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UCL and the National Gallery are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship from 1 October 2026 under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme. The studentship is open to both home and international applicants. It can be studied either full or part-time.

This project examines intersections between urban pollution and the Victorian art museum. By exploring the threat that pollutants posed to cultural artefacts and buildings, and the ways that curators, conservators, scientists, critics, artists and the public responded, this PhD project will develop new understandings of the relationship between the museum and environmental histories of the nineteenth century. Centring the National Gallery as a key site of critical scrutiny and the development of new practices across this period, this research will explore networks of key individuals involved in studying the effects of pollution and mitigating its impact on art museums and art objects.

The award pays full maintenance for all students, both home and international.