In SOAS's Department of Art & Archaeology, Screech is a Professor of the History of Art. Professor Screech's particular areas of interest are the history of Japanese art; Edo painting; contacts between Japan and Europe in the 18th century; history of science in Japan; and the theory of art history. He was elected to a Chair in the History of Art in 2006. Screech also serves a Chair of SOAS's Japan Research Centre.
__________. (2003). Sex and Consumerism in Edo Japan. In: Consuming Bodies: Sex and Consumerism in Japanese Contemporary Art. London: Reaktion Books.
__________. (2002). "Dressing Samuel Pepys: Japanese Garments and International Diplomacy in the Edo Period," Orientations. Vol. 2, pp. 50-57.
__________. (2002). "Erotyczne obrazy japonskie 1700-1820." Universitas Krakow. 10-ISBN 1-8618-9030-3
__________. (2002). "The Edo Pleasure Districts as 'Pornotopia'," Orientations, Vol. 2, pp. 36-42.
__________. (2001) "The Birth of the Anatomical Body," Births and Rebirths in Japanese Art. Leiden: Hotei Press.
__________. (2001). "The visual legacy of Dodonaeus in botanical and Human Categorisation," Dodonaeus in Japan: Translation and the Scientific Mind in Tokugawa Japan. Leuven: Leuven University Press.
__________. (2000). The Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829. London: Reaktion Books. (London). 10-ISBN 1-8618-9064-8