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James Ackerman Slade Professor from 1969-70, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University
Lisa Arnold Postgraduate Administrator la449@cam.ac.uk 01223 332643
Victoria Avery Director of Studies at St Catherine’s College, Keeper of Applied Arts, Fitzwilliam Museum
Alan Baldwin Chief Custodian ab430@cam.ac.uk 07917 535716
Stephen Bann  Slade Professor 2017/18, Emeritus Professor of History of Art, Bristol University     
Tim Barringer Slade Professor from 2009-10, Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art, Yale University
Jessica Berenbeim University Lecturer, Faculty of English, Fellow, Jesus College
Barry Bergdoll Slade Professor from 2010-11, Professor of Architectural History, Columbia University
Jan Bialostocki Slade Professor from 1984-85, Professor of Renaissance Art, University of Warsaw and Curator at the National Museum, Warsaw
Paul Binski Emeritus Professor of the History of Medieval Art, Fellow of Gonville and Caius College pb214@cam.ac.uk 01223 332975
Rosalind Blakesley Professor of Russian and European Art (currently on secondment), Fellow of Pembroke College, Director of Studies in History of Art, Pembroke and St Catharine's Colleges rpg27@cam.ac.uk 01223 339566
Albert Blankert Slade Professor from 1999-2000, Art Historian, The Hague, The Netherlands
Anthony Blunt Slade Professor from 1965-66, Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Jean Bony Slade Professor from 1958-61
John Bowlt Slade Professor from 2015-16, Professor at the University of Southern California, Director of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture at the University of Southern California
Anita Brookner Slade Professor from 1967-68, Lecturer (later Reader), Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Patricia Brown Slade Professor from 2000-01, Professor of Art History, Princeton University
Tracey Brown Postgraduate Course Coordinator postgraduate.admin@aha.cam.ac.uk 01223 332959
Rupert Bruce-Mitford Slade Professor from 1978-79, Former Research Keeper, The British Museum, London
Tilmann Buddensieg Slade Professor from 1973-74, Professor of Art History, Free University of Berlin
Anya Burgon Affiliated Lecturer and Bye-Fellow in History of Art at Lucy Cavendish
Howard Burns Slade Professor from 1977-78, Lecturer, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Marta Cacho Casal Affiliated Lecturer in the History of Art mpc62@cam.ac.uk
Frances Cater Deputy Faculty Manager: Postgraduate and Research faculty-hr@aha.cam.ac.uk 01223 760122
Ian Christie Slade Professor from 2005-06, Anniversary Professor of Film and Media History, Birkbeck College, University of London
Alan Clutton-Brock Slade Professor from 1955-58
Marie Collier mahc3@cam.ac.uk
Sidney Colvin
Sidney Colvin Slade Professor from 1873-95, First Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1874-84
William Constable Slade Professor from 1935-37, Director of the Courtauld Institute, Curator of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Martin Conway (Lord Conway of Allington) Slade Professor from 1901-4
Rachel Coombes The Graham Robertson Research Fellow at Downing College, Director of Studies at Downing College rc968@cam.ac.uk
Donal Cooper Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Art (on Research leave until Michalemas Term 2025), Fellow of Jesus College, Director of Studies at Jesus College dac66@cam.ac.uk
Richard Cork Slade Professor from 1989-90, Critic and Art Historian
Elizabeth Cropper Slade Professor from 1992-93, Professor of Art History, The Johns Hopkins University
Paul Crossley Slade Professor from 2011-12, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
William Curtis Slade Professor from 2003-04, Architectural Historian, France
Justin Davies Knowledge Exchange Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer, Visiting Fellow, Rubenianum/Rubenshuis, Antwerp, Fellow-Commoner, Trinity Hall jd2076@cam.ac.uk
Charlotte Davis Research Associate cgd31@cam.ac.uk
Elizabeth Deans Assistant Director at the Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture, Research Associate ed605@cam.ac.uk
Otto Demus Slade Professor from 1968-69, Professor of Art History, University of Vienna
Alexandra du Plessis Affiliated Lecturer alg82@cam.ac.uk
Hajni Elias Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Lindsay Errington Slade Professor from 1988-89, Assistant Keeper, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Kareem Estefan *on research leave for Michaelmas Term 2025., Assistant Professor of Film and Screen Studies, Fellow and Director of Studies in History of Art at Christ’s College ke335@cam.ac.uk
Christina Faraday Affiliated Lecturer in History of Art, Director of Studies at Sidney Sussex, Lucy Cavendish and Pembroke Colleges cjf53@cam.ac.uk
Jerome Feldman Slade Professor from 2004-05, Professor of Art History and Art, Hawaii Pacific University
Peyvand Firouzeh Assistant Professor of Islamic Art pf282@cam.ac.uk
David Freedberg Slade Professor from 2016-17, Pierre Matisse Professor of the History of Art and Director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, Director of the Warburg Institute
Roger Fry Slade Professor from 1933-34
Anna Gannon Affiliated Lecturer, History of Art Department, University of Cambridge (since 2006), Fellow of St Edmund's College, Director of Studies in History of Art for St Edmund's College ag335@cam.ac.uk
Elisabetta Garletti Affiliated Lecturer esg36@cam.ac.uk
John Golding Slade Professor from 1976-77, Lecturer (later Reader), Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Ernst Gombrich Slade Professor from 1962-63, Professor of the History of the Classical Tradition, Warburg Institute, University of London
Marisa Grove Outreach and Communications Coordinator mlr33@cam.ac.uk 01223 332957
Dr Guillermet College Teaching Officer, King's College agg28@cam.ac.uk
George Hamilton Slade Professor from 1971-72, Director of the Sterling and Francine Clarke Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.
