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Factors affecting the transmission of Rococo styles to British Colonial Silversmithing 1725-1774 (with special reference to Jamaica)

Robert Barker, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

Embroidery for male suiting in Lyon, 1780-1789: A cultural biography of the designs in the National Museum of Ireland collection presented by J.H. Fitzhenry.

Macushla Baudis, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, 2000-2008. (PhD)

The Social Identity of Brazilian Designers Through Brazilian Design Magazines.

Ana Claudia Berwanger, Pontifìcia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2008-10. (PhD)

The Organisation and Reception of Eastern Bloc Exhibitions on the British Cold War ‘Home Front’ c.1956-1979.

Verity Clarkson, University of Brighton/V&A. (PhD)

Workshop traditions and the making of sculpture in the early twentieth century: Eric Gill, assistants and assistance between 1909 and 1940.

Ruth Cribb, University of Brighton. (PhD)

artsresearch.brighton.ac.uk/research/student/cribb

To what extent was the V&A able to overcome its colonial and socially differential history in response to modern democratic forms of the 20th Century, in order to embrace modern design and a modern British public?

Laura Elliott, V&A/Royal College of Art. (MPhil)

Modernity and Greek graphic design, 1949-1974.

Marina Emmanouil, V&A/Royal College of Art, 2005-09(PhD)

National Identity, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Industry and Architectural Production after the Second World War: Museums of Modern and Contemporary Art and Design in Rio de Janeiro, Paris and London

Ana Beatriz Ferreira, V&A/Royal College of Art. (MPhil)

The Expression of National and Religious Identities in the 19th century Irish Domestic Interior

Sarah Foster, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

The design of public events in the Irish Free State 1922-1949

Lisa Godson, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

From Machine House to Smart Home: The Relationship between Technology and the Private Sphere in the Twentieth Century.

Esra Günlü, Department of Industrial Design, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, 2007. (MSc)

In Search of a National Vision: Swedish Embassies from the Mid-Twentieth Century to the Present

Denise Hagstromer, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

Japonisme in early-twentieth century Britain: The representation of Japanese art at the Japan-British Exhibition, 1910

Miya Itabashi, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

The function of public murals and visual communications in the socialist urban spaces of the German Democratic Republic, 1949-89

Jessica Jenkins, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

jessica.jenkins@network.rca.ac.uk

The Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers: English Couture, 1942-1975

Michelle Jones, V&A/Royal College of Art. (MPhil)

Amateur craft practice in modernity

Stephen Knott, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

stephen.knott@rca.network.rca.ac.uk

Writing Acts: Machine, Body, and Practice.

Juliette Kristensen, Kingston University London, 2006-10. (PhD)

The Collection of Lady Waldegrave

Claire Leighton, V&A/Royal College of Art. (MPhil)

Design History in Britain from the 1970s: Context, Formation and Development

Joanne Lewis, Glenamara Centre for Research in Arts, Culture and Society, University of Northumbria, 2007-2011. (PhD)

A Material Culture Assessment of Qatari Abayas 1908-2008

Christina Lindholm, University of Brighton. (PhD)

Fashion, the Art School and the role of Muriel Pemberton in the introduction of degree level fashion education

Marie Mcloughlin, University of Brighton. (PhD)

artsresearch.brighton.ac.uk/research/student/mcloughlin

Tokens of affection: engraved coins, sentiment and the poor, 1740 - 1840

Bridget Millmore, University of Brighton. (PhD)

Suburbia Reconstructed: Planning, Modernity and Everyday Life in Post-War Plymouth

Hilary Phillips, University College Falmouth. (PhD)

Identity, Memory and Compassion: Mass-Participation Photography and Everyday Life

Annebella Pollen, London College of Communication. (PhD)

The Brazilian Quest for Modernity and National Identity through participation in International Exhibitions

Livia Rezende, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

The Transition to Modernity: The Relationship between Design and Modern Craft in Post-War Italy

Catharine Rossi, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

catharine.rossi@network.rca.ac.uk

Consuming Mass Fashion in Britain, 1929-1939: The Impact of the Purchasing Power of Young Working Class Women on the Development of Mass Ready-to-Wear Manufacture

Cheryl Roberts, University of Brighton. (PhD)

From Punk to the Hijab: Women's Embodied Dress as Performative Resistance, 1970s to the Present

Shehnaz Suterwalla, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

ss@shehnaz.co.uk

New Spaces of Art, Design and Performance in Vienna 1890-1920: Alfred Roller and the Vienna Secessionists???

Diane Silverthorne, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

The Politics of Design Criticism since 1950s

Alice Twemlow, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)

Quaker Women, Anti-Slavery and the Free Produce Movement in Britain: The Street Free Labour Cotton Depot 1853 - 1858

Anna Vaughan Kett, University of Brighton. (PhD)

A Taste for Modern Life: Interior Decoration as a Societal Issue 1930-1955

Maria Göransdotter, Umeå University, Sweden. (PhD)

Avoiding the �Temptation to go Highbrow�: Production, Consumption and Identities of Place at the 1951 Festival of Britain activities in Lancashire and the Ridings of Yorkshire.

Caterina Benincasa, Huddersfield University. (PhD)

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