![]() ![]() ![]() In particular he specialises in the art of the Middle Ages (from roughly the fifth to fifteenth centuries), using artworks as a gateway onto the complex cultures of medieval Europe and the Middle East. He has taught widely on material from the classical world to the present day, as well as issues in museums, galleries, and cultural heritage. Jack’s research, teaching, and curating focus on the history of art and visual culture in the very broadest sense, investigating the relationship between art objects and their makers, audiences, and original contexts. He received his PhD in 2014 from The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, and before starting at UEA in January 2017 held a series of fellowships at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Columbia University in New York, and the Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschite in Berlin. ![]() Jack is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. ![]()
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