Lydia Hamlett Teaching Professor of Early Modern Visual Culture, PACE, University of Cambridge, Fellow and Director of Studies in History of Art, Murray Edwards College
Robert Harrist Slade Professor from 2006-07, Jane and Leopold Swergold Professor of Chinese Art History, Columbia University
T.A (Sandy) Heslop Slade Professor from 1997-98, Lecturer (later Professor) of the History of Art, University of East Anglia
Robert Hillenbrand Slade Professor from 2008-09, Emeritus Professor of Islamic Art, University of Edinburgh
Deborah Howard Professor Emerita of Architectural History (No longer accepting new graduate students from September 2017), Fellow of St John's College djh1000@cam.ac.uk 01223 339360
Krisztina Ilko Junior Research Fellow at Queens’ College, Director of Studies in History of Art at Homerton College and Queens’ College ki259@cam.ac.uk
Paul Joannides Emeritus Professor of Art History pej1000@cam.ac.uk 01223 332972
Martin Kemp Slade Professor from 1987-88, Professor of Fine Arts, University of St Andrews
Alina Khakoo Affiliated Lecturer
Ernst Kitzinger Slade Professor from 1974-75, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University
Joseph Koerner Slade Professor from 2002-03, Professor of History of Art, University College, London
Zara Kückelhaus Business and Operations Manager Faculty.manager@aha.cam.ac.uk 01223 (3)32593
Lothar Ledderose Slade Professor from 1991-92
Michael Levey Slade Professor from 1963-64, Deputy Keeper (subsequently Director), The National Gallery, London
Neil Levine Slade Professor from 1994-95, Emmet Blakeney Gleason Professor of the History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
James Lin Senior Assistant Keeper of Applied Arts, Fitzwilliam Museum
Verity Mackenzie Affiliated Lecturer vam31@cam.ac.uk
Alyce Mahon Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art (on sabbatical until October 2026), Fellow in History of Art, Trinity College, Director of Studies at Trinity College (on leave until Michaelmas 2026) am414@cam.ac.uk 01223 332980 (dept.) or 765132 (Trinity office)
Chish Malata Chief Secretary for History of Art hoart-secretary@aha.cam.ac.uk Tel: 44(0)1223332975
Jessica Maratsos Director of Studies in the History of Art at Corpus Christi and Jesus Colleges jam77@cam.ac.uk
Alexander Marr Head of Department, Professor of Renaissance and Early Modern Art (*not currently accepting PhD students), Fellow and Dean of Discipline of Trinity Hall, Director of Studies at Gonville & Caius College ajm300@cam.ac.uk
Jean Michel Massing Emeritus Professor of Art History, Fellow of King's College jmm1001@cam.ac.uk 01223 332978
Neil Mayo Chief Accounts Clerk finance@aha.cam.ac.uk 01223 332952
Adam Menuge Course Director for MSt in Building History am2075@cam.ac.uk 01223 360115
Mary-Ann Middelkoop Affiliated Lecturer in History of Art, Teaching Associate maem2@cam.ac.uk
John Middleton Slade Professor from 1886 -1895, Archaeologist and Director of the Fitzwilliam and Victoria and Albert Museums
Mary Miller Slade Professor from 2014-15, Dean of Yale College from 2008 - 2014, Sterling Professor of History of Art, Yale
Henning Mirbach Assistant Professor of Early Modern Chinese Art hv297@cam.ac.uk
Jennifer Montagu Slade Professor from 1980-81, Curator of the Photographic Collection, Warburg Institute, University of London
Nigel Morgan Emeritus Honorary Professor of the History of Art njm40@cam.ac.uk 01223 276164
Jane Muir Programme Coordinator (Undergraduate) jcm85@cam.ac.uk 01223 (7)60113
John Munns Fellow of Magdalene College (on research leave 2024-25), Director of Studies at Magdalene and Robinson colleges jmm89@cam.ac.uk 01223 764507
Andrew Nairne Director of Kettle’s Yard, Fellow of Clare Hall
Yelda Nasifoglu Post-doctoral Research Associate, Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture yn307@cam.ac.uk
Gülru Necipoğlu Slade Professor from 2012-13, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Director of the Aga Khan Program of Islamic Architecture at Harvard University
Saul Nelson Teaching Associate in Twentieth-Century Art sfn23@cam.ac.uk
Carl Nordenfalk Slade Professor from 1972-73, Former Director of the National Museum, Stockholm and Guest Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Iheanyi Onwuegbucha Assistant Professor of African and Caribbean Modern and Contemporary Art ico21@cam.ac.uk
Ane Cornelia Pade Affiliated Lecturer acp79@cam.ac.uk
Xin Peng Assistant Professor in Film and Screen Studies (on research leave Michaelmas Term 2024) xp226@cam.ac.uk
Vivien Perutz Visiting Lecturer vap22@cam.ac.uk
Nikolaus Pevsner Slade Professor from 1949-55
Barry Phipps Fellow and Curator of the Collections, Churchill College, Director of Studies in the History of Art at Churchill, Hughes Hall, Fitzwilliam and Selwyn Colleges
