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Claudia Hopkins is a Professor of Art History at the Edinburgh College of Art and an Honorary Professor of Hispanic Art at Durham University. She served as the Director of the Zurbarán Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art from 2020 to 2023. In 2023, she took on the role of editor for Art Translation, a flagship journal of the School of History of Art, supported by the ECA Getty Foundation. Hopkins is a leading expert in Spanish art and culture of the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on transnational and transcontinental contexts. Her research has been funded by institutions such as the Leverhulme Trust, Carnegie Trust, and the Terra Foundation for American Art. Her notable publications include "Art Identity Spain 1833-1956: Orient," a forthcoming book set to challenge prevailing understandings of Orientalism, and several edited volumes and journal articles that explore various aspects of art reception, curation, and the complexities of postcolonial narratives.
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