Research Affiliates
Tahnia Ahmed, PhD
Tahnia Ahmed received her PhD in Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London in 2020. Her first degree was in Theology and Religious Studies at Cambridge University. She subsequently studied a MSt in Jewish Studies at Oxford University, where she looked at the portrayal of Jews in British political cartoons for her dissertation. Her PhD thesis built on this research, taking a comparative approach of how different religious communities, including Sikhs, Jews, the Irish and Muslim men and women, are portrayed in British political cartoons in the modern period. Currently, Tahnia works as a civil servant in the UK central government.
Catherine E. Hundley, PhD
Catherine E. Hundley specializes in the architecture and culture of the medieval English church. She holds a B.A. in Religious Studies with Theater Studies from Yale University, M.A.L.S. in Medieval and Early Modern European Studies from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in Art and Architectural History from the University of Virginia. While researching her doctoral dissertation on the round-naved churches of twelfth-century England, she served as the Samuel H. Kress Institutional Fellow at the Warburg Institute. She is currently revising her doctoral dissertation for publication, and she has begun her second book-length project on shared spaces within the Medieval English church.
Jonathan Homrighausen
Jonathan Homrighausen is a research associate at the Luce Center in addition to being a scholar, educator, calligraphic artist, and doctoral student in Hebrew Bible at Duke University, where he is writing a dissertation about the reception history of Esther in the tradition of the decorated megillat Esther. Currently he is writing a book for Liturgical Press on the Song of Songs in calligraphy and lettering arts, especially The Saint John’s Bible. He is also author of Illuminating Justice: The Ethical Imagination of The Saint John's Bible (Liturgical, 2018), and his writing has appeared in Religion and the Arts, Image Journal, Transpositions, and the Visual Commentary on Scripture.
Samantha Khan
I am a creative arts professional working in the human development field. I completed my BA in Liberal Arts with a major in Theology and Religious Studies at King’s College London, followed by an MA in Cultural and Creative Industries, also at King’s. My master’s thesis explored representations of Divinity in science fiction films about artificial intelligence. Since then, I’ve used my skills in photography, videography and multimedia design to communicate about issues such as poverty, peacebuilding, clean energy, healthcare and gender equality for various nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations. My research interests lie at the intersection of the creative arts and human development since I believe creativity and imagination are crucial to tackling many of the major issues facing humanity today.