Katie Bank

Dr. Katie Bank is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on the intersection of musical-visual culture with natural philosophy, the passions, and sense perception in early modern England. She holds a PhD in musicology from Royal Holloway University of London (2016), an MA in musicology from King's College London (2012), an MA in education from the University of Southern California (2007), and a BA in history and music from Bowdoin College (2005).

• PhD in Musicology, Royal Holloway University of London (2016)
• MA in Musicology, King's College London (2012)
• MA in Teaching, University of Southern California (2007)
• BA in History and Music, Bowdoin College (2005)

Her interdisciplinary research explores how music and visual culture shaped intellectual history in early modern England, particularly through recreational song, sensory experiences, and metaphysical concepts like dreaming and love. She collaborates with institutions such as the Courtauld Gallery and the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters (UCL), and her work has been supported by grants from the British Academy, AHRC, and Leverhulme Trust.

Katie Bank’s publications include a monograph, Knowledge Building in Early Modern English Music (Routledge, 2020), and articles in journals such as Early Music, Renaissance Studies, and The Hakluyt Society Journal. She is also co-editor of Byrd Studies in the Twenty-First Century (Clemson, 2023) and actively engages with media through podcasts and BBC Radio 4 appearances.

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
• National Endowment for the Humanities/Newberry Library Fellowship
• Arts Council England Grant
• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Fellowship
• British Academy Grant

Katie Bank has taught at the Universities of Oxford, UCL, Royal Holloway, Surrey, Imperial College, and DePaul University. She collaborates frequently with choral ensembles and draws on her background as a music teacher and arts administrator in her academic work.