Tutor information
Róisín Astell
Róisín Astell recently successfully defended her PhD in the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent. Her PhD thesis focuses on the role of images in the edification of spiritual sight during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries in England and France. Róisín is a graduate of the Universities of York and Oxford. She has taught at the Universities of Oxford, York, Edinburgh, and UCL.
Courses
Discover the Gothic art and architecture of medieval Europe. Gain insights into the beliefs and anxieties of the Middle Ages through an array of Gothic artworks and architecture, and explore the origins of the Gothic in Paris, England and beyond.
Uncover the mysteries of the medieval afterlife through its art and architecture. Examine a range of objects from across Western Europe and the Mediterranean.