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Art, Mind, Cognition - Psychology of Aesthetics

Tobiasz Trawinski

PhD researcher in the School of Psychology

"I am interested in spectatorship of pictorial art. In my research I examine differences between art experts and non-experts during the art perception process. I conduct my research using a cognitive neuroscience approach."

British Explorers and Empire

Rob Joy is a PhD student in history looking at the impact, experiences and attitudes of a small group of British Officials who ‘stayed on’ after independence in East Africa.

British Moral Philosophy

Nick Harding is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Southampton, specialising in sexual ethics. He is interested in many areas of practical ethics, moral philosophy, and psychology.

Economics

Mr Abbas Ali Gillani is a Ph.D student in Economics at the University of Southampton. His research focuses on Applied Microeconometrics and Economics of Education, working precisely on the impact of conflict on educational outcomes in Pakistan. He has been the student representative for the Economics Department for the second year running, helping in administrative work and organizing the annual Ph.D workshop.

Fashion in the Age of the Georgians

Charlotte Keighron

"My name is Charlotte and I am a PhD Candidate in History at the University of Southampton. My research looks at women’s fashion, the life cycle and the female body in England between 1660-1780. I am interested in clothing, historical culture and perceptions of the female body."

Guitars, Music and Culture

Jelma van Amersfoort is a PhD candidate in Music at the University if Southampton. The subject of her thesis is ‘Guitars, music and Culture in the Northern Netherlands between 1750 and 1810. Het supervisors are professor Jeanice Brooks and Elizabeth Kenny. Jelma has published on the guitar and it’s culture in the 19th and 19th centuries in several scholarly journals. Her further research interests include music by women composers, and classical song. She is very active as a performer on historic guitars, and performs regularly in the Netherlands, England, and France.

Introduction to Contemporary Britain

Elliott W. Nikdel

"I have a PhD in Digital Media and Communications from the University of Southampton. My thesis, entitled Online Distribution and the Relocation of Specialised Film, explores the landscape of on-demand culture and video-on-demand technology through a lens of historical study. Before my PhD, I attained a first-class degree in Film Studies at the University of Southampton before completing an MA in Film and Cultural Management, again at the University of Southampton. In the past, I have taught on a range of film-related modules and I am currently working as an Independent Learning Facilitator for the Pre-sessional programme here at Southampton."

Introduction to TESOL

Yasmina Abdzadeh

"I did my MA degree in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching at University of Southampton and am currently towards the end of my PhD degree in the same university. My research interests include English language teaching, culture in English language teaching, text book analysis, and English as a Lingua Franca."

Yujing Lu

She is a PhD Candidate in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching, her research is mainly about the effects of listening strategy instruction. Besides research, she is also involved in lots of Chinese cultural related activities in UK.

Jane Austen

Karen Tan

My PhD research is on Gothic literature where I’m investigating how young readers respond to horror texts. Besides reading, I love walking and discovering new places with my husband.

Monarchs: Icons of History

Chloe McKenzie

"I am a PhD candidate in History. My research focuses on Late Medieval kings of England and the monarchial institution of the Order of the Garter. I am also interested in the political influence of women and the importance of ceremony and display in the Middle Ages."

The Real Downton Abbey

Dr Eleanor Quince is a Lecturer in History at the University of Southampton. Having completed her PhD in 2003, Eleanor worked as a lecturer in Art History & Theory at Richmond, the American University, in London, before returning to Southampton in 2005. Eleanor's PhD thesis considered the work of Gillows, a furniture-making firm working in Lancaster and London during the eighteenth-century.

Shakespeare

Stephen Watkins is a PhD student in English at the University of Southampton. He teaches and researches medieval and early modern English drama, specialising in the works of William Davenant, Shakespeare’s godson.

Stonehenge

Peter Bye-Jensen

"I’m on the third year of my PhD at University of Southampton with the department for Archaeology. I have completed my BA and MA in archaeology at Aarhus University in Denmark, where I am from. After my MA, I worked in commercial archaeology for almost 6 years in Denmark, Qatar, Kuwait and Britain. In 2014, I was awarded with a PhD scholarship by South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership. My research project is about characterising activities at early Neolithic Monuments with the method of so-called use-wear analysis. This method can potentially answer questions about the function of prehistoric flint artefacts.

My main areas of interest are Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe, stone tool analysis, and experimental archaeology."

Women in Film

Sarah Smyth is a PhD student in Film at the University of Southampton. Her thesis is part of a larger project called ‘Calling the Shots: Women and Contemporary UK Film Culture’. Sarah’s main interest are all aspects of women’s filmmaking, but particularly women’s filmmaking in Britain. She is also interested in how women are represented on-screen in cinema and wider media culture.