Sophie Pickford Affiliated Lecturer in History of Art, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Associate Teaching Professor, CCTL, Fellow & Tutor, King's College College, College Lecturer & Director of Studies in History of Art, Magdalene College, Director of Studies in History of Art, Trinity College seop3@cam.ac.uk
Griselda Pollock Slade Professor from 2007-08, Professor of Social and Critical Histories of Art, University of Leeds
John Pope-Hennessy Slade Professor from 1964-65, Keeper of Sculpture (subsequently Director), Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Edward Prior Slade Professor from 1912-1932
Jessica Rawson
Receptionist Faculty Receptionist/ Clerical Assistant Reception@aha.cam.ac.uk 01223 332950
Theodore Reff Slade Professor from 1982-83, Professor of Art History, Columbia University
Pierre Rosenberg Slade Professor from 1986-87, Chief Curator of Paintings (later Director), Musée du Louvre, Paris
Joseph Rykwert Slade Professor from 1979-80, Professor of Art, University of Essex
Frank Salmon Professor of the History of Classical Architecture, Director of Postgraduate Education (2025-26), Fellow of St John's College (President 2015-19), Director of Studies for St John's and Downing Colleges, Director of the Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture (csca.aha.cam.ac.uk) fes11@cam.ac.uk 01223 339366
Gerhard Schmidt Slade Professor from 1981-82, Professor of the History of Art, University of Vienna
Laura Slater Associate Professor in the History of Medieval Art and Architecture, Deputy Head of Department, Director of MPhil Studies, Fellow of Peterhouse, Director of Studies in History of Art, Peterhouse lss33@cam.ac.uk 01223 746486
Teresa Soley Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Director of Studies, Christ’s College and Newnham College, Bye-Fellow of Christ’s College ts992@cam.ac.uk
Frances Spalding Fellow of Clare Hall, Affiliated Lecturer fs454@cam.ac.uk
Virginia Spate Slade Professor from 1998-99, Power Professor of Fine Art, University of Sydney
Lucian Stephenson Course Technical Administrator lms56@cam.ac.uk
Michael Sullivan Slade Professor from 1983-84, Christensen Professor of Oriental Art, Stanford University; Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Oxford
John Summerson Slade Professor from 1966-67, Curator of Sir John Soane’s Museum, London
Lucia Tantardini Fellow, Praelector and Graduate Tutor, Clare Hall, Affiliated Lecturer in History of Art, Director of Studies, Clare College and Trinity Hall, Syndic of the Senate House, University of Cambridge lt303@cam.ac.uk
Amy Tobin Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art [On sabbatical leave 2025/26], Curator, Contemporary Programmes, Kettle’s Yard, Fellow of Newnham College, Director of Studies in History of Art at Newnham College [On sabbatical leave 2025/26] ajt207@cam.ac.uk 01223 330462
Rebecca Tropp Affiliated Lecturer rkct3@cam.ac.uk
Clive Tubb Departmental Safety Officer (DSO) cct38@cam.ac.uk
Deniz Turker CIS Research and Outreach Associate, Affiliated Lecturer, Department of History of Art & Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Pembroke College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RF dt459@cam.ac.uk
Caroline van Eck Professor of Art History, Fellow of King's College, Director of Studies at King's College cav35@cam.ac.uk 01223 332978
William Vaughan Slade Professor from 1990-91, Professor of History of Art, Birkbeck College, University of London
Ralph Wade Affiliated Lecturer in the History of Art rscw3@cam.ac.uk
Charles Waldstein (later Walston) Slade Professor from 1895-1901 and 1904-11, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1884-89
Matthew Walker Assistant Professor in British Architecture , Director of Undergraduate Teaching , Undergraduate Admissions Convenor, Bye-Fellow of Emmanuel College mfw34@cam.ac.uk
Henrietta Ward Assistant Keeper, Fitzwilliam Museum hew47@cam.ac.uk
William Watson Slade Professor from 1975-76, Professor and Head of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, University of London
Geoffrey Webb Slade Professor from 1938–1941 and from 1946–1949
Liz Webb Faculty Manager's Assistant ew509@cam.ac.uk 01223 332966
David Wilson Slade Professor from 1985-86, Director of the British Museum, London
Irene Winter Slade Professor from 1996-97, Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University
Rudolf Wittkower Slade Professor from 1970-71, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, Columbia University
Lucy Wrapson Conservator and Research Associate, Hamilton Kerr Institute
Matthew Wyatt Slade Professor from 1869-73
Tatiana Zhimbiev Architecture Librarian tz212@cam.ac.uk 01223 332953/332967

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