Students

Celebration of student bursary success

By Leah Warriner-Wood, Senior Lecturer in Conservation of Cultural Heritage. In late September 2023, staff from the Lincoln School of Humanities and Heritage gathered with industry colleagues to...

International Summer School 2023 – Conserving gravestones in Germany

By Abigail Davy, MA Heritage Conservation (Apprenticeship) During the summer of 2023 I took part in the International Summer Seminar for Young Academics (ISA) in Germany. I was...

Replicating the Lydia Lawrence bonnet, Part 1: Adventures in digital fabric printing and historical dress

By Laurie Rees, BA(Hons) Conservation of Cultural Heritage student My name is Laurie Rees (they/he) and I am a Conservation of Cultural Heritage student at the University of...

A damaged cotton bonnet

Little Boxes on the Store Shelf

Little Boxes on the Store Shelf By Abby Buckland MA Conservation of Cultural Heritage student Deep in the Conservation Department Teaching Collection (a collection of almost 1000 items,...

Digitising photographic negatives using a lightbox and camera on a copy stand.

From online Reading List to Charleston: a student placement

By Samantha Sherman (third year BA Classical Studies) and Talis In summer 2022, the School of Humanities and Heritage supported Samantha Sharman, at that time a second-year Classical...

Mapping Monasticism

by Jasmin Richardson (3rd Year BA History) Tomas Shannon (Ma in Medieval Studies) ‘Mapping Monasticism: the Abbey of Conques and its Network’ is an undergraduate research project supervised...

Metheringham Airfield Visitors Centre Volunteering

By David Kershaw Third year BA History Last July, after attending a meeting about the Lincoln Heritage Award, I approached Metheringham Airfield Visitors Centre. A modest, accredited museum...

An UROS conservation project: the Carvings of the Mompesson Settle

The Carvings of the Mompesson Settle by Wesley Leak, BA2 Conservation of Cultural Heritage In June 2022 after completing my second-year studies of BA Conservation of Cultural Heritage,...

Paintings Conservation Internship

by Erin Fairhurst Second year BA History and Art History In January 2022 I was offered the opportunity to apply for an internship programme offered by the Art...

Amerindian featherwork and the European gaze

Amerindian featherwork and the European gaze by Laura Anisha Bignell BA art history third year student The Arts for Equality and Diversity Bursary Award* The Art and Power...