Jamie Gilham

Jamie Gilham is a historian and biographer in the UK and Taiwan. He specialises in the modern history and politics of Islam and Muslims in Britain and the West. He also writes about twentieth-century and contemporary British artists, designers and makers.

His books about Islam include 'Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950' (2014); 'Victorian Muslim: Abdullah Quilliam and Islam in the West' (ed. with Ron Geaves, 2017); 'The British Muslim Convert Lord Headley, 1855-1935' (2020); 'Muslim Women in Britain, 1850-1950: 100 Years of Hidden History' (ed. with Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, 2023); and 'Islam and Muslims in Victorian Britain: New Perspectives' (ed., 2023). He has also written articles, book chapters and reviews for many scholarly publications, and contributed to BBC radio, 'Encyclopaedia of Islam', 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biography' and 'The Guardian' newspaper.

His books about artists and makers include 'A Suffolk Eye: Harry Hambling, Paintings' (with Maggi Hambling, 2018); 'Needham Pottery: The Ceramics of Mary and Godfrey Newcomb' (2020); and 'Debbie George, Thirty Years of Painting’ (with Debbie George, 2023).