Julie Teal

Biography

I am a third year PhD candidate in Medieval Art History researching wall paintings of the Doom (or Last Judgment) found in East Anglia and Essex. My research interests include:

• Late medieval wall and panel paintings
• Theology and eschatology
• Medieval death and commemoration
• Visual culture as a source of social history
• History of the body and phenomenology
• History of emotions
• Marginalia and marginal imagery

Qualifications

I have a master’s degree in law from Cambridge University and an MA in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute. I also hold a certificate in Foundations of Evidence-based Postsecondary Teaching (INPR 5100)

Other skills:

• Palaeography and Diplomatic
• Medieval and Renaissance Latin

Experience

Upon qualifying as a solicitor, I specialised in construction and engineering law, working for a number of years as a partner and team leader in a City of London law firm. I returned to full time education in 2021 to pursue my passion for art history.