- AHRC-Techne PhD Candidate, Art and Design History, Kingston University
I am an art historian, curator and translator specialising in Ukrainian print culture, graphic design, and book history. I am an AHRC Techne-funded PhD candidate in Art and Design History at Kingston University. My research explores visual identity and experimental book culture in Ukraine and across East-Central and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 2026, I was selected to participate in the Translating Ukraine Summer Institute (TUSI). I also develop curatorial projects that connect academic scholarship with wider audiences, including a digital exhibition for Art UK and Dorich House Museum. I serve as co-chair of the British Association for the Study of Ukraine (BASU)'s Arts and Culture Working Group.
Experience
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2026–presentSelected Participant and Lead Editor, Creating Communities through Poetry: Translating Experience between Ukraine and the UK
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2024–2025Curator & Print Research Assistant (AHRC Techne Placement), Dorich House Museum
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2016–2022Manager, The Malevich Society
Education
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2013Courtauld Institute of Art, MA, History of Art
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2006University of Law Moorgate, LPC (with Allen & Overy)
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2001Bryn Mawr College, MA, Applied Linguistics and Russian
Grants and Contracts
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2024Behind the Glass: Print Collection Symposium, Dorich House Museum
- Role:
- Co-convener & Speaker
- Funding Source:
- Association of Print Scholars
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2024The Grand Tour, Northward Bound: Sojourns and Souvenirs (Virtual Exhibition, Art UK and Dorich House Museum)
- Role:
- Curator
- Funding Source:
- Association for Art History
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2024Behind the Glass: Print Collection Symposium, Dorich House Museum
- Role:
- Doctoral Researcher
- Funding Source:
- Visual and Material Culture Research Centre at Kingston School of Art
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2022Experimental Book Arts: Re-interpreting the Fluidities of Ukrainian Identity in Eastern Europe, 1890s-1930s
- Role:
- Doctoral Researcher
- Funding Source:
- Arts and Humanities Research Council / TECHNE DTP Studentship
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2020Experimental Book Arts: Re-interpreting the Fluidities of Ukrainian Identity in Eastern Europe, 1890s-1930s
- Role:
- Doctoral Researcher
- Funding Source:
- Kingston University PhD Studentship (superseded by AHRC DTP Studentship in 2022)
Professional Memberships
- Association for Art History
- Association of Print Scholars
- American Association for Ukrainian Studies
- Institute for Translation and Interpreting
- Royal Historical Society
- British Association for the Study of Ukraine
- Institute of Art & Law
Honours
Selected Participant, Translating Ukraine Summer Institute (2026); Postgraduate Member, Royal Historical Society
Contact Lauren for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Research collaboration
