AAH Dissertation Prize Success
MA graduate Erin Allen is one of the two runners up in this year's Association for Art History Postgraduate Dissertation Prize!
Erin's essay is titled "‘Stitching Autonomy: May Morris’s Embroidery as a Tool of Empowerment". Winning and shortlisted essays are assessed on the quality of their originality, research and method, and form and content, and being runner up in this prestigious competition is a real achievement.
Warm congratulations to Erin!
Image: Pair of bed hangings, designed by May Morris, embroidered by May Morris, Mary Newill, Dora Webb, G. Cattell, A.B. Simpson, Isobel Catterson-Smith, Mrs. Moore, Nan Hornby (Hornsy), M. Dalton, and Wilhelmina Edelstein, 1916, Wools on linen, 195cm x 68.6cm, Cranbrook Art Museum, Michigan, Photo courtesy of Cranbrook Art Museum