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James Baker is Director of Digital Humanities at the University of Southampton. James is a Software Sustainability Institute Fellow, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and holds degrees from the University of Southampton and latterly the University of Kent, where in 2010 he completed his doctoral research on the late-Georgian artist-engraver Isaac Cruikshank. James works at the intersection of history, cultural heritage, and digital technologies. He is currently working on a history of knowledge organisation in twentieth century Britain. In 2021, I begin a major new Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project 'Beyond Notability: Re-evaluating Women’s Work in Archaeology, History and Heritage, 1870 – 1950'. Previous externally funded research projects have focused on legacy descriptions of art objects ('Legacies of Catalogue Descriptions and Curatorial Voice: Opportunities for Digital Scholarship', Arts and Humanities Research Council), the preservation of intangible cultural heritage ('Coptic Culture Conservation Collective', British Council, and 'Heritage Repertoires for inclusive and sustainable development', British Academy), the born digital archival record ('Digital Forensics in the Historical Humanities', European Commission), and decolonial futures for museum collections ('Making African Connections: Decolonial Futures for Colonial Collections', Arts and Humanities Research Council). Prior to joining Southampton, James held positions of Senior Lecturer in Digital History and Archives at the University of Sussex and Director of the Sussex Humanities Lab, Digital Curator at the British Library, and Postdoctoral Fellow with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. He is a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College, a convenor of the Institute of Historical Research Digital History seminar, a member of The Programming Historian Editorial Board and a Director of ProgHist Ltd (Company Number 12192946), and an International Advisory Board Member of British Art Studies.

CRADLED IN CARICATURE : a multidisciplinary event

Friday 27 April 2012, COLT3, University of Kent, Canterbury

Paul Mellon travel bursaries

The Cradled in Caricature organising committee are delighted to be able to offer bursaries towards the travel and accommodation costs for two postgraduate or early-career scholars of British art wishing to attend and contribute to the event. These bursaries are generously funded by The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

This one-day event will approach the notion of ‘caricature’ in its broadest sense, using it as a jumping-off point for discussions on exaggeration, stereotyping, representation, and characterisation. In addition to the general themes under discussion (see Call for Contributions) scholars of British art applying for the Paul Mellon bursary are asked to consider the following themes when submitting their abstracts:

the role of caricature in enabling intersection between (British) visual culture and broader social dialogue (e.g. political caricature).
caricature as a British art form spanning the seventeenth to twenty-first centuries, as opposed to an ephemeral phenomenon to be celebrated for its most famous protagonists.
social caricaturing of British art and artists.
intersections between British portraiture and novelistic stereotypes.

Attendance at Cradled in Caricature is free of charge. Interested contributors and delegates should download an application form here, and contributors must return completed forms and abstracts (circa 300 words) to cradledincaricature@gmail.com by 3 March 2012. Queries or questions should be directed to James Baker at cradledincaricature@gmail.com or twitter.com/cincaricature.

Cradled in Caricature is supported by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kent, the Department of History of Art, University College London, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, and the Graduate School, University of Kent.