Gay Robins

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Gay Robins is an art historian. She was formerly the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History at Emory University. She now holds the title of professor emerita. She also assisted the Michael C. Carlos Museum as a faculty consultant for Ancient Egyptian Art. [1] Her work focuses on ancient Egyptian art, composition, gender and sexuality. [1] [2]

Robins earned a D.Phil. from University of Oxford in 1981. [1]

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