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Before returning to academic study, Karen worked in the museum and heritage sector(s) for over a decade and thus has worked with various Scottish collections including Glasgow Print Studio, The Museum of Scottish Railways and Glencoe & North Lorn Folk Museum. She is currently working with Heart of Midlothian Football Club and Glasgow Caledonian University.

Education

2016 - 2021: Applied Research Collaborative Studentship, Scottish Graduate School of Arts & Humanities funded PhD, The University of Glasgow & The Glasgow School of Art.

2008 - 2009: MLitt in Decorative Arts and Design History, The University of Glasgow. (Merit)

2002- 2007: Joint M.A. Hons Degree in English Literature and History, The University of Glasgow.

Selected Conference Papers

  • ‘Shifting Ground’: The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and Altering Glasgow’s Exhibition Culture, Exhibiting Craft Session, The Association for Art History Annual Conference, The University of Birmingham, (2021).

  • The Impact of Charles H Scott and other Scottish Artists on the Vancouver School of Applied Art and Design, The Scottish Society for Art History, Kelvinhall, Glasgow, (2020).

  •  No Longer Monopolised by the Sterner Sex: The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists a Suffrage Hub?, Women’s History Network Scotland, The University of Edinburgh, (2019).

  • Creating Connections: The Cross-Cultural Influence of the Glasgow Designer Grace Wilson Melvin (1892-1977), Connections Postgraduate Conference, The University of Glasgow, (2018).

  • Women’s Work Praised: The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists, The Scottish Society of Art History annual conference held at Glasgow School of Art, (2018).

  • Illuminating the War: The Glasgow School of Art & the Rise of the Female Designer, War Through Other Stuff conference, The University of Edinburgh, (2017).

  • Women & Scotland’s Stained-Glass Industry: A Family Affair, The Women’s History Network Women’s Material Cultures/ Women’s Material Environments Conference, Leeds Trinity University, (2016).

 

Selected Invited Public Talks

  • ‘Claiming the City: Women, Space and Glasgow’, Doors Open Day Festival, ARC, The University of Glasgow, (2022).

  • ‘Pageant, Costumes and Faeries, Oh My! A (brief introduction) to Dorothy Carleton Smyth and Jessie M. King’, invited talk, Historical Pageants and Glasgow Women’s Library, (2021).

  • ‘A Short Introduction to Dorothy Carleton Smyth’, A Living Force, invited talk part of the ‘ambi’ programme, The Glasgow School of Art, (2021).

  • ‘Wummin’s Work: Exploring Scotland’s Artists, Designers & Architects’, School of Humanities Seminar Series, The University of Strathclyde, (2021).

  • ‘Where are the Women?’, as part of The History Girls Frae Scotland, Friday Night Mixer at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, (2019).

  • Jessie Newbery, STAR Project, Paisley, (2019).


Teaching Experience

2022 - Present: Sport & Popular Culture 1850 - 1939, Seminar Leader, Glasgow Caledonian University.

2022 - Present: History & Social Movements & Activism for Change GTA, Glasgow Caledonian University.

2018 – 2019: History of Art GTA, The University of Glasgow.

2017 – 2019: History GTA, The University of Glasgow.

2016 – 2017: Information Studies GTA, The University of Glasgow.   



Research Funding

  • Women’s History Scotland Bursary Recipient for the research project ‘Who is Dolly Mitchell? Glasgow Skating Scene, 1880-1915’, £300, (2022).

  • Scottish Graduate School of Arts & Humanities ARCS Travel Fund to travel to the London Metropolitan Archive to investigate The National Council of Women of Great Britain collection, £250, (2018).

  • Scottish History Endowment (School of Humanities, University of Glasgow) £500, (2018).

  • The Scottish Society for Art History Research Grant, £500, (2018).

  • Applied Research Collaborative Studentships to undertake PhD study, (2016).

 

Outreach & Impact Funding

  • The Heritage Lottery Funding for the Women, War & The West End project and exhibition, £6,600, (2018).

  • College of Arts Research Award for Women Creating Scotland Postgraduate conference held at the Glasgow Women’s Library, £1,435, (2018).

  • Cohort Development Fund, Scottish Graduate School of Arts & Humanities, British Women Artists 1750-1950 Network Female Networks, Early Career Study Day at The Glasgow School of Art, £500, (2017).

  • The Scottish Stained-Glass Trust to implement the Scottish Stained-Glass database in collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland, £7,000, (2015).

Committees & Memberships

Committee Member & Journal Editor, The Scottish Society for Art History (until January 2022)

Member, The Scottish Women’s History Network

The Scottish Women in the Arts Research Network (SWARN)