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Professor
Strand, Somerset House
WC2R 0RN London
United Kingdom
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Alixe Bovey is a specialist in the art and culture of the later Middle Ages, with particular interests in illuminated manuscripts, pictorial narrative, and the relationship between myth and material culture across historical periods and geographical boundaries. She is Dean & Deputy Director of The Courtauld, and Head of Research; she is also a member of its History of Art Department.
Alixe’s undergraduate degree in History and Medieval Studies at the University of Victoria (1995) led to an MA (1996) and PhD at The Courtauld Institute of Art (2000). She spent four years as a curator of manuscripts at the British Library (2000-2004) before moving to the School of History and the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent (2004-2014). She joined The Courtauld as Head of Research in 2015.
Alixe’s current research project, entitled ‘Giants and the City: Mythic History as Material Cultural in London from the Middle Ages to 21st Century’, explores the history of two giants, usually known as Gogmagog and Corineus, from their invention by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the mid-12th century to the present, focusing especially on their material presence in the pageantry, legends, and identity of the City of London. This project is supported by a British Academy mid-career fellowship.
2015
2013
2008-12
2010-13
2007
2003
2003
1996-1999
TV & DVD
'Didactic Distractions Framing the Law: The Smithfield Decretals (London, BL Royal MS 10.E.iv)', The Courtauld Institute of Art
1996 → 2000
Award Date: Aug 23 2016
'Bound to be Together: The Two Manuscripts of British Library MS Arundel 83', The Courtauld Institute of Art
1995 → 1996
University of Victoria
… → 1995
Paul Mellon Centre
2013 → 2018
St Gabriel's College, Borough of Lambeth
2012 → 2016
British Archaeological Association
2011 → 2015
University of York
2008 → 2012
British Archaeological Association
2007 → 2010
Christie's Education
2006 → …
University of Kent
2005 → 2014
British Library
2000 → 2004
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