William Hamilton

Dr William Hamilton is a Lecturer in Art History and Design History at the University of Oxford's Oxford Lifelong Learning department. His expertise spans modern art, visual culture of war, national myth and memory, cartoons/comics, and 19th–20th century international illustrated press.

• Specializes in the interplay between pictorial journalism, humor, and military representation
• Focuses on the permeable boundary between journalistic integrity and illustrative entertainment
• Investigates how illustrated press shaped heroic myths and national identities

Current research examines pictorial representations of conflict in 19th–20th century illustrated periodicals, particularly analyzing German comics' resistance to global formulas during WWI.