Dr
Charlotte Galloway
Charlotte lectures in Asian art history and Curatorial Studies. She has worked at the National Gallery of Australia as a curator and registrar, and completed her PhD in the early Buddhist art of Bagan at ANU. Her specialist research interest is the Buddhist art of Myanmar, with a focus on Buddhist text image relationships and visual narratives.
Now an Honorary Associate Professor Dr Galloway is an experienced and innovative educator and has convened programs at all levels, most recently being the HDR convenor for the School of Art & Design until end 2020.
A frequent visitor to Myanmar Dr Galloway has undertaken museum collection projects at Sri Ksetra, Myanmar's first UNESCO listed site, and Bagan. She lectures to students at the Field School of Archaeology and Department of Archaeology University of Yangon, and was a UNESCO Expert for the nomination dossier for Bagan's 2019 successful world heritage listing. With strong interests in Myanmar's higher education development, Dr Galloway has run numerous workshops, and was the project lead for the DFAT funded drafting of higher education components for Myanmar's next national education strategic plan.
Dr Galloway has broad engagement with Myanmar and is the former Director of the ANU Myanmar Research Centre. Dr Galloway is a member of a number of professional organisations including ICOM and Museums Australia, the Association of Asian Studies, Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies, and the Asian Studies Association of Australia. Charlotte is an active Board Member of the MRC, and was co-convenor of the 2021 Myanmar Update. She is a member of the Advisory Board Bloomsbury Academic book series Contextualizing Art Markets, and provides expert advice on the provenance and illegal movement of antiquities from the Asian region.