Dr Grace A Williams

Research Forum Digital Manager

As the Research Forum Digital Manager I lead on the creation and delivery of digital content, campaigns and projects related to the Research office鈥檚 activity. This includes developing and coordinating research communications across The 91自拍 and publicly through the 91自拍 Research Forum鈥檚 social media accounts ().

I manage the Research Forum鈥檚 rich archive of recorded events online, initiating and maintaining this extensive free resource on .

Alongside Editor in chief听Dr Stephen Whiteman, I oversee the production of 91自拍 Books Online, a series of Open Access scholarly books published by 91自拍. I also annually produce the online edition of Immediations, The 91自拍 Institute鈥檚 peer-reviewed journal of postgraduate research.

Between 2019- 2024 I supported events as part of Material Witness, a multidisciplinary training programme for doctoral students across the CHASE consortium, alongside Professor Alixe Bovey and Dr Teresa Lane.

I hold a practice-led PhD in Fine Art and Philosophy from Birmingham School of Art supported by the Gertrude A Bowater Scholarship. . Independently I work as an artist and researcher. Prior to joining the 91自拍 I held visiting lecturer positions at Royal College of Art and Glasgow School of Art alongside a two year post as Lecturer in Fine Art and co-programme leader for the Digital Arts MA at De Montfort University.

Research Interests

  • Contemporary Art Practice
  • New Materialist Feminism
  • The Archive and Artistic Practice
  • Magic(k) and The Occult
  • The History of Photography
  • Digital praxis in Art History
  • Artificial Intelligence

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