Dr Katayoun Shahandeh is a Lecturer in the History of Art and Museology at SOAS, University of London, where she is also Convenor of the SOAS joint MA in Museum Studies programme. She is an art historian and researcher whose work spans global modern and contemporary art, art theory, feminist and decolonial art histories, and museum and curatorial studies. Her research has a particular focus on contemporary Iranian women artists and examines questions of gender, representation, identity, visibility and structures of power. She is also interested in exhibition and display practices, and in the ways art-historical and curatorial frameworks shape how artworks and cultural narratives are interpreted. Across her research and teaching, she seeks to contribute to more plural, connected and critically engaged approaches to art history and museology.
