Dr. Melanie Gibson, BA (Oxon) MA, PhD (SOAS, London University) is Executive Trustee of the Gingko Library and Editor of the Gingko Art Series. She convenes the Islamic Art module of the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at SOAS. She was formerly head of the Art History department at New College of the Humanities, London. Since 2005 she has lectured on the ceramics and glass of the Islamic world for SOAS, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Courtauld Institute and the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar. Her publications focus on the ceramics and glass of the Islamic world as well as the reception and use of Islamic pattern in 19th century British design.

Ceramics and glass from Iran and the wider Islamic world.
Impact of Islamic design on 19th century British art.

Islamic ceramics and glass

Publisher, Gingko Library