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PhD & Research Symposium

For the past few Festivals we have had a special PhD and Research symposium chaired by Dr. Jo Dahn. She was BSAD Higher Degrees Tutor, with responsibility for the management of all doctoral research in the School. She has published widely on Ceramics and is the author of New Directions in Ceramics; from spectacle to trace (2015)

2019 presentations will be given by:

John Bennett (MA Ceramics with Cardiff Metropolitan University)
Theo Harper (National Glass Centre in Sunderland)
Loucia Manopoulou (University for the Creative Arts)
Angela Tait (University of Sunderland)
Ding Liang (University of Sunderland)
Natasha Mayo (Cardiff Metropolitan University)

Please click on each name to see their profile page.

Dr Jo Dahn
Jo is an independent writer, researcher and curator with a background in academia and a special interest in Ceramics. From January 1998 – May 2013 she was Senior Lecturer in History and Theory of Art and Design at Bath School of Art and Design, Bath Spa University (BSAD), and from September 2013 – September 2014, Senior Research Fellow at BSAD. Jo has supervised and examined PhDs in Ceramics practice and was BSAD Higher Degrees Tutor, with responsibility for the management of all doctoral research in the School. She has published widely on Ceramics and is the author of New Directions in Ceramics; from spectacle to trace London and New York: Bloomsbury 2015 Jo’s current interests include The Button Project

Jo Dahn