Doctoral researchers in History of Art

The Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies has a vibrant postgraduate community, carrying out research in a broad range of areas. Profiles of some of our current doctoral researchers and details of their research are listed below:

Alessia Attanasio

Alessia Attanasio

Doctoral researcher
Teaching Assistant

PhD Title: From Vesuvius to the Thames. The fortunes of Baroque Neapolitan art in English collections, 1680-1820
Supervisor: Dr Kate Nichols
PhD History of Art

Helen Goulston

Helen Goulston

Doctoral researcher

Phd title: Where Art and Science Meet: Art and Design at Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Supervisors:

Inês Jorge

Inês Jorge

Doctoral researcher
Teaching Assistant

PhD Title: Exhibiting craft since the 1970s: contexts, agents, practices and strategies
Supervisors:  Dr Claire Jones and Dr Deniz Sözen
PhD History of Art

Abbey Rees-Hales

Abbey Rees-Hales

Doctoral researcher

Phd title: (S)Ex-Libris: Women Artists and the Trade in Erotic Illustrated Books in Europe and the United States, c. 1914-1934. 
Supervisors: Dr Camilla Smith (University of Birmingham), Professor Lisa Downing (University of Birmingham) and Dr Katherine Shingler (University of Nottingham)
PhD History of Art, Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership

Gabriel Shelton

Gabriel Shelton

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: The Macabre in Marble: Michelangelo’s Knowledge of Surface Anatomy in its Wider Intellectual Contexts, 1493-1559
Supervisors:Dr David Hemsoll (University of Birmingham), Dr Giorgio Tagliaferro (University of Warwick)
History of Art PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)

Erica Tso

Doctoral researcher

PhD Title: Moga as the Epitome of Interwar Japanese Femininity: A Comparative Study of Magazines and Novels in Japan and Britain
Supervisor: Dr Francesca Berry (University of Birmingham), and Dr Yunah Lee (University of Brighton)
PhD History of Art