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Biography
Rina Arya joined the University of Huddersfield in 2018 as Professor of Visual Culture and Theory.
Professor Arya received an MA in Theology from the University of Leeds and a PhD from the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include post-war British art; abjection and disgust; theology and visual art; the sociology of the sacred; and visual religious studies. Her main research interest is in the role of the sacred in the arts and culture, especially in contemporary secular culture. Her PhD focused on the expression and experience of the sacred in ‘Death of God’ culture resulting in the 2012 monograph Francis Bacon: Painting in a Godless World. Since then she has written extensively on the art of Francis Bacon where she has maintained a stronger interest in theoretical rather than historical themes, especially the existentialist symbols in Bacon’s work and the aesthetics of the representation of embodiment. Her work on Bacon developed her interest in abjection and the body, the subject of her 2014 monograph Abjection and Representation: An Exploration of Abjection in the Visual Arts, Film and Literature. She is continuing her interest in the relationship between the visual and material culture, and religion in her current book project on the cultural appropriation of Hindu symbols.
Rina is interested in supervising PhD topics in the following areas:
- Francis Bacon
- Georges Bataille
- Abjection
- Visual religious studies
- South Asian visual studies
- Cultural Appropriation
Research Expertise and Interests
- Postwar British Art
- Abjection & Disgust
- Theology
- Visual Art
- Sociology of the Sacred
- Visual Religious Studies
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Research output
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Book review: Francis Bacon: Revelations By Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan. 880 pp. incl. 40 col. + 122 b. & w. ills. (William Collins, London, 2021), £41. ISBN 978–0–307–27162–4.
Arya, R., 1 Dec 2021, Burlington Magazine, 163, 1425, p. 1216 1 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
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Cultural appropriation: What it is and why it matters?
Arya, R., 1 Oct 2021, In: Sociology Compass. 15, 10, 11 p., e12923.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Painting During a Pandemic: Caroline Walker's Women in Interiors: Caroline Walker, Nearby, GRIMM, New York, 25 March-1 May 2021
Arya, R., 1 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Contemporary Painting. 7, 1-2, p. 231-234 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Dance Article review › peer-review
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Teaching & learning guide for cultural appropriation: What it is and why it matters
Arya, R., 5 Oct 2021, In: Sociology Compass. 15, 10, 5 p., e12928.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
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The Chamber of Banality: Hell on Earth
Arya, R., 15 Nov 2021, In: Performance Research. 26, 1-2, p. 78-87 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Press / Media
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Glasgow’s museum of religion has been saved from closure – here’s why it’s important for multicultural Britain
25/03/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment