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2023–Phd Candidate in History, St John's College, University of CambridgeIn collaboration with the Fitzwilliam Museum, co-supervised by Prof. Melissa Calaresu and Prof. Victoria Avery. Funded by the esrc.
2019–2022Ma History of Design, Victoria and Albert Museum / Royal College of ArtPass. Supervised by Prof. James Ryan and Dr. Simona Valeriani.
2015–2018Ba (hons) Philosophy, King's College LondonUpper second class.
2013–2015Abingdon Schoola* a* a. Full colours.
2008–2013Gosford Hill Schoolgcse and b-tec.

 

Roles

2023–2026Volunteer ResearcherFitzwilliam Museum, working with the j.w.l. Glaisher Collection.
2022–2023Archive AssistantLargest private archive in the uk, assisted in facilitation of exhibition with a national museum.
2019–2022Open Spaces FacilitatorSt George's Medical School, operations support for multi-disciplinary humanities provision.
2019Academic Operations AssistantKing's College London, Guys Medical School and visiting students office.
2018Private Tutorlcc Learning, ages 8–18.
2015–2019Seasonal Assistant and LecturerOxford Summer Schools, undergraduate level students.

 

Writing

In ProgressNew Making: Cultures of Ceramic Repair in the Long Eighteenth CenturyDoctoral thesis.
In ProgressMending as Making: Reassessing the Production of the Chelsea Maypole Group, 1755Artefacts: Care and Repair, peer reviewed edited volume chapter; first author, with Paul van Larr, Guilia Moretti and Jessica Mantoan.
2025Oyster-Shells, Calcification and Ceramic Cements in the Eighteenth-Century HomeDynamics of the Durable Project, pageflow blogpost.
2025Over-Grown: The Conservation of a Qing Dynasty Famille Rose DishArts of Asia Summer 2025, magazine article co-authored with conservator Sarah Hoynes.
2023To Make Milk PunchDoing History in Public, blogpost.
2022Repair Design and the rca/v&a Conservation Programme Between 1989 and 200820,000 word ma Dissertation.

 

Talks

UpcomingErasure and the Preservation of Repaired ObjectsMaterial Culture Cluster, Exeter.
UpcomingCeramic Repair: Damage, Experiment and CareFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
UpcomingMending at Montagu House, Whitehall, 1731–49Beyond the Country House Workshop, Marble Hill House, London.
2026Little Makings: Mending Porcelain in the Eighteenth-Century HomeBritish Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Oxford.
2025Mending and Making Ceramics in the Home, Street and Factory, 1660–1830St John's College History Society, Cambridge.
2025'This Ware he must grind in a Mill': Remaking Ceramics in the Long Eighteenth CenturyEarly Modern World History Seminar, Cambridge.
2025Mending as Making: Reassessing the Production of the Chelsea Maypole Group, 1755Artefacts 30: Care and Repair, Oslo.
2025Hands-On with Glue: Exploring Material Ontologies of Historical Sticky StuffCo-run with Dr. Marjolijn Bol of durare, Material Culture Forum, Cambridge.
2024Nobody and New Materialism: Understanding Agency and Fragility in Eighteenth Century BritainWorkshop for the Long Eighteenth Century, Cambridge.
2021Knowledge ExchangeMaterial History / Virtual World Symposium, London.
2018The Ethics of Repairkcl Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, London.

 

Teaching

2026Material Culture in the Early Modern WorldLecture and supervision, Part II Paper 14 Topic 16, Repair and Reconstruction, ba History, University of Cambridge.
2025j.w.l Glaisher Collection Handling SessionCo-taught guest session, Part I rp.13 Collecting and Collections, ba History, University of Cambridge.
2024Careers Advice SessionGuest session, Unit 5, ma History of Design, v&a / rca.

 

Visits and Fellowships

2025Durare Research FellowThree month visit to the ArtLab at Utrecht University. With support from the workshop of Edmund de Waal.
2020Bard Graduate Centre ExchangeOne of two selected for visit to audit teaching, connecting with the Cultures of Conservation project.
2018Unlocking History, King's Undergraduate Research FellowshipThree months, under Jana Dambrogio and Dr. Daniel Starza Smith.

 

Awards and Funding

2026Cambridge Research Culture CelebrationNominated.
2025George Macaulay Trevelyan Fund£1,500, for symposium Holding it Together.
2025Center for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities£2,500, towards the above symposium.
2025Research and Training Fund, St John's College Cambridge£500, towards fieldwork with the durare project.
2025Cam-dtp Discretionary Fund£1,200, towards the same fieldwork.
2024Northern Ceramic Society Bursary£300, towards attendance of the 2024 Pots and People: Makers and the Marketplace Summer School.
2023Economic and Social Research Council£60,000, full phd funding, three years.
2020Clive Wainwright Memorial Prize£185, for ma written work.
2020Royal College of Art£800, for exchange with Bard Graduate Centre.
2019V&a History of Design Bursary£14,500, full remittance of ma fees.
2018King's Undergraduate Research Fellowship£3,000, three month placement.
2017King's College London Departmental CommendationFor second year written work.
2013Abingdon School£35,550, full academic bursary.

 

Training and Skills

2026LatexSelf taught.
2026SupervisionCambridge, applied via teaching.
2025Chemical SafetyCambridge Faculty of Chemistry.
2025Laboratory SafetyCambridge Faculty of Chemistry, University of Utrecht.
2024Ceramic PracticeHills Road Adult Education, under Jeremy Peake.
2023–2026Visual Analysisv&a / rca ma, later under Victoria Avery.
2023–2024PalaeographySt John's College Archive.
2023Relational Databasesihr four day training.
2023Radiation SafetyCambridge Faculty of Chemistry.
2022–2026PhotoeditingProfessional archive work, applied throughout phd.
2022–2023CataloguingProfessional archive work.
2022–2023DigitisationPhotonegatives, professional archive work.
2020–2026Collections Photographybgc, applied through professional archive work.
2020Gis Systemsbgc training.
2019–2026Academic Presentationv&a / rca ma, applied throughout phd.
2019–2026Literature ReviewSt John's College.
2019–2026Object Analysisv&a / rca ma, applied throughout phd.
2019–2026Unstable Object Handlingv&a / rca ma, Fitzwilliam Museum, applied throughout phd.
2018–2026Document HandlingKing's Undergraduate Research Fellowship, National Archives, applied throughout phd.
2018–2026Academic WritingMultiple training sessions, applied throughout career.

 

Projects

In ProgressHolding it Together: Making, Maintaining and Mending from the Early Modern to the PresentPostgraduate symposium , co-run with the erc funded just art project and Melissa Calaresu.
2024–2026Material Culture WorkshopPostgraduate workshop co-convened with Sophia Feist.
2025–2026Reconstruction Discussion GroupCo-convened with Sophia Feist, in collaboration with the Bard Graduate Centre.
2024Fitzwilliam Museum SocietyLimited role assisting the organisation of Museum Late.
2023Gene MontagueSound engineer for Camden Fringe production.
2020–2022Ware / CarePersonal blog focused on reconstruction of recipes from Charles Leyland's 1898 A Manual of Mending and Repairing.
2020–2022Word On the Street ArchiveRapid response archive of covid-19 ephemera.
2019Feast tv PilotCo-produced documentary on fourteenth-century court cooking.
2017King's College Journal of Undergraduate PhilosophyEditor.
2016King's College Philosophy SocietyVice President.