Jess Bailey

Dr Jess Bailey is an art historian researching gender and sexuality in Medieval through 16th century European visual and material culture. She foregrounds the representation of the human body, violence, and disability in her work and courses. Dr Bailey teaches feminist, queer, and trans methods and histories in her courses about medieval art. She also works on the art history of quilting, social activism, and cultural heritage preservation around quilt techniques today. 

Research interests

Gender, sexuality, feminist, queer, and trans art history, masculinity, disability, representations of the body, violence, medieval and early modern European art

Current projects

Disability art history, gender and textiles, masculinity and medieval violence

Noteworthy outputs

Many Hands Make a Quilt