Doctoral Training Programme: Collections-Based Research Theories & Methods
Covering everything from how to navigate collections to how to teach with them, this programme of in-person and virtual events introduces PhD students from any institution to collections-based research.
About this event
Explore different techniques that can be applied in collections-based research.
Academic researchers and professionals will explore different techniques that can be applied in collections based research. The workshop covers material culture and collections theory, creative practice as research, ethnographic methods, art historical and visual analysis, exploring literature through archives, and material science.
Doctoral Training Programme: collections-based research
This event is part of our Doctoral Training Programme: collections-based research series. Attend as few or as many sessions as you like.
- 22 Oct 2025: Navigating collections (at The MERL)
- 26 Nov 2025: Reading objects, images and documents (at The MERL)
- 03 Dec 2025: Collections-based research, theories and methods (online)
- 14 Jan 2026: What’s not there? Absences in collections (online)
- 04 Feb 2026: Teaching with collections (at The MERL)
- 04 Mar 2026: Digital research with collections (online)
- 15 Apr 2026: Research engagement and impact with collections – skills for PER (at The MERL).
Date & Time
Wednesday 3 December 2025, 11:00 – 16:00
Cost
Free
Audience
Public