ACADEMIC STAFF PROFILE

Emma Roberts
Programme Leader - HAMS & IFY

Dr. Emma Roberts is currently a Senior Lecturer in History of Art and Museum Studies at Liverpool John Moores University.  She completed a Ph.D. entitled ‘Barbara Hepworth: the International Significance’ in 1997 at the University of Liverpool, and has since produced a series of publications on Hepworth.  In her research, she is keen to reject conventional trends by exploring Hepworth’s work in the context of American patronage and culture. 

Publications include: ‘Barbara Hepworth Speculatively Perceived within an International Context’ in Thistlewood, David (Ed.) (1996) Barbara Hepworth Reconsidered. Critical Forum Series Volume 3. University of Liverpool Press and Tate Gallery Liverpool; (Co-Author) (1998) The Liverpool Academy and Other Exhibitions of Contemporary Art in Liverpool 1774-1867.  University of Liverpool Press and NMGM; ‘Liberating Form: Barbara Hepworth’s United Nations Memorial’ in Sculpture. (2001) Vol. 20 No. 7 pp. 44-47 and ‘Neglected Catalysts. The Function of Drawings and Paintings in Barbara Hepworth’s Oeuvre’ in Apollo. (2003) No. 500. October. pp. 43-48. 

Emma’s other research interests include public sculpture in the U.K. and aspects of American culture- particularly New Urbanism- especially as evidenced in Disney’s town of Celebration.