Jane Garnett

My research is on intellectual, cultural and religious history, predominantly since the nineteenth century, including the study of gender and visual culture over wider periods.  The common thread has been a concern with the historical understanding of beliefs and values.  I have written on debates about economic ethics, on the history of economic thought, on Christian moral and social philosophy, and on the relationship between art and social criticism. I was Consultant Editor for Women on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (1994-2004), as well as acting as Associate Editor for Victorian Women Philanthropists.  In 2013 I published a co-authored book (with Gervase Rosser) on cults of miracle-working images in Italy since the Renaissance, which was joint winner of the 2014 ACE/Mercers Book Award.   I have recently been part of a major collaborative and interdisciplinary Leverhulme-funded project (2011-2015) on the impact of diasporas, within which my focus has been on Jewish, Christian and Muslim cultures in East London since 1880. I teach British and some European and world history and historiography from the eighteenth century onwards.  I have both taught courses and supervised a wide range of research at post-graduate level in the Faculties of History (including History of Art) and Theology, and also for the interdisciplinary MSt in Women’s Studies.