic ceramics - Iran & Central Asia
- Medieval Islamic architecture
- Stucco in the Islamic world
- Looting, faking and forgeries
Dr Jeremy Melius
Lecturer
- jeremy.melius@york.ac.uk
- V/N/125
Research interests:
- Modern British art
- Modern art
- Art writing
- Historiography and theory
- Gender and sexuality
Professor Jeanne Nuechterlein
Professor
- jeanne.nuechterlein@york.ac.uk
- V/N/240
Research interests:
- Religion
- Materials
- Scientific imagery
- Late Medieval/Renaissance/Early Modern
- Northern Europe (Germany and low countries)
- liz.prettejohn@york.ac.uk
- V/N/233
Research interests:
- Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian art
- Receptions of Ancient and Renaissance art
- Aesthetics and art criticism
Dr Jessica Richardson
International Officer
Research interests:
- Medieval, Renaissance, Early Modern
- Arts of Italy, 1200–1550
- Materiality and the agency of matter
- Magic and miracles
- The performance of script
Dr Erhan Tamur
Lecturer
Research interests:
- Ancient Western Asian art
- Museum studies
- Art Historical and Archaeological theory
- Politics of archaeology
- Theory and practice of decolonisation
Professor Cordula van Wyhe
Professor of Art History, Director of York Art History Collaborations (YAHCs).
Research interests:
- Dress and fashion history and theory
- Rubens
- Seventeenth-century Low Countries
- Material culture
- Habsburg court culture
Research interests:
- Histories of the book
- Manuscripts
- Medieval
- Art and science
- Environmental humanities
Professor Michael White
Head of Department
- histart-hod@york.ac.uk
- V/N/239
Research interests:
- Modern and contemporary art
- Critical theories of the avant-garde
- Art Law