Jane Hawkes

Jane Hawkes FSA is a British art historian. She is a Professor of History of Art at the University of York specialising in the art and sculpture of the Anglo-Saxon period.[1]

Jane Hawkes

FSA
Academic background
Alma materNewcastle University
ThesisThe non-crucifixion iconography of the pre-Viking sculpture in the north of England :carvings at Hovingham, Masham, Rothbury, Sandbach and Wirksworth (1989)
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Art History
Sub-disciplineAnglo-Saxon Sculpture
InstitutionsUniversity of York

Career

Hawkes completed her PhD funded by a British Academy scholarship on the "Iconography of Anglo-Saxon sculpture of the pre-Viking period in the North of England". She subsequently worked on a 2-year post-Doctoral fellowship at the University of Newcastle. She has taught at the Universities of Newcastle, Edinburgh, and the National University of Ireland at University College Cork.[1] She is one of the co-investigators of the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture project.[2]

She was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in December 2017.[3]

In April 2018, Hawkes delivered The Jennifer O'Reilly Memorial Lecture at the University of Cork.[4]

References
  1. "Professor Jane Hawkes". University of York. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. "The Corpus Team". Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. "Fellows Directory: Dr J Hawkes". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. Hawkes, J. "Venerating the Cross around the year 800 in Anglo-Saxon England (The Jennifer O'Reilly Memorial Lecture University College Cork, 25 April 2018)" (PDF). University College Cork. Retrieved 27 September 2019.


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