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Mr Julian Pinnick

Job: PhD student

Faculty: Arts, Design and Humanities

School/department: School of Humanities

Address: Æß²ÊÖ±²¥, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: p1522078x@my365.dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Julian is a freelance fine artist and illustrator from Nottingham: He studied for a degree in Fine Art at Æß²ÊÖ±²¥. Shortlisted for A&I "Artist of the Year" 2014. Artworks included in public collections including the R.C. Diocese of Southwark and the Vice-Chancellor’s collection at Æß²ÊÖ±²¥. Returned to Æß²ÊÖ±²¥ to study for an MA in Creative Writing, passing with distinction, with a dissertation focused on illustrated children’s fiction. 

From one of the modules for the MA course grew the idea to combine a long-standing interest in the history of art with creative writing, as the inspiration for a PhD research project.

Research group affiliations

Research interests/expertise

  • Art History (Painting & Illustration)
  • J.M.W. Turner
  • The Nineteenth Century Novel
  • 18th-19th century mad-houses
  • Madness: as portrayed by Dickens and the Brontës

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Fine Art
MA (Dist.) Creative Writing

PhD project

Title

Turner and The Mad-Doctor (An Ungovernable Temper)

Abstract

Being thought mad. London society’s attitudes to mental health and its treatment at the turn of the nineteenth century, viewed through the life and experiences of J.M.W. Turner’s mother, Mary Turner and Dr Thomas Monro, the principle physician at Bethlem Hospital.

Name of supervisor(s)

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