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THE FOLLOWING IS AN ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF SUCCESSFUL GRANT APPLICATIONS SINCE 2006. (Name, location, nature of research, amount received) 2009 Over £1,000 Carla Cesare, Northumbria University Needlework and Femininity in Inter-War Britain (PHD bursary)
Anna Kadzik Bartosewka, University College, Dublin Egyptian Archaeological Garments (PhD bursary)
Robynne Miles, University of Glasgow Victorian Artistic dress and identity (renewal award PhD bursary)
Amanda Stinchecum, Brooklyn, New York Research on textile museum collections in Okinawa
Valerie Wright, University of Dundee Jute and Dundee (Themed Workshop Grant)
Between £500 and £1000
Elizabeth Cumming, Edinburgh History of the Dovecot Studios
Danish National Research Foundation Workshop on Textile production in the Ancient Near East
David Higgins, University of York, UK Research on Harris Tweed branding
Katrina Honeyman, University of Leeds, UK Child labour and apprenticeship in 19th century British textile industries
Michele Walker, Brighton, UK Funding for online publication and touring exhibition
Up to £500
Regina Blaszczyk, Philadelphia Research on ‘Transatlantic textile connections: from Colour Standards to synthetic fibres’
Macushla Boudis, Co. Kildare Ireland Research on and photography of unpublished 18th century French embroidery designs
Emily Brennan, London Research into Jamaican Lace-Bark
Kimberley Chrisman-Campbell, Pasadena, California Illustrations for Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI
Vicky Coltman, Edinburgh University Publication grant for illustrations of eighteenth century Scots in London
Gillian Crosby, University of Sussex, UK Research trip to Paris to research Toiles de Jouy calicos 1686-1759
Christensen Ericsson, University of Southampton Research on Victorian floral embroidery designs
Caroline Evans, St Martins College, London Towards expenses incurred in presenting paper in Milan on Haute Couture
Chinar Farooqui, Coventry Research into Lac Dyeing in Gujarat
Michael Hann, University of Leeds, UK Cataloguing photographic plates relating to textile manufacture and design
Lucy Norris, University College London Towards expenses incurred in presenting paper at the Political Economy of Textiles Conference, California
Sarah Owens, Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton MA grant for research on non destructive investigative techniques for native American textiles
Elizabeth Palacios, Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton MA grant for research on archaeological objects in Kew botany collection
Alexis Romano, Bard Graduate Centre, New York Expenses for attendance and paper at Global Conference on Fashion, University of Oxford
Clare Rose, London US Research trip and to present paper at Global Quilt conference
Emma Ronald Towards research trip to Delhi to study block printed and resist dyed textiles in rural Rajastan
Tirthankar Roy, London School of Economics Publication grant for images for How India Changed the World
Madhura Waiker, Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton MA grant for research trip to Mumbai to study Patola Saris
Clive Warwick, London College of Fashion MA grant for research on London branch of Elsa Schiaparelli
2008
Over £1,000
Robynne Miles, Glasgow Victorian Artistic Dress and Social Identity (PhD Bursary)
Linda Newington, Winchester, UK Support for conference on History of Knitting 'In the Loop' (Themed Workshop)
Emma Richardson, Hampshire, UK Pest Control in Nylon Textiles (PhD Bursary)
Between £500 and £1000
Chanel Clarke, Aukland, New Zealand Attend and give paper on Maori textiles at CHODA conference
Hero Grange-Taylor, London, UK Costs of plenary speaker at Early Textiles Study Group conference
Sarah Grant, London, UK Research and publication on French printed textiles
Susan Marks, UK Research on quilt history and conference presentation
Ben Marsh, Stirling, UK European silk in the Atlantic world, 1500-1800
Fianti Noor, London, UK Research on economic responses amongst European textile firms
Sarah Norris, Cheshire, UK Fashion and Social Dance in Interwar Britain (PhD Bursary)
Dorothy Osler, Northumberland UK Research on quilt history and conference presentation
Helen Persson (and group), London, UK Provide session at Textile Society of America symposium and associated work
Elisha P. Renne, Michigan USA Research in Nigerian Veils
Camilla Roman, Brussels, Belgium Research on Indian handloom clusters
Kristen Smith, USA Create database and analyse Coptic textiles
Peter Solar, Brussels, Belgium Cotton spinning in Lancashire 1800-1825
John Stobart, Northampton University Workshop grant: Selling Textiles in the long Eighteenth Century
Awhina Tamarapa, Wellington, New Zealand Attend and give paper on Maori textiles at CHODA conference
Lesley Twomey, Northumbria, UK Shoes in Valencia
Michele Walker. Brighton, UK Japanese Shashiko Textiles
Up to £500
Nahum Ben-Yahuda, Qedumim, Isreal Present paper at DISTAFF conference, Leeds
Kimberley Chrisman Campbell, Pasadena, California, USA Publication grant for Fashion victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI
Sarah Gillies, Bradford, UK Analysis of staining on 7th century Coptic tunic
Judith Hubbard, Winchester, UK Present paper at 'In the Loop' Knitting History Conference
Alice Kettle et al., Winchester, UK Grant for research for book on embroidery
Luba Nurse, Basingstoke, UK Research on Maori cloak
Swapnesh Masrani, St Andrews, UK Dundee jute industry 1945-1960s
Ingrid Murnane, Andover, UK Present paper at 'In the Loop' Knitting History Conference
Katarina Oikerman, Israel German Torah Bindings
Victoria Rovine, Florida, USA Research on South African Dress and Textiles
Zoe Viney, Southampton, UK Vestments at St Michael's Abbey
2007
Over £1,000
Lynn Abrams, Glasgow, UK To support workshop on history of knitted textiles in Scotland
Michael Bath, Glasgow, UK Illustration costs for book on needlework of Mary Queen of Scots
Maxine Berg and Giorgio Riello, Warwick, UK To support workshop in the global spread of Indian textiles
Massimiliano Carocci, London, UK Use of 'Spanish Moss' in textiles among native Indians
Jane Malcolm Davies, Goldoming, UK Representations of dress in sixteenth century Church effigies
Joanna Hashagen, Durham, UK To support International Lace Conference
Katrina Honeyman and Clare Rose, Leeds, UK To support workshop in researching the garment industry: sources and approaches
Cory Wilmott, Illinois, USA Dress of the Great Lakes Algonquian people in British Museum
Katherine Wilson, Glasgow, UK To support workshop on tapestry research
Up to £1000
Mina Ishizu Cardiff, UK Early nineteenth century business practices in wool trade £545
Alexandra MacCulloch Bucks, UK To support two speakers at Annual Courtauld History of Dress Association conference £300
Artemis Yagou, Athens, Greece To support research on Greek School Uniforms
Helen Wang, London, UK To support workshop on Textiles as Money on the Silk Road |