Dr Charlotte Ashby

Overview

Highlights

• I am an art and design historian and my research focuses on issues of nationalism, international exchange and modern identities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. My work ranges over art, architecture and design and my areas of interest cover art journals, new art and changing cultures of display around 1900.

  I am currently working on a project exploring the impact of Chinese art objects on the British art world from 1870-1920. Forthcoming publications include "Chinese art and British art history 1870-1920" in a sepcial issue of TaHiTi, (The Journal of the Society for Art History in Finland)

  More information about my research activities and publications can be found in the tabs to the left.

  I have worked as a lecture at Birkbeck, University of London, the Courtauld Institute of Art, Oxford University and the V&A. My teaching and writing revolves around my research and interest in art and design  as vehicles for identity and ideals.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of St Andrews, 2007

Research

Research overview

I am an art and design historian and my research focuses on issues of nationalism, international exchange and modern identities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. My work ranges over art, architecture and design and my areas of interest cover art journals, new art and changing cultures of display around 1900.

I have participated in a number of research projects and networks:

The Viennese Café and Fin-de-siècle Culture, Royal College of Art, London

Internationalism and Cultural Exchange 1870-1920, based at Bristol University

Revivals Network, based at National Galleries of Helsinki and Oslo

 

Publications

External Repositories