DOROTHY ARMSTRONG

May Beattie Visiting Fellow in Carpet Studies, Eastern Art

Dorothy Armstrong, researcher in Eastern Art and carpets

Dorothy Armstrong

Email: dorothy.armstrong@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

Research
The history of the material culture of South, Central and West Asia, particularly the role of textiles in transcultural exchange and geopolitics in the colonial and post-colonial periods. 

Current project
Study of the contribution of pre-eminent 20th century carpet scholar May Beattie to European and North American thinking on Asian carpets, based on Dr Beattie’s archive at the Ashmolean Museum. 

Teaching
Introduction to Islamic Carpets