Academic position:ÌýProfessor of Medieval StudiesÌý
Department:ÌýHistory of ArtÌý
Telephone number:Ìý020 3108 4020Ìý
Email:Ìýrobert.mills@ucl.ac.ukÌý
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Website: Professor Robert MillsÌý
Biography
Bob Mills is a specialist in medieval visual cultures and literature, and currentlyÌýcompletingÌýon a project on questions of animality and the nonhuman in medieval art. He’sÌýalso interested in the long afterlife ofÌý‘medieval’ as a category and recently turned his attention to the ways in which modern and contemporary artists have responded to and engaged with theÌýperiod’s art and culture.ÌýBob’s most recent book focused on the British artist DerekÌýJarman,Ìýusing his longstanding engagements withÌýtheÌýmedievalÌýpastÌýto open a window ontoÌýtopics such asÌýtemporalities,ÌýqueerÌýecologies, andÌýideas of apocalypse,ÌýenvironmentalÌýcatastropheÌýand ruin.
Research Projects
Contributing researcher,Ìý, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Grant Museum, March to June 2015.Ìý
Ìý(Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2018).Ìý
Animals and the Politics of Life in Medieval ArtÌý(book manuscript in progress)
Teaching:
MA Special Subject: HART0137 Human and Nonhuman in Medieval Art (NB not being offered in 2020/21)