Member Profile
Name:
Dr Madeline Hewitson
Institution:
University of Birmingham
Academic status:
University/college academic
Main discipline:
Art History
Additional disciplines:
Cultural Studies
History
History
Other societies:
Research interests:
I am an art historian who specialises in nineteenth-century British art. My research focuses on the visual and material cultures that emerged from British encounters with the Middle East and North Africa in the mid-to-late Victorian period.
Currently, I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies at the University of Birmingham. My Leverhulme fellowship project is titled ‘The First Covenant: understanding the role of the Hebrew Bible in Victorian art’ and offers the first sustained analysis of the role the Old Testament played in British visual culture.
I came to Birmingham from the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford where I was a research assistant for the exhibition ‘Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design’ (September 2023 – February 2024). My post was supported by the ERC-funded project, ‘Chromotope: the nineteenth-century chromatic turn’ led by Principal Investigator, Professor Charlotte Ribeyrol (Sorbonne).
I completed my BA, MA and PhD in the History of Art department at the University of York, where I am still a research associate. During my time at York, I was a graduate teaching assistant and associate lecturer. I delivered the department’s first ever MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on the university’s sculpture collection which has enrolled 3,000 students to date as well as modules on Frederic Leighton, nineteenth- century exhibition culture and survey courses on Victorian art.
Currently, I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies at the University of Birmingham. My Leverhulme fellowship project is titled ‘The First Covenant: understanding the role of the Hebrew Bible in Victorian art’ and offers the first sustained analysis of the role the Old Testament played in British visual culture.
I came to Birmingham from the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford where I was a research assistant for the exhibition ‘Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design’ (September 2023 – February 2024). My post was supported by the ERC-funded project, ‘Chromotope: the nineteenth-century chromatic turn’ led by Principal Investigator, Professor Charlotte Ribeyrol (Sorbonne).
I completed my BA, MA and PhD in the History of Art department at the University of York, where I am still a research associate. During my time at York, I was a graduate teaching assistant and associate lecturer. I delivered the department’s first ever MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on the university’s sculpture collection which has enrolled 3,000 students to date as well as modules on Frederic Leighton, nineteenth- century exhibition culture and survey courses on Victorian art.