Museology (Research)

You will prepare your thesis under the guidance of two supervisors. Progress is monitored at regular meetings of your research panel (two supervisors plus an independent reviewer). The aim of the programme is to support you in becoming an independent research. We encourage you to disseminate your work at seminars and conferences, and in recognised journals or equivalents publications.

The programme culminates in the submission of an 80,000-word dissertation that makes an original contribution to Museum Studies. As a Postgraduate Researcher in the department of Art History and Cultural Practices, you will join a vibrant community with access to exciting research seminars and other events, such the Visiting Pilkington Professor series and the Whitworth Studies series.

You can find out more about our research on the Institute of Cultural Practices website, and see what our current PhD students are working on.

Research supervision interests for this PhD include:

• Spontaneous memorials, memory and memorialisation;

• The role of Digital Heritage in museum practice;

• Studies focusing on Asian museums and museology;

• Decoloniality, anti-racism and activism in museum and heritage contexts;

• Approaches to the Climate Crisis and the environment in museum and heritage-based practice;

• Gender, museums and heritage.