Tom Vickery

Profile

I am an Amanda Burton Scholarship holder and PhD researcher at the University of Leeds, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies. I previously received an Undergraduate Degree at the University of Sheffield in History and Politics, and a Masters Degree in History of Art from SOAS University, London.

Awards

Amanda Burton Scholarship, 2023 – 2027

AHC Faculty Research Dissemination Award, 2023 – 2024 (x2)

Association of Art History, Grants for Art History, 2024

Conferences

Reactivating Archives in Contemporary Art, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2025

Association of Art History Annual Conference, Community and Activism in the Global South, 2025

Restitution: A Ghana-UK Dialogue, FAHACS, University of Leeds x Department of Archeology and Heritage Studies, University of Ghana, 2025

Transcultural Encounters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Language, History and Culture in a Global Society, Cardiff University, 2024

Research Placements

Visiting Researcher, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2025/6

Visiting Researcher, Universidade Amílcar Cabral, Bissau, 2024

Talks/External Activities

Screening and introductory talk, Spell Reel (2017) dir. Filipa César, Hyde Park Picture House, Tuesday Wonders x Cinema Africa!

Research interests

My research surrounds the intersection of coloniality and ecology in the contemporary arts project Luta Ca Caba Inda (The Struggle is Not Over Yet). My thesis concentrates on ecological narratives uncovered by network forms through interaction with anti-colonial cinema created in Guinea-Bissau between 1972-1980. More broadly, I work as an eco-critical art historian across research based, contemporary art practice within a postcolonial context.

Qualifications

• MA History of Art
• BA History and Politics