Position:
I.M. Pei Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture
Faculty / College Address:
Khalili Research Centre
Email:
oliver.watson@orinst.ox.ac.uk
Research Interests:
- Islamic art, particularly the art of the object
- History of ceramics
- History of collecting, and of fakes and forgeries
- Museology and the presentation of Islamic Art
Current Projects:
- Ceramic production at Raqqa, Syria
Recent Publications:
- 2010. “The Case of the Ottoman Table”, Journal of the David Collection, v. 3, p. 22-53.
- 2007. “Rayy - from Wallis to Watson”, in Treptow, Tanya, Daily Life Ornamented: The Medieval Persian City of Rayy, Oriental Institute of Chicago
- 2007. “Another Gilt Glass Bottle”, in Hagedorn, A. and A. Shalem (eds), Facts and Artefacts - Art in the Islamic World; Festschrift for Jens Kröger on his 65th Birthday , Brill, Leiden, Boston, 2007, p. 105-120
