Rebecca Wrightson

DPhil Student

Supervisor: Professor Alain George

College Affiliation: Wolfson College

Email: rebecca.wrightson@wolfson.ox.ac.uk

Education:

2016-present: DPhil Oriental Studies, Oxford University

Thesis title: Epigraphic Ceramics: The Transmission of Decorative Script and the Formation of Pseudo-Kufic

2014-15: MSc Art in the Global Middle Ages, University of Edinburgh

Dissertation title: Magic and Interlace: The Apotropaic Nature of Early Islamic Ornamentation

2008-2012: BA Art History, University of Rhode Island

Research Interests: Early Islamic Art and Architecture; Early Islamic ceramics; development of epigraphic patterns and decoration; ceramic technologies; ceramic trade

Teaching Experience:

2015-2016: Teaching Assistant, Art History, Brandeis University

2012: Teaching Assistant, Art History, University of Rhode Island

Scholarships and Grants:

I.M Pei Studentship

Wolfson College Travel Grant

Oriental Institute Travel Grant

Hamad Bin Khalifa Travel Grant

Andrew Grant Postgraduate Scholarship

College Research Award (Edinburgh College of Art)