
Tom Vickery
- Email: fhtiv@leeds.ac.uk
- Supervisors: Will Rea, Dr Gill Park
Profile
Bio
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)
AAH, Grants for Art History, 2024
Conferences
AAH Annual Conference, Community and Activism in the Global South, 2025
Transcultural Encounters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Language, History and Culture in a Global Society, Cardiff University, 2024
Residencies
Visiting Researcher, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2025
Talks/External Activities
Screening with 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 frorms through interaction with anti-colonial cinema created in Guinea-Bissau between 1972-1980. More broadly, I work as an eco-critical art historian working across research based, contemporary art practice within a Lusophone context.
Qualifications
- MA History of Art
- BA History and Politics