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Simon Chaplin (The Royal College of Surgeons of England)
My main area of research is anatomy and medical collections in London in the 18th and early 19th century, with a particular focus on the museums of John and William Hunter and their contemporaries. I am also interested in the history of medical and n... Ilja Nieuwland (Huygens Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences)
I`m currently mainly occupied with the history of the acquisition and display of palaeontological collections, particularly vertebrates - with special attention for the role of these collections and their specimens for popular culture and the popular... Bridget Yates (University of Gloucestershire)
I am a PhD student at the University of Gloucestershire researching rural volunteer run museums in market towns and villages. I gave a paper on the Victoria Jubilee Museum, Cawthorne (1884 to 1915) to the Voluntary Action History Society Conference i... Dr Mark Westgarth (University of Leeds)
my research interests are in the history of collecting, and more particularly in the development of the art and antiques markets in the 18th and 19th centuries and the relationship to the establishment of museums. My work explores the emergence of t... Emmanouil Kalkanis (Ph.D.) (Durham University)
My research focuses on the development of Classical culture through individual collecting practices and museum acquisitions during the 18th century with a particular emphasis on the social, economic and cultural context in which collectors moved. I a... Sam Alberti (University of Manchester)
I hold a joint post between the University of Manchester Centre for Museology and the Manchester Museum. I am currently engaged in an ongoing project exploring nineteenth-century anatomy collections, and I am writing a book on the history of the Man... Tom Freshwater (South Hill Park Arts Centre)
I am interested in: contemporary artist residencies and their interventions in museums; the influence of antiquaries and their activities on the development of museums, particulary the early 18th century in the UK. Joe Cain (Science and Technology Studies, UCL)
Current research interests include the history of evolutionary studies, history of American science, history of natural history, and science`s research infrastructure. Also undertakes research in teaching and learning practices in higher education. Jeremy Coote (Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford)
My research interests are focused on the history of the University of Oxford`s Pitt Rivers Museum and its collections. Until now most of my work has been concerned with the history of particular collections and their display and interpretation. A spe... John Gould
I am interested in the intersection of museum histories and the history of archaeology in the late C19 and early C20 England. With particular emphasis on regional practises in Cornwall, Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire. Karen Knight (City University)
I am a PhD student at City University researching the potential values of public museum collections held in closed stores. The research focuses on local authority museums in England and explores the historical and philosophical influences on their d... Peter Freshwater (University of Edinburgh (retired))
My interest in the history of academic and learned society libraries includes cabinets of curiosities / rarities as library collections and the history of acquisition and management by libraries of non-book materials; libraries as museums and interac... Fay Bound Alberti (University of Manchester)
My research areas include the histories of medicine, emotion and gender. I am interested in the history of anatomical display, and in the representation of the body across a number of disciplines. I am currently working on the anatomical and cultural... Alan Crookham (The National Gallery)
I am interested specifically in the history of the National Gallery in London and more generally of related national museums and galleries. I am currently looking at collectors who have had a relationship with the National Gallery, with a particular... Catherine Pearson PhD (UCL)
The subject of my PhD research was to provide a historical survey of the UK`s museums from 1925 to 1965, with an emphasis on the period of the Second World War. The study considered the short and long term consequences of this conflict on curatorshi... Joanna Marchant (Institute of Historical Research/Museum of London)
My PhD research is concerned with London`s museum `environments` and the formation of civic identities. I am interested in finding out how some of London`s most well known museums have shaped their urban surroundings in both a physical sense, for exa... Dr. Thad Parsons (D.Phil. Oxon)
I recently finished my doctorate at Oxford on the collection and exhibition of science and technology in post-Second World War Britain. My interests include the develop of museums of science and technology during the twentieth-century, the history o... Linda Young (Deakin University, Melbourne)
I`m writing a history of historic houses as a species of museum, mainly in the UK and US. I`d very much appreciate contact with people interested in /knowledgeable about social history approaches in house museums. Also post-WW2 approaches to historic... Ceri Jones (University of Leicester)
As a Research Associate for the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), I have worked in collaboration with colleagues on a number of research projects exploring the social role and impact of museums, galleries and a range of cultural organ... Katherine Leckie (Dept of Archaeology, University of Cambridge)
Katherine Leckie is completing a PhD on the history of Swiss prehistoric collections (Lake Dwelling artefacts) in the UK between 1850-1900. She is interested in the history of collections and the use of object biographies and material culture theory ... Dr Marion Leonard (University of Liverpool)
I am currently conducting research into the collection and display of popular music in museums. I am interested in contemporary collecting, popular culture and museums, and museum activities (including outreach) involving music.
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