NORTHERN BRIDGE DOCTORAL AWARDHOLDERS (2015 COHORT)
PANEL A: HISTORY, THOUGHT & SYSTEMS OF BELIEF
History:
‘Ethnic Minority Communities in Twentieth Century Belfast’; Prof. Sean O’Connell, History (QUB), Dr Kieran Connell, History (QUB), Prof. Anoop
Nayak, Geography, Politics and Sociology (Newcastle).
‘Memory, conflict and class: the experience and legacy of deindustrialisation in Belfast and North-East England’; Prof. Sean O’Connell, History
(QUB), Dr Paul Corthorn, History (QUB), Dr Matt Perry, History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle).
‘Beyond Idi Amin: Causes and Drivers of Mass Violence in Uganda, 1971-1979’; Prof. Justin Willis, History (Durham), Dr Jacob Wiebel, History
(Durham).
‘A Godly Nation: Presbyterianism, Dissent and Scottish society in the decade after Disruption’; Dr Andrew Holmes, History (QUB), Prof. Graham
Walker, Politics, International Studies and Philosophy (QUB).
‘The Victoria Institute 1865-1930: a case study in the relationship between science and religion’; Dr Andrew Holmes, History (QUB), Dr Diarmid
Finnegan, Geography (QUB), Prof. David Wilkinson, Theology and Religion (Durham).
‘The Entangled Sites of Memory: Photographing the Contentious Movements of May 1968 and June 1936’; Dr Matt Perry, History, Classics and
Archaeology (Newcastle), Dr Sarah Leahy, Modern Languages (Newcastle), Prof. Margaret Topping, Modern Languages (QUB).
‘The ideology of vengeance: theology, literature and practice c.900-1150’; Dr Helen Foxhall Forbes, History (Durham), Dr Giles Gasper, History
(Durham).
‘The interaction between the royal courts and households of James I, II, III and IV of Scotland and those of their important baronial counterparts
(1406-1513)’; Prof. Graeme Small, History (Durham), Dr Toby Osborne, History (Durham).
‘Discovering America: Theories of pre-Columbian Contact, 1860-1920’; Prof. David Livingstone, Geography (QUB), Dr Diarmid Finnegan, Geography
(QUB).
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Philosophy:
‘Evidence-Based Reasoning for Economic Policy’; Prof. Nancy Cartwright, Philosophy (Durham), Dr Wendy Parker, Philosophy (Durham).
‘Relations without Relata: A case for the coherence of Ontic Structural realism which challenges some of our most basic metaphysical
assumptions’; Dr. Peter Vickers, Philosophy (Durham), Dr. Matthew Tugby, Philosophy (Durham).
Theology, Divinity and Religion:
‘Necessary Freedom — The Freedom of the Will in Immanuel Kant and Jonathan Edwards’; Dr Joseph Diekemper, Politics, International Studies
and Philosophy (QUB), Prof. Stephen Williams, Theology (QUB), Prof. Christopher Insole, Theology and Religion (Durham).
‘Ontology as a Guide to Ethics: Iris Murdoch, Radical Orthodoxy and Post-Liberalism’; Prof. Chris Insole, Theology and Religion (Durham), Dr Marcus
Pound, Theology and Religion (Durham), Dr Susan McManus, Politics, International Studies and Philosophy (QUB).
‘Marilynne Robinson, Theologian’; Dr Philip McGowan, English (QUB), Prof.Stephen Williams, Theology (QUB).
‘Music, religion and emotion among the Wana people of Morowali’; Prof. Douglas Davies, Theology and Religion (Durham), Dr Simon Mills, Music
(Durham).
‘Apocalypse and Action: Eschatology and Ethics in Recent Christian Theology and Beyond’; Prof. Robert Song, Theology and Religion (Durham),
Prof. Christopher Insole, Theology and Religion (Durham).
