Joanna Wolfarth
Joanna Wolfarth is an art historian and author of the acclaimed Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding, a powerful blend of memoir and cultural history that explores the complexities of infant feeding. Published in 2023, the book was widely praised for the beauty of its storytelling, with The Sunday Times describing Joanna as “a brave writer.”
Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Observer, Hyperallergic and History Today, as well as numerous academic journals. She was the co-editor of ASIA-ART-ACTIVISM, published in 2023.
A specialist in Southeast Asian and Buddhist arts, Joanna earned her PhD in History of Art from the University of Leeds. She currently teaches global art history at the Open University and is an Adjunct Professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam. She was previously Visiting Lecturer in Southeast Asian Arts at SOAS, University of London. Joanna also currently teaches courses in creative writing and visual histories of motherhood.
She is currently working on her second nonfiction book.
