Graham Shaw

Graham Shaw serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, with prior leadership as Head of Asia, Pacific, and Africa Collections at the British Library. He teaches the History of the Book in India course at the London Rare Books School.

Education

• B.A.

His research centers on Book History with specialized focus on Indian textual traditions and colonial-era publishing. Expertise derived from curating British Library's Asia-Pacific collections informs his analysis of material book culture across South Asia. Work bridges library science and literary scholarship through examination of print networks, manuscript circulation, and postcolonial bibliographies.

Shaw's professional trajectory uniquely connects national library curation with academic research, though specific grant funding or major awards aren't documented in available sources. His teaching directly applies archival experience to rare book studies pedagogy.