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Margaret Graves is a specialist in Islamic Art and Architecture with a particular research focus on museum objects and the plastic arts, including ceramics, metalwork, and stonecarving. Her monograph, 'Arts Allusion: Object, Ornament, Architecture in Medieval Islam' (2018), examines three-dimensional medieval artworks that create formal and conceptual allusions to architecture, situating these works within the context of medieval Islamic intellectual history. She is currently working on a book project titled 'Invisible Hands,' which investigates craft skills related to ceramics, faking, and forgery within the antiquities market of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Additional ongoing research includes contemporary art that explores the legacies of colonial-era craft reform and heritage management in the Middle East, the relationships between international banking and the antiquities market, and the intersection of occult sciences with medieval Islamic craftsmanship. Graves collaborates with conservators to examine the material lives of doctored objects.
Department: Department of Economics