Prof Julie Sheldon
Doctoral Academy
Student and Academic Services Division
Email: J.L.Sheldon@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 6476
I am Dean of the Doctoral Academy at Liverpool John Moores University, responsible for directing the provision for doctoral research, which includes developing pathways and structures to support excellence in postgraduate research.
I am also Professor of Art History with interests in the history of exhibitions and the critical reception of works of art in the UK and USA in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I have supervised PhDs on a number of topics, including exhibition cultures, modernism, patronage, curatorial research, art writing, and histories of art practice.
I serve on the Executive Committee of the UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE), and I Honorary Secretary since February 2021. I am also a co-investigator on the OfS/Research England-funded EDEPI project to widen participation in postgraduate research.
Degrees
1991, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, PhD
1987, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, BA History of Art
Academic appointments
Dean of the Doctoral Academy, Academic Registry, Liverpool John Moores University, 2015 - present
Associate Dean (Research, Scholarship and Knowledge Transfer), Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2014 - 2017
Report
Smith McGloin R, Russell L, Gower O, Khan B, Sheldon J. 2024. Postgraduate Researcher Admissions Report Postgraduate Researcher Admissions Report Publisher Url
Other
Sheldon J, Smith McGloin R, Foster S. 2024. Postgraduate Researcher Competency-Based Admissions Framework. DOI
Sheldon J. Eastlake, Lady Elizabeth (Elizabeth Rigby) Scholl L. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing, DOI Publisher Url
Books (edited)
2021. Online Communities for Doctoral Researchers and their Supervisors: Building Engagement with Social Media Sheldon J, Sheppard V. Taylor and Francis. Abingdon and New York 9780367224097
2016. The Della Robbia Pottery: From Renaissance to Regent Street Sheldon JL. Liverpool University Press. Liverpool 978-1781382738 Publisher Url
2014. Ford Madox Brown and the Victorian Imagination Sheldon JL, Trodd C. Taylor and Francis
Chapters
Sheldon J, Sheppard V. 2021. It started with a Tweet: how doctoral researchers become social media savvy Sheldon J, Sheppard V. Online Communities for Doctoral Researchers and their Supervisors: Building Engagement with Social Media :38-49 Taylor and Francis
Sheldon J, Dalal-Clayton A. 2020. 'A Dissident View': Bluecoat Exhibitions, 1967-2005 Biggs B, Belchem J. Bluecoat, Liverpool: The UK's First Arts Centre :144-173 Liverpool University Press 978-1-789-62163-1
Sheldon J. 2019. Eastlake, Lady Elizabeth [Elizabeth Rigby] Scholl L. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing Palgrave Macmillan. Cham 978-3-030-02721-6 DOI Publisher Url
Sheldon JL. 2018. Picturing the Installation Shot Meecham PJ. A Companion to Modern Art :127-144 Wiley Blackwell 978-1-118-63984-9 Publisher Url
Sheldon JL. 2016. 'Inspired by the Italian Originals': Rathbone and the Della Robbia Pottery Sheldon JL. The Della Robbia Pottery: From Renaissance to Regent Street :55-72 Liverpool University Press 978-1-78138-273-8
Sheldon JL. 2012. 'His Best Successor': Lady Eastlake and the National Gallery Hill K. Museums and Biographies: Stories, Objects, Identities :61-74 Boydell Press 9781843837275
Foster S, Sheldon J, Hannibal C, Bryde-Evens M. A person-centred approach to researcher development for Business Management Doctorates Inclusive Learning and Teaching in Business Schools Edward Elgar’s Publisher Url
Journal article
Meecham P, Sheldon JL. 2019. American Art under Norman Reid, 1964–79 Modern American Art at Tate 1945–1980, Publisher Url Public Url
Sheldon J. 2019. Lady Eastlake and the Characteristics of the Old Masters Avery-Quash S, Fraser H. 19 : Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Sheldon JL, Trodd C. 2014. Introduction to 'Ford Madox Brown and the Victorian Imagination’ Visual Culture in Britain, 15 :227-238 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Sheldon JL. 2013. 'The Pencil is the Child of My Heart'. A Rediscovered Album of Drawings by Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake British Art Journal, XIV :45-63
Sheldon JL. 2009. 'In her own metier': the Quarterly review of Jane Eyre Women's History Review, Volume 18 :835-847 DOI
Sheldon JL. 2007. ‘Elizabeth Rigby and the Calotypes of Hill and Adamson: Correspondence from the John Murray Archive, 1843-1880’ Studies in Photography, :42-48
Books (authored)
Avery-quash S, Sheldon J. 2011. Art for the Nation - the Eastlakes and the Victorian Art World National Gallery Company and Yale University Press. London 9781857095074
Sheldon J. 2009. The Letters of Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake Liverpool Univ Pr 9781846311949
Biggs B, Sheldon J. 2009. Art in a City Revisited Liverpool Univ Pr 9781846310836
Meecham P, Sheldon J. 2008. Making American Art Routledge 9780415420709
Meecham P, Sheldon J. 2004. Modern Art: A Critical Introduction 9780415281942
Meecham P, Sheldon J. 2000. Modern Art: A Critical Introduction 9780415172356
Book review
Conference publication
Foster S, Sheldon J. Postgraduate-Researcher-Competency-Based-Admissions-Framework the NEON Widening Participation in Postgraduate Study Working Group Author Url
Research Grants Awarded:
Research England and the Office for Students, Equity in Doctoral Education through Partnership and Innovation (EDEPI), Rebekah Smith-McGloin, Nottingham Trent University (PI) Douglas