Over 30 full-time staff work in the Centre for Medieval Studies.
Find contact details and explore who does what.
Our people
Professor Michelle Alexander
Professor
- michelle.alexander@york.ac.uk
- ENV/232
Research interests:
- Bioarchaeology (research group)
- Stable isotope analysis
- Human and animal subsistence
- Multi-faith societies and sociocultural change
- African archaeology (research group)
- Roman, medieval and historical (research group)
Dr Steve Ashby
Reader
- steve.ashby@york.ac.uk
- H/108
Research interests:
- Artefact studies
- Medieval material culture
- Viking Age
- Long-range trade
- Craft and industry
- Fieldwork (research group)
- Experimental archaeology and artefact studies (research group)
- Roman, medieval and historical (research group)
- sarah.brown@york.ac.uk
- K/G74
Research interests:
- Stained glass
- Medieval and medievalism
- Conservation history and practice
Research interests:
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
- Translation
Research interests:
Economic history; medieval Central Asia; Imperial China; history of the Silk Roads
Professor Kate Giles
Professor
Research interests:
- Buildings history
- Churches; medieval
- Conservation
- Buildings conservation and heritage (research group)
- Digital archaeology (research group)
- Experimental archaeology and artefact studies (research group)
- Roman, medieval and historical (research group)
Professor Dawn Hadley
Chair in Medieval Archaeology
- dawn.hadley@york.ac.uk
- H/111
Research interests:
- Viking Great Army
- Archaeology and heritage
- Medieval castle studies
- Digital technologies
- Archaeology of childhood
- Digital archaeology (research group)
- Fieldwork (research group)
- Experimental archaeology and artefact studies (research group)
- Roman, medieval and historical (research group)
- eliza.hartrich@york.ac.uk
- V/A/223
Owen Hulatt
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Aesthetics (Analytic and non-Analytic)
- History of Philosophy
- Maimonides
- Spinoza
- Adorno
Dr Shazia Jagot
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Global and Postcolonial
- Medieval
- Translation
- Visual and Material Culture
Dr Holly James-Maddocks
Senior Lecturer
Director of Medieval Research School
Convenor, MA in Medieval LIteratures & Languages
Research interests:
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
Dr Elaine Jamieson
Associate Lecturer in Landscape Archaeology
Research interests:
- Landscape archaeology
- Medieval archaeology
- Castle landscapes
- Archaeological fieldwork
- Roman, medieval and historical (research group)
- Fieldwork (research group)
Research interests:
- Arabic language and literature studies
- Quranic studies
- Comparative literature
- Translation
Nicola Long
Student Services Manager
Secretary to the Board of Studies
- nicola.long@york.ac.uk
- V/N/218
Research interests:
- Medieval
- Poetry and Poetics
Dr Aleksandra McClain
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Medieval archaeology
- Parish churches
- Funerary commemoration
- The Norman Conquest
- Lordship and landscape
- Experimental archaeology and artefact studies (research group)
- Roman, medieval and historical (research group)
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 Nicola McDonald
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
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)
Dr Gareth Perry
Technical Specialist in Artefact Studies & Associate Lecturer Archaeology (T&S)
- gareth.perry@york.ac.uk
- K/G63
Research interests:
- Archaeological materials
- Ceramics
- Pottery
- Early medieval archaeology
- Experimental archaeology
- Roman, medieval and historical (research group)
Professor Julian Richards
Professor
Research interests:
- Anglo-Saxon and Viking archaeology
- Mortuary behaviour
- Settlement evolution
- Digital archaeology (research group)
- Data preservation
- Fieldwork (research group)
- Experimental archaeology and artefact studies (research group)
- Roman, medieval and historical (research group)
Dr Jessica Richardson
International Officer
- j.richardson@york.ac.uk
- V/N/234
Research interests:
- Medieval, Renaissance, Early Modern
- Arts of Italy, 1200–1550
- Materiality and the agency of matter
- Magic and miracles
- The performance of script
Research interests:
- History of English
- Placenames
Dr Lucy Sackville
Senior Lecturer in Medieval History
Undergraduate Examinations Officer
Disciplines: Medieval history
- lucy.sackville@york.ac.uk
- V/A/211
Research interests:
Europe
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
- craig.taylor@york.ac.uk
- H/105
Research interests:
French and English cultural history; political history; gender; chivalry and aristocracies
- elizabeth.tyler@york.ac.uk
- D/J/100
Research interests:
- Medieval
- Poetry and Poetics
- Histories of the Book
- Translation
- Global and Imperial
- Gender and Women’s Studies
Dr Pragya Vohra
Lecturer in Medieval History
PGT Chair (inc. Postgraduate Assessment Officer)
Disciplines: Medieval history
- pragya.vohra@york.ac.uk
- H/110
Research interests:
Britain and Ireland, Europe
- hanna.vorholt@york.ac.uk
- V/C/218
Research interests:
- Histories of the book
- Manuscripts
- Medieval
- Art and science
- Environmental humanities
Research interests:
Britain and Ireland
Professor Stephanie Wynne-Jones
Head of Department
Research interests:
- Africanist Archaeology
- Urbanism
- Material culture
- Community archaeology
- East African heritage
- African archaeology (research group)
- Fieldwork (research group)
- Experimental archaeology and artefact studies (research group)
- Roman, medieval and historical (research group)
Laura Yeoman
Access and Digital Engagement Archivist, The Borthwick Institute for Archives