Professor Marcus Milwright
Marcus Milwright is a British Academy Global Professor in the Department of History of Art, University of York and Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at the University of Victoria, Canada. His research focuses on the art and archaeology of the Islamic Middle East, labour and craft practices in the urban environment, cross-cultural contacts in the Medieval Mediterranean, and the history of medicine. He is involved in archaeological and architectural projects in Jordan, Syria and Greece and has created the Crafts of Syria, Crafts of Iraq, and Talking about Art websites.
His books include The Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad Mosaic Inscriptions (Edinburgh UP, 2016) Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology (Edinburgh UP, 2017); The Queen of Sheba’s Gift: A History of the True Balsam of Matarea (Edinburgh UP, 2021); A Story of Islamic Art (Routledge, 2023); and the co-edited volume (with Evanthia Baboula), Made for the Eye of One Who Sees: Canadian Contributions to the Study of Islamic Art and Archaeology (McGill/Queens University Press, 2022).