Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Richard Williams

Academic degrees, honours etc.

BA, MA. PhD

Profession or occupation

Learning Curator, Royal Collection Trust 2014-

Grounds for election

Dr. Williams' research has focused on the impact of the Renaissance and Reformation in England and its relationship with the rest of Europe. He has presented research papers at academic conferences across Britain and elsewhere. His publications include: ‘Art and Architecture in Flanders and Beyond: The Sixteenth Century’, in G. Campbell (ed), The Oxford History of the Renaissance (Oxford University Press, 2019, pp.230-261 [reprinted 2023]; ‘Cultures of Dissent: English Catholics and the visual arts’, in B. Kaplan et al (eds), Catholic Communities in Protestant States. Britain and the Netherlands c.1570-1720 (Manchester University Press, 2009), pp.230-248; T. Hamling & R.L. Williams (eds), Art-Reformed? Re-assessing the impact of the Reformation on the visual arts (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007); ‘Forbidden Sacred Spaces in Reformation England’, in A. Spicer & S. Hamilton (eds), Defining the Holy. Sacred Space in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Ashgate, 2005), pp.95-114.

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