William Greenwood

William Greenwood is a curator and author whose work focuses on the art and material culture of the Islamic world. He has been identified as Curator at the Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi, and he previously served as the Albukhary Foundation Curator of the Islamic World at the British Museum.

He has also written for the British Museum about subjects such as astrolabes and the history of science in Islamic cultures, bringing specialist knowledge to a wide audience in a clear, approachable way. His writing often connects beautiful objects with the bigger human stories behind them.

Greenwood is known as the co-editor of Inspired by the East: How the Islamic World Influenced Western Art, a book and exhibition project that examines the long relationship between Western art and the Islamic world. Across his work, he helps readers see cultural history as a lively conversation shaped by curiosity, influence, and reinterpretation.