Professor Rina Arya is Head of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Hull.
Her research explores race, cultural identity, migration, visual culture and the politics of representation. Her books include Journey to the Centre of the Self (2024), Francis Bacon: Painting in a Godless World (2012) and Abjection and Representation (2014). Her forthcoming book, Reclaiming the Debate on Cultural Appropriation, will be published by SAGE in 2027.