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PANEL B: CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS
Visual Arts: Fine Art History, Theory and Practice
‘Hidden in plain sight: the hidden 'nuclear' militarism’; Uta Kogelsburger, Arts and Cultures (Newcastle), Prof. Rachel Woodward, Geography,
Politics and Sociology (Newcastle), Prof. Phil Steinberg, Geography (Durham).
‘Commodity Culture, Screen and Narrative: a critical investigation into the language and mechanisms of consumer culture through hybridity and
liminal space in screen-based practices’; Mr Paul Becker, Arts and Cultures (Newcastle), Dr Ian Mcdonald, Arts and Cultures (Newcastle), Prof.
Wolfgang Weileder, Arts and Cultures (Newcastle).
Visual Arts: All Other Categories:
‘Architecture and Urbanism in Twentieth Century Iraq: The Enduring Legacy of Gertrude Bell’; Prof. Andrew Ballantyne, Architecture, Planning
and Landscape (Newcastle), Dr Zeynep Kezer, Architecture, Planning and Landscape (Newcastle).
‘Listening Practices for Urban Sound Space: An Investigation of Research Strategies from Sonic Arts
Practice towards Developing an Aesthetic Hermeneutic for Urban Auditory Environments’; Dr Gascia Ouzounian, Creative Arts (QUB), Dr Sarah
Lappin, Architecture (QUB).
Creative Writing:
‘The Swift Flight of a Sparrow: Poems Belonging to the Palimpsest of North-East England’; Prof. Bill Herbert, English Literature, Language and
Linguistics (Newcastle), Dr Anne Whitehead, English Literature, Language and Linguistics (Newcastle), Dr Paul Batchelor, English Studies (Durham).
‘A creative poetry component and a critical component: Strategies of Translation in the Middle English Pearl and the poetry of Anne Carson’; Dr
Sinéad Morrissey, Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry (QUB), Dr Stephen Kelly, English (QUB).
Film History, Theory and Criticism:
‘From Music Hall to Cinema and Back: A Regional Study of Early-Twentieth-Century Visual Culture’; Dr Andrew Shail, English Literature, Language
and Linguistics (Newcastle), Dr Rosalind Haslett, English Literature, Language and Linguistics (Newcastle).
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Music:
‘Mendelssohn's Sonata Forms and Romantic Syntax’; Prof. Julian Horton, Music (Durham), Dr Jeremy Dibble, Music (Durham).
‘Musical encounters: visual representation and spatial configuration in Devon and Cornwall before 1650’; Dr Magnus Williamson, Arts and Cultures
(Newcastle), Dr Jamie Savan, Arts and Cultures (Newcastle).
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PANEL C: CULTURES & HERITAGE
Archaeology:
‘Long-Term Landscape Development in Northern England: understanding path-dependency from late prehistory to the late Middle-Ages’; Prof.
Sam Turner, History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle), Dr Chris Fowler, History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle).
‘The development of the coarse earthenware industry in early modern Ulster c.1500-1900: a typological
and sociological study of pots and potters’; Prof. Audrey Horning, Archaeology and Palaeoecology (QUB), Prof. Caroline Malone, Archaeology
and Palaeoecology (QUB); Dr Jane Webster, History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle).
‘Cultural Landscape of Late Medieval Gaelic Ulster’; Dr Colm J Donnelly, Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork (QUB), Dr Keith Lilley, Geography
(QUB), Prof. Sam Turner, History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle).
‘Morbidity, Medicine & Maturation: A History of Paediatric Medicine & Childhood Disease in England AD 1450–AD 1650’; Dr Rebecca Gowland,
Archaeology (Durham), Dr Stefano Cracolici, Modern Languages and Cultures (Durham).
‘Reconstructing Early Cypriot Metallurgy: the Case of Pyrgos-Mavroraki’; Dr Andrea Dolfini, History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle), Dr
Alasdair Charles, Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials (Newcastle), Dr Benjamin Roberts, Archaeology (Durham).
