Kate Grandjouan

Dr. Kate Grandjouan is Associate Professor of Art History and Associate Director for Belonging in the Humanities at Northeastern University London. She specializes in 18th-century visual and material cultures, with research spanning British satire, print media, visual criminology, and landscape memorialization. She joined Northeastern in 2019 after teaching at The Courtauld Institute and University of Cambridge.

Education:

• PhD in Art History, The Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London)
• MA in Art History & Archaeology, University of Maryland
• Maîtrise de Littérature française, Université de Paris IV (La Sorbonne)
• BA (Hons) in French and History of Art, University of Kent

Her research explores the societal impact of visual arts, focusing on immigrant cultures, nationalism, and mass media. Current projects include 'Inventing the Enemy: British Satire and the French 1660-1790' and studies on printed images as evidentiary tools in early modern law. She examines how prints shaped political identities and cultural myths through sophisticated visualization techniques.

Publications demonstrate consistent focus on 18th-century British art, particularly Hogarth and Rowlandson, with recurring themes of satire, visual evidence, Franco-British relations, and artistic mediation of social issues. Recent work incorporates digital humanities approaches in podcast scholarship.

Awards:

• Dean’s Prize for Teaching Excellence (2023)
• Visiting Scholar, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University (2017)
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (2011)

Serving on the QAA advisory group for History of Art benchmark reviews (2025/26), she develops research-led initiatives promoting diversity and inclusion in humanities. Collaborates across philosophy, history, and design disciplines in small-group teaching environments fostering interdisciplinary dialogue.