Politics of Style, Semiotics, Poststructuralism, Philosophy of Language, Institutional narratives and critiques, Magical thinking

Postgraduate Examination and Supervision

External Examination

Tanya Abraham (2025) Across the Spectrum: The Kochi-Muziris Biennale's Possibilities within India's Complex Socio-Cultural Structure, with Dr James Hellings, Reading School of Art, University of Reading.

Internal Examination

Brian Baderman (2024): 'Navigating Netherne: Correlating Feeling with Place,' with Prof. Barry Curtis, Royal College of Art

Neda Mohamadi (2022): ‘A Curatorial Study of Migration in Arts,’ with Prof. Dorothee Richter, University of the Arts Zurich (ZHdK)/University of Reading

Viva Voce Chair

Casey MacKenzie (2023): Blood, Death and Desert. Engaging with Radical Theology Through Art Practice, History, and Theory’

Paula St. Clare Chambers (2020): ‘Feral Objects and Acts of Domestic Piracy: Sculpture, Secular Magic and Strategies of Feminist Disruption’ 

PhD Supervision Completions

Noura Al Otaibi (2020-Completion): ‘The Intercorrelation between Arabic Calligraphy and Graphic Design in Saudi Arabia’ (Director of Studies)

Current PhD Students 

Olgica Momirowska (2024-2027): 'Redefining Boundaries: Correlations between Fine Art and Fashion Design' (Director of Studies)

Matthew Maxwell (2022-2025): 'The Ghost in the Cloud: Generative Artificial Intelligence in contemporary art practice' (Director of Studies)

Elisabetta del Ponte (2023-2026):  'Est-Ethica! Toward an epistemology of ethical artistic collaboration between humans and non-human entities via our shared matter'  (Director of Studies)

MA Modules: Critical Debates in Contemporary Art (Level 7); Advanced Research (Level 7)

BA Modules: Visual Cultures Research Project (Module Leader – Level 6); Fashion Cultures and Social Responsibility (Co-Module Leader - Level 5); Fashion History and Social Identity (Co-Module Leader - Level 4)

Loughborough University (previous)

MA Modules: Publics: Histories, Theories and Critical Practices (Level 7)

BA Modules: Art and Design Dissertation (Level 6); Visual Culture: Histories and Theories (Level 5); Contemporary Art and Aesthetics (Level 5); Art and Society (Level 5); Research, Analysis and Study Skills in Art and Design (Level 4); Drawing: Discourses and Debates (Level 4)