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Dr
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.
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.
As The Courtauld’s Head of Research, Alixe is a member of the senior management team, and has special responsibility for The Courtauld’s research strategy, and for the activities of the Research Forum. She is also involved in the activities of the CHASE consortium as a member of its Training and Development Group, and as founder of Material Witness, a training programme for humanities research students who are engaged with the interpretation of physical objects.
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
The Courtauld Institute of Art
1996 → 2000
Award Date: Aug 23 2016
The Courtauld Institute of Art
1995 → 1996
University of Victoria
… → 1995
Paul Mellon Centre
2013 → 2018St Gabriel's College, Borough of Lambeth
2012 → 2016British Archaeological Association
2011 → 2015University of York
2008 → 2012British Archaeological Association
2007 → 2010Christie's Education
2006 → …University of Kent
2005 → 2014British Library
2000 → 2004Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site