Ludmilla Jane Jordanova (born 10 October 1949) is a British historian and academic. She is Emeritus Professor of Visual Culture in the Department of History at

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Biography

Jordanova was born to a Bulgarian father and English mother. Educated at Oxford High School and

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, Professor Jordanova has taught at the universities of Oxford, Essex, York, East Anglia, Cambridge and King's College London. Previously she held the position of Director of the ''Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH)'',

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and was Professor of Visual Arts at the

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. She has two children Alix Green and Zara Figlio and one granddaughter Sam Green. She is the author of many texts regarding the history of science, thinking, gender and art, and is commonly referred to as one of the leading British experts in the field; she has also written broadly on the nature of her subject itself, including a book by the title ''History in Practice''.(London: Hodder, 2000, 2nd ed. 2006) . 3rd ed due for publication in 2018. Her most recent book, ''The Look of the Past: Visual and Material Evidence in Historical Practice'' was published by Cambridge University Press in September 2012. Professor Jordanova is a Fellow of the

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and of the

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and was the first female President of the

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. She was a Trustee of the

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from 2001 to 2009, and in summer 2011 was appointed a Trustee of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jordanova, Ludmilla 1949 births Living people People educated at Oxford High School, England Alumni of New Hall, Cambridge Academics of King's College London Academics of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of York Academics of the University of Essex English historians British women historians Fellows of the Royal Historical Society British people of Bulgarian descent English people of Bulgarian descent Academics of Durham University 20th-century English historians 21st-century English historians 20th-century English women writers 21st-century English women writers Historians of the University of Oxford