Staff in the Department of Visual Cultures

Dr Alice Andrews

Alice considers the representations of biology and illness in various visual, literary and scientific narratives.

Dr Jorella Andrews

A trained fine artist, Jorella’s theoretical work focuses on philosophical inquiry, the image-world, and art practice.

Dr. Zach Blas

Zach Blas is an artist and writer spanning moving image, computation, theory, performance, and science fiction.

Dr Dhanveer Singh Brar

Dhanveer is a scholar of Black Studies, as it intersects with Cultural Studies, Sound Studies and Critical Theory.

Dr Bridget Crone

Bridget’s work concerns technologies of/and the body and image in curatorial theory, philosophy, and art practice.

Dr Jenny Doussan

Jenny is interested in the convergence and experience of language and image in art, media and politics.

Elvira Dyangani Ose

As a curator and academic, Elvira studies the relationship between global arts, post-colonial and museum studies.

Kodwo Eshun

Kodwo specialises in art and critical theory, referencing post-war liberation movements and contemporary musicality.

Dr. Janna Graham

Janna is a practice-based researcher, operating between curatorial practice and experimental education and research.

Dr Catherine Grant

Catherine is currently researching the re-enactment of histories of feminism in contemporary art.

Dr S. Ayesha Hameed

Ayesha explores contemporary borders and migration, critical race theory, and visual cultures of the Black Atlantic.

Dr. Adnan Madani

Adnan is interested in philosophies of globalisation, religious/secular life and intercultural encounter.

Dr Jean-Paul Martinon

Jean-Paul teaches curatorial theory and continental philosophy and is currently writing on curating and ethics.

Dr. Sam McAuliffe

Sam’s research is in modern European philosophy and critical theory, with an emphasis on art and aesthetics.

Dr Helge Mooshammer

Helge focusses on the entanglement of artistic and spatial practices across social, political and economic landscapes.

Dr Louis Moreno

Louis explores the spatial relationships and political economic forces that shape forms of everyday life.

Peter Mörtenböck

Peter has research interests in the fields of networked cultures, other markets and worlds of matter.

Dr Stefan Nowotny

A trained philosopher, Stefan focusses on political theory, and the linguistic and social complexities of translation.

Professor Simon O'Sullivan

Simon is a theorist and artist working at the intersection of contemporary art practice, performance and philosophy.

Brendan Prendeville

Brendan’s research interests concern phenomenology, Henri Bergson, and the themes of embodiment and selfhood.

Dr Manuel Ramos-Martinez

Manuel’s work engages with the interrelation between the political and the image/sound pair.

Dr Wood Roberdeau

Wood’s ongoing work concentrates on art theory and practice that addresses ecological and environmental concerns.

Professor Irit Rogoff

Irit champions work from outside of traditional disciplines in the search for new understandings of the present.

Dr Emily Rosamond

Emily’s research explores the implications of financialization and metrification for online identity and selfhood.

Astrid Schmetterling

Astrid focusses on the relationship of culture to memory, between the act of bearing witness and the act of making art.

Dr Susan Schuppli

Susan uses media artefacts in her investigative processes to explore contemporary conflict and state violence.

Dr Lynn Turner

Lynn explores how animal and sexual differences matter in visual and aural culture.

Professor Eyal Weizman

In his research, Eyal forensically examines human rights violations using architectural, visual and aural techniques.

Dr Nicole Wolf

Nicole’s current research interests derive from anthropology, film studies, politics and postcolonial theory.

Dr. Lorenzo Pezzani

Dr Ghalya Saadawi

Dr. Yaiza Hernández Velázquez

Dr. Yaiza Hernández Velázquez’s research focuses on art institutions, cultural policy, archival practices and touris