Madeleine Haddon is working in a curatorial role with @MuseumModernArt on an exhibition on Matisse and was a recent Teaching Fellow at @EdiArtHistory and is passionate about making art history accessible to a broader range of audiences.
#arthistoryPDD
1/4 Madeleine speaks frankly about visiting museums growing up but not always being comfortable in those spaces, seeing herself reflected in the 19th-century art history being taught or the faculty teaching the subject.
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Our #arthistory PDD panel on Teaching and education featured @LeniaKouneni who is 1 of only 2 permanent lecturers in art history at @univofstandrews and before this held multiple short-term and fixed term contracts.
1/10 She finished her PhD in 2009 and had a short career break in 2012 to have children. Lenia sought out her education-focused position which is teaching focused rather than research focused.
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We are kicking of #arthistoryPDD with a welcome address by our chair @GursimOberoi who speaks to the challenges the past year has presented to the professional development of #phd students and #ecr researchers
1/7 Research has been put on hold following the closure of libraries, archives and museums; fellowships have been postponed or, in some cases, cancelled; publications delayed; and, in many cases, our projects have been reframed and remoulded as a result of the pandemic.
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Ben Street – Freelance art historian, lecturer, and writer – graduated twenty years ago from University of Edinburgh and has worked in museum education, A-Level and Masters teaching, broadcasting, book writing… its been a patchwork career that Ben couldn’t have imagined! Ben came from a state 6th form college and hadn’t done art history before university. He found the degree unengaging, but is passionate about engaging the public with art history.