Deborah Swallow
 Director
Department of History of Art
Courtauld Institute of Art
United Kingdom
Biography
At The Courtauld, Deborah’s role is primarily a managerial one, but she teaches at times on the BA in the History of Art and the MA Curating the Art Museum programmes, supervises PhD students and maintains an active presence within the Research Forum programme. She continues to encourage the expansion of The Courtauld’s engagement with Asia and its cultural heritage and with global art history.
Research Interest
"Indian modern and contemporary art Indian textile and craft production, design and consumption Indian museums and their histories"
Publications
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"‘Production and control in the Indian garment export industry’ Swallow, D. 2010 From Craft to Industry: the Ethnography of Proto-industrial Cloth Production. Goody, E. N. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 133-165"
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"‘Introduction’ Swallow, D. 2015 Digital reprint of Forbes Watson, John. The Textile Manufactures of India. 2nd ser. (originally published London: India Office, 1873–78). Ahmedabad: Calico Museum of Textiles"
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"‘John Lockwood Kipling: a post-imperial perspective’ Swallow, D. 2017 John Lockwood Kipling. Bryant, J. & Webber, S. (eds.). Bard Centre New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum"
