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Researcher wins prestigious award for book charting how influencer culture is changing creative work
A researcher at the School of Media and Communication has won a prestigious award for a book that examines how the rise of influencer culture has changed creative work.
Funded PhD opportunity to research heritage and health
Applications are open for a fully funded Arts and Humanities (AHRC) Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship with Historic England and the University of Leeds.
University of Leeds research helps secure major cultural policy shift in new devolution bill
Trevor MacFarlane, Director of Culture Commons, described the outcome as “one of the most significant shifts in cultural policy for a generation”.
Leeds academics to take part in Association for Art History Annual Conference in Cambridge
Colleagues from the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies are participating in panels and receiving fellowships at this year’s Association for Art History Annual Conference.
Professor Gail Day is this year’s Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History
Gail Day, Professor of Art History and Critical Theory at the University of Leeds, has recently been announced the Pilkington Visiting Professor at the University of Manchester for 2025/6.




