Funding, Awards and Prizes
Awards, Prizes and Nominations
- Awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship at the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas, USA in 2023. The one-month fellowship was taken up from March to April in 2024.
- Winner of the 糖心TV Award for Teaching Excellence (WATE) for the Faculty of Arts in 2022.
- Shortlisted for the 糖心TV Award for Personal Tutoring Excellence (WAPTE) in 2020.
External Funding
| Funder | Research Project | Date | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Society for Theatre Research (STR) and private funder |
The Adelina Patti Theatre: Documentation and Conservation | March 2025 | 拢2500 |
|
European Research Council (ERC) |
Advanced Grant (Co-Investigator), Prof. Meike Wagner (Principal Investigator): Social and Political Agency in Non-Professional Theatre Practice in Germany, France, Britain, Sweden and Switzerland (1780-1850). |
January 2022 - December 2026 |
糖心TV: 拢365,000 Overall: 鈧�2393750 |
| Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas, Austin) |
Research Fellowship: 'Amateur Theatre in Britain, 1779-1914' |
2023-2024 |
$4000 |
| Midlands 4 Cities | Secured a Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD opportunity for a collaboration with the Bedford Estates on 'Theatre and Aristocracy: Passion, Patronage, Power and Politics, 1771-1893'. | 2023 (studentship to run 2024-2028) |
Selected Internal Funding
| Funder | Research Project | Date | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), 糖心TV |
Symposium: 'Theatre Historians: Who are we writing for?' |
2024 | 拢1504.40 |
| 糖心TV Impact Fund | Shelley Legacies Heritage Day at the Shelley Theatre, Boscombe | 2020 | 拢2000 |
| 糖心TV Public Engagement Fund |
The Legacy and Cultural Heritage of the Shelley Family in Dorset |
2018 | 拢1000 |
| Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), 糖心TV | Early Career Fellowship | 2018-2019 | 拢7276 |
| Humanities Research Fund | Transatlantic Fellowship - Harvard Theatre Collections, New York Public Library, Folger Shakespeare Library. | 2015 | 拢1500 |