Jaimee Comstock-Skipp

Jaimee Comstock-Skipp is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow (2024–2027) at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and a Junior Research Fellow at New College. Her research focuses on Persianate manuscript cultures, particularly the Abu’l-Khairid (Shaybanid) dynasty's diplomatic exchanges and visual traditions across Central Asia, the Safavid Empire, and Mughal India.

• Education: PhD in Persian & Iranian Studies (Leiden University, 2022), MA in History of Art (The Courtauld Institute of Art), MA in History of Art (Williams College), BA in Near Eastern Studies (UC Berkeley)

Her work bridges the Mongol to Safavid periods, examining Shāhnāma adaptations, kitabkhana design processes, and Cold War-era interpretations of the 'Bukhara School.' She has held visiting fellowships at the Warburg Institute and Oxford's Nizami Ganjavi Centre.

Recent publications analyze manuscript circulation between courts, ethnic identity in Turkic-Persianate art, and decolonizing historiographical approaches. Awards include the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship and Oxford-based affiliations.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
  • Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre Visiting Fellow
  • Warburg Institute Visiting Fellow

Her media contributions include blogs on archival recovery and podcasts on epic traditions, alongside entries in theoretical frameworks like Theorizing Visual Studies. She works extensively with interdisciplinary methodologies and material culture analysis.