Stanford Humanities Center
Sarah Wade is an art historian and Associate Professor in Museum Studies at University of East Anglia, UK. Her research focuses on human-animal relations and representations of wildlife in contemporary art, exhibitions, and museum display, particularly with regards to ecological concerns. Sarah holds a PhD in History of Art from University College London and has published widely on extinction and wildlife conservation issues and ocean ecology in artistic and curatorial practice. She is co-founder of the "Curating the Sea" research project, which resulted in a special issue of the Journal of Curatorial Studies (2020), the book Oceans: Documents of Contemporary Art (MIT Press/Whitechapel Gallery, 2023), the major group exhibition Sea Inside (Sainsbury Centre, UK, 2025), and numerous marine-themed articles as well as events with artists, arts organizations, curators, and museums. Over the years, Sarah has worked with various museums and heritage organizations in research, project management, and curatorial capacities and continues to collaborate with museum colleagues on research projects and exhibitions.
