MPhil/PhD Research
History of Art welcomes applications for research at MPhil and PhD levels. These demanding degrees are suited for students with a demonstrated ability to conduct original and independent research in the subject area who are compelled to pursue a well-considered research project of their own devising. Research dissertations offer a unique and original contribution to art historical scholarship and are preparation for academic and curatorial careers. Interested candidates are invited to contact potential supervisors with a formal letter of application, detailing their proposed projects and methodologies as well as their motivations for pursuing a research degree. For further information on the MPhil programme please click here, and for the PhD programme please click here.
Current Research
Maura Kiely
MPhil working title: 'Picturing Fabric: The Art of Painting Textiles in Late Medieval and Renaissance Florence'
Supervisor: Dr. Flavio Boggi
JP McMahon
PhD working title: 'The Works of Vito Acconci, 1968-1974'
Supervisor: Dr. Sabine Kriebel
Ann Murray
PhD working title: 'War Trauma in the Work of Otto Dix'
Supervisor: Dr. Sabine Kriebel
Kirstie North
PhD working title: 'Contemporary Art, Salvage and the Sea Voyage'
Supervisor: Dr. Ed Krčma
Rachel Warriner (IRCHSS PhD Scholar; CACSSS PhD Scholar)
PhD working title: 'Towards a Modalité Féminine: Beyond the Symbolic in the Work of Mary Kelly and Nancy Spero'
Supervisor: Dr. Ed Krčma
Completed Theses
Elaine Hoysted
MPhil, 2012: 'The Art of Death in Childbirth in Renaissance Italy: A Privileged Status in Motherhood'
Supervisor: Dr. Flavio Boggi
External Examiner: Dr. Catherine Lawless (University of Limerick)
Simon Knowles
PhD, 2011: 'Changing Perspectives, Altering Perceptions: Picturing the Victorian London Street as Narrative Space'
Supervisor: Dr. Flavio Boggi
External Examiners: Prof. Margaret MacDonald (Glasgow University) and Dr. Paul Barlow (Northumbria University)
Emma M. Rowe
MPhil, 2007: 'Mexican Muralism in the 1930s; Beyond Revolution and the Pre-Columbian'
Supervisor: Dr. Sabine Kriebel
External Examiner: Prof. Frederick J. Schwartz (University College London)