‘The Frontier of Islam: An Archaeobotanical Study of Islamic Agriculture in Iberia (c.700-1200AD)’; Dr Mike Church, Archaeology (Durham), Prof.
Christopher Gerrard, Archaeology (Durham).
‘An Archaeological Analysis of 18th Century Popular Protest and Civil Unrest in Britain’; Dr. Jane Webster, History, Classics and Archaeology
(Newcastle). Dr. Rachel Hammersley, History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle).
Classics
‘The philosophical path of Pythagoreanism in the Imperial Age’; Dr Phillip Horky, Classics and Ancient History (Durham), Prof. George Boys-Stones,
Classics and Ancient History (Durham), Dr David Creese, History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle).
‘The Gods and The Intellectuals: Theological Discussions of the Late Roman Republic in Cicero’s De
Natura Deorum’; Prof. Jakob Wisse, History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle). Dr Federico Santangelo, History, Classics and Archaeology
(Newcastle).
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‘A Song of Death in Strange New Strain: Collective Responses to Trauma in Ancient Greek and Akkadian Epic’; Prof. Johannes Haubold, Classics and
Ancient History (Durham), Prof. Barbara Graziosi, Classics and Ancient History (Durham).
Museum Studies:
‘From A Museum on the World’s Last War, To a Museum on the Two World Wars: The Wartime Activities and Reinvention of the Imperial War
Museum, 1939-1946’; Dr Rhiannon Mason, Arts and Cultures (Newcastle), Dr Susannah Eckersley, Arts and Cultures (Newcastle), Dr Debbie Lisle,
Politics, International Studies and Philosophy (QUB).
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PANEL D: LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
English Language and Literature:
‘Humour in British Writing of the First World War: A Literary Analysis’; Dr Anne Whitehead, English Literature, Language and Linguistics
(Newcastle), Dr Martin Dubois, English Literature, Language and Linguistics (Newcastle), Prof. Fran Brearton, English (QUB).
‘Tracing “Her” Story: Irish Lesbian Writing in its Historical Paradigms’; Dr Eamonn Hughes, English (QUB), Prof. Moyra Haslett, English (QUB), Prof.
Kate Chedgzoy, English Literature, Language and Linguistics (Newcastle).
‘(Un)civil ised Imaginations: The Brontes and the Genealogy of Violence’; Dr Sarah Wootton, English Studies (Durham), Dr Peter Garratt, English
Studies (Durham).
‘The American Heaney and Heaney’s America’; Prof. Fran Brearton, English (QUB), Dr Philip McGowan, English (QUB).
‘The Poetry of 1970s Northern Ireland and the Politics of Reception’; Prof. Fran Brearton, English (QUB), Dr Gail McConnell, English (QUB).
French Studies:
‘Travelling Concepts in Francophone Caribbean and Guyanese Writing: A New Approach to Postcolonial Theory’; Dr Maeve McCusker, Modern
Languages (QUB), Prof. Margaret Topping, Modern Languages (QUB).
German Studies:
‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn: The Medieval Revival and its Influence on the German Romantic Movement’; Dr Claudia Nitschke, Modern Languages
and Cultures (Durham), Dr Stefano Cracolici, Modern Languages and Cultures (Durham).
Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin Studies
‘“A path of tears”: Lusophone African Cinema and the Journey to Peace’; Dr Tori Holmes, Modern Languages (QUB), Dr Maria Tavares, Modern
Languages (QUB), Prof. Andrea Noble, Modern Languages and Cultures (Durham).
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Interpreting and Translation:
‘Paratexts in English and German translation of books banned by the Chinese government’; Dr Valerie Pellatt, Modern Languages (Newcastle), Dr
Francis Jones, Modern Languages (Newcastle).
‘Translating culture-specific elements in Dutch colonial and post-colonial fiction’; Dr Francis Jones, Modern Languages (Newcastle), Dr Laura
Leonardo, Modern Languages (Newcastle).
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