I am very pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD opportunity under the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award scheme co-supervised with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG): 'Collaborative Research as Pedagogical Method: Reinterpreting Photographic Collections at the RGS-IBG'.
The RGS-IBG, like many archives, holds vast but largely underutilised collections of photographs. These images have the power to create meaningful connections with the past and serve as invaluable tools for educators. However, the sheer scale of photographic collections and the limited expertise in working with them means this potential is largely unrealised. This PhD will use the almost entirely overlooked photographic work of Elizabeth Wilhelmina Ness (1881-1962) FRGS to develop an innovative pedagogical approach to colonial-era photography that embeds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion throughout, and is applicable to the pedagogical mission of both cultural and higher education institutions.
You'll be working with Sarah L. Evans (Research and Collections Engagement Manager, RGS-IBG), Alison Hess (Lecturer in Museum and Gallery Studies, Westminster) and Jennifer Fraser (Gender and Critical Education Studies, Westminster) and me Sara Dominici (Reader in Photographic History and Visual Culture, Westminster)
The deadline for applications is 30 April 2026. Full details here: https://lnkd.in/euQvMmrR
Happy to answer any questions from prospective applicants: s.dominici1@westminster.ac.uk
You'll be working with Sarah L. Evans (Research and Collections Engagement Manager, RGS-IBG), Alison Hess (Lecturer in Museum and Gallery Studies, Westminster) and Jennifer Fraser (Gender and Critical Education Studies, Westminster) and me Sara Dominici (Reader in Photographic History and Visual Culture, Westminster)
The deadline for applications is 30 April 2026. Full details here: https://lnkd.in/euQvMmrR
Happy to answer any questions from prospective applicants: s.dominici1@westminster.ac.uk
Image: The walls of Katsema, Nigeria, 1930. Photo by Wilhelmina Elizabeth Ness/RGS-IBG Collections
