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)