Jane Hawkes Explained

Jane Hawkes
Alma Mater:Newcastle University
Thesis Year:1989
Thesis Title:The non-crucifixion iconography of the pre-Viking sculpture in the north of England :carvings at Hovingham, Masham, Rothbury, Sandbach and Wirksworth
Thesis Url:http://hdl.handle.net/10443/379
Discipline:Archaeology
Art History
Sub Discipline:Anglo-Saxon Sculpture
Workplaces:University of York

Jane Hawkes 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]

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. 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]

Notes and References

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