Our Graduates

Robyn Cooper, (MA in Classics & Archaeology) 'Romans, Religion, and Residences. Investigating the Relationship of Domestic Spaces and Roman Homes throughout Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the Iberian Peninsula' Using domestic cult spaces as a source material, this project explores how the nature of space within Roman residences interacted with and influenced on the expression of religious beliefs. As domestic cult spaces …

Leonard D'Cruz (PhD in Philosophy, 2023) 'Foucault and Normative Political Philosophy' This thesis brings Michel Foucault’s work into dialogue with the tradition of normative political philosophy inaugurated by John Rawls. More specifically, it draws on Foucault’s ideas to develop an original approach to normative theorising that emphasises the importance of situated insights in reconstructing our normative political concepts. With this goal …

Divya Rama Gopalakrishnan (PhD in History) 'Venereal Diseases and Bodily Excesses: A Social History of Contagions in the Madras Presidency (c1780 to 1900)' This thesis investigates the discourses around bodily excess and venereal diseases in colonial South India, or, as it was known in the nineteenth century, the Madras presidency. It highlights the epistemological exchange between Europe and the colonies regarding …

Diana Tay (PhD in Cultural Materials Conservation, 2023) 'Building a Conservation Material Record: A Study of Paintings by Cheong Soo Pieng and Georgette Chen' Despite the growing visibility of prominent figures in modern Singaporean art history, there is limited material knowledge of the art practices of paintings from Nanyang artists such as Georgette Chen (1906–1993) and Cheong Soo Pieng (1917–1983). Scholarly …