Rosalind Polly Blakesley

Rosalind Polly Blakesley (née Gray) is a prize-winning author, art historian and academic. She has taught art history at the University of Cambridge and been a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge since 2002, and has been Professor of Russian and European Art since 2018. She previously worked at The Queen's College, Oxford, the Russian Institute of Art History, Newcastle University, and the University of Kent. She has been selected to take up the office of Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, following the retirement of Lord Chris Smith on 1 October 2025.