Museum Studies at Leicester

Completed PHDs 1983-1999

1998

  • Alexandra Bounia - The nature of collecting in the Classical world: Collections and collectors, c.100 BCE - 100 CE.
    Supervisor: Susan Pearce

1997

  • Miriam Lisa Clavir - Preserving what is valued: An analysis of museum conservation and first nations perspectives.
    Supervisor: Susan Pearce
  • Paul K. Martin - Contemporary popular collecting in Britain: The socio-cultural construction of identity at the end of the second millennium AD.
    Supervisor: Susan Pearce
  • Ibramsha Yahya - Museum learning, the museum visitor, the museum visit.
    Supervisor: Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
  • Theano Moussouri - Family agendas and family learning in hands-on museums.
    Supervisor: Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
  • Maria Mouliou - The "writing" of classical archaeology in post-war Greece (1950 to the present): The case of museum exhibitions and museum narratives.
    Supervisor: Susan Pearce

1996

  • Pedro Júlio Enrech Casaleiro - Origins, public perceptions and future directions of the National Museum of Natural History in Portugal.
  • Raj Vardhan Kaushik - Effectiveness of Indian science centres as learning environments: A study of educational objectives in the design of museum experiences.
    Supervisor: Eilean Hooper-Greenhill

1995

  • Carol E. Mayer - Metaphors and ways of seeing: A study of the permanent exhibition.

1994

  • Nancy Einreinhofer - The paradox of the American art museum.
  • Margarida Dias Lima de Faria - Amusement without excess and knowledge without fatigue: Modern transformations of the museum experience.
  • Gaby Porter - Studies in gender and representation in British history museums.
    Supervisor: Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
  • Terry MacLean - Research and development at the Fortress of Louisbourg national historic site, 1961-1981: a Canadian model for heritage preservation, interpretation and public history.

1993

  • Yiao-hwei Chuang - An investigation into the exhibition of Buddhist objects in British museums.
  • Andromache Gazi - Archaeological museums in Greece (1829-1909): the display of archaeology.
    Supervisor: Susan Pearce
  • Jesús-Pedro Lorente - Museums for nineteenth century art? A socio-historical study of the creation of galleries of modern art before World War I and their legacy.
    Supervisor: Susan Pearce

1992

  • Yui-Tan (Francis) Chang - The development of biological collections: Taiwan - an analysis and evaluation.
    Supervisor: Geoff Stansfield
  • Maria de Lourdes Parreiras Horta - Museum semiotics: A new approach to museum communication.

Pre-1990

  • Sonja Tanner-Kaplash (1989) - The common heritage of all mankind: A study of cultural policy and legislation pertinent to cultural objects.
    Supervisor: Geoffrey Lewis
  • Aviva Barnea (1989) - The museum as a setting for new learning
    Supervisor: Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
  • Lee Elizabeth Jolliffe (1987) - Municipal museums in Canada: Contemporary directions.
  • Lynne Teather (1983) - Museology and its traditions: The British experience, 1845-1945. Lynne was our first PhD graduate.
    Supervisor: Sue Pearce

Back to top
MENU