Funded PhD to study 'The Non-Elite Painting and Decorating Trade in Britain 1600-1800'
April 30 2025
Picture: jobs.cam.ac.uk
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The University of Cambridge and the Museum of the Home are welcoming applications for a fully-funded AHRC studentship to study the very interesting subject of The Non-Elite Painting and Decorating Trade in Britain 1600-1800.
According to the advert:
This PhD will explore the lives and careers of people who painted and decorated working-class and lower-middle-class homes and lodging houses in the early modern period. The project will involve extensive archival research in numerous British collections. The successful candidate will also be involved in the museum's upcoming redisplay of the early modern period rooms.
This project will be jointly supervised by Dr Matthew Walker (Assistant Professor in Architectural History), Dr Frank Salmon (Associate Professor in the History of Art) at Cambridge; and, at the Museum of the Home, by Marina Maniadaki (Exhibitions and Project Manager) and Louis Platman (Curator and Research Manager).
The studentship comes with an annual maintenance grant to cover living costs (£19,237 stipend + £600 CDA allowance pa at current rates) and applications must be in by 25th May 2025.
Good luck if you're applying!
