• Elizabeth Siddal: Reception and Reflection

    Katherine Duffy is a student on the MA Nineteenth Century Studies programme with a passion for the Pre-Raphaelites. She is using her research skills to re-examine the work of Pre-Raphaelite painter and muse Elizabeth Siddall. The name Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862) brings to mind a plethora of paintings by artists such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti and…

  • Student’s Passion for the Brontës Leads to a New Career…and an encounter with Vampires!

    A student on our MA in Nineteenth Century Studies degree is taking her research on the life and works of the Brontë siblings into spooky new places and a new career at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth. Elysia Brown will deliver a research talk on 8th February for the Brontë Society and Bronte enthusiasts…