Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Jago Cooper is Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and Professor of Art and Archaeology at UEA. For more than twenty years Jago has worked for and with museums, universities, cultural ministries and heritage organisations around the world to explore and communicate aspects of the great human story. His books and publications provide innovative perspectives on cultural experience and interpretation of material expression. His research has ranged broadly across universal questions facing global society including climate change, colonial encounter, technological revolution, and social innovation. After a decade working for the British Museum as the Head of the Americas, Jago joined the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at UEA in 2021. The Sainsbury Centre is a genre-defying art museum with world-class collections and a unique perspective in how art can foster cultural dialogue and (ex)change.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Insitute of Archaeology (UCL)
2003 → 2007
Master of Arts, Insitute of Archaeology (UCL)
2002 → 2003
Bachelor of Science, Insitute of Archaeology (UCL)
1996 → 1999
External positions
Honorary Professor, City University of New York
2013 → 2022
Honorary Lecturer, University College London
2013 → 2022
Head of the Americas and Director Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research, British Museum
2012 → 2021
Associate Professor, City University of New York
2012
Leverhulme Fellow, University of Leicester
2008 → 2011
Lecturer in Landscape and Historical Archaeology, University of Leicester
2007 → 2008
Heritage Consultant for Architecture and Urban Design Practice, Conybeare Morrison and Partners
2001 → 2002
Heritage Consultant for National Museum and archaeological development programmes, Sri Lankan Government
1999 → 2000
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Gatsby Funding - Core costs and exhibitions
Gatsby Charitable Foundation (The)
1/08/21 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Mapping a New Museum: Politics and Practice of Latin American Research with the British Museum
Cooper, J. & Osorio Sunnucks, L., 2021, Routledge. 446 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Peru: A Journey in Time
Pardo, C. & Cooper, J., 2021, British Museum Press, London. 240 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Archaeology, environmental justice, and climate change on islands of the Caribbean and southwestern Indian Ocean
Douglass, K. & Cooper, J., 14 Apr 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 15, p. 8254-8262 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access51 Citations (Scopus) -
Arctic: culture and climate
Lincoln, A., Loovers, P. & Cooper, J., 2019, Thames & Hudson. 320 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Ship Graffiti on the Islands of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and Puerto Rico: A Comparative Analysis
Lace, M. J., Albury, N. A., Samson, A. V. M., Cooper, J. & Ramos, R. R., 15 Aug 2019, In: Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 14, 2, p. 239-271 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 6 Other
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Invited Referee for Journals (details in description)
Jago Cooper (Contributor)
2021 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Leading member of Student Recruitment Team at University of Leicester
Jago Cooper (Contributor)
2021 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Successfully supervised a large number of Doctoral, Masters and Undergraduate theses.
Jago Cooper (Supervisor)
2021 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Invited Speaker to various organisations (details in description)
Jago Cooper (Contributor)
2021 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Invited External Examiner and Judge: University of Leicester and City University of New York amp; 2020 Art Fund Museum of the Year Judge.
Jago Cooper (Contributor)
2021 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other