Whitworth Art Gallery
PhD and MPhil in Museology
The University of Manchester offers a PhD and Mphil in Museology within the interdisciplinary research environment of the Centre for Museology.
All Art Gallery & Museum Studies staff are interested in supervising research students.
- Dr Kostas Arvanitis works in the intersection of museology, archaeology, cultural heritage, and digital media. His expertise lies in the area of Digital Heritage that includes the theory and practice of digital technology in museums, galleries and heritage sites for purposes of curation, interpretation and learning. His other research interests include archaeological curatorship and how it is translated in different contexts, such as archaeological museums, open-air museums and sites in urban environments.
- Dr Helen Rees Leahy works primarily on collections of fine and decorative art, and writes on issues of art collecting, display and interpretation, gallery space and the art market. She also works on the educational role of the museum and the politics of access, past and present.
- Louise Tythacott specialises in the relationship between anthropology and museums. She has written on the relationship between non-western art and museums and her present research interests focus on the history of the perception and display of non-European objects and the politics of representing other cultures in museums.
More about the Centre's PhD and MPhil students.
If you would like to discuss the possibility of taking a research degree in Museology, please contact Dr Helen Rees Leahy at helen.rees@manchester.ac.uk
For more information on how to apply, fees and funding, services and facilities and more visit the school's postgraduate website.