Professor Dr. Tim Shephard

Biography

Tim Shephard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto and a senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Appointed as a Lecturer in Musicology at the University of Sheffield in September 2012, he has held positions at the Universities of Nottingham and Oxford. As a historical musicologist, Shephard focuses on musical cultures of the past, with a particular interest in Renaissance Italy, a subject that connects to popular media representations like the TV series 'The Borgias'. His research investigates how music serves personal identity and statecraft, emphasizing context-led approaches. Shephard is recognized as an expert on the relationship between music and visual culture, engaging critically with the ways in which music interacts with visual arts such as painting, sculpture, and book illustration.

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