MEET THE TRUSTEES

Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts Ph.D. is Associate Dean for Global Engagement and Reader in History of Art and Design at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She also heads and teaches the BA (Hons) History of Art and Museum Studies degree course at LJMU. Having lectured on all aspects of History of Art and Design for over twenty-five years, including for London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Emma is a highly experienced university lecturer who has a life-long academic and personal interest in the sea. She is an Enrichment Lecturer on ocean liners in her spare time, and is the author of several academic books (Art and the Sea [2022], Jamaica Making [2022], Who Do You Think You Are? The Asia Triennial Manchester [2018], The Public Sculpture of Cheshire & Merseyside [2012], The Liverpool Academy: A History and Index [1997]) as well as numerous journal articles and conference papers. Emma is also a curator of exhibitions- including the ground-breaking Jamaica Making exhibition in Liverpool, UK [2022], which was opened by former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Rt. Hon. Bruce Golding. Finally, Emma has also appeared on The History Channel (International), Channel Four (UK) television and BBC Radio Four as an expert on art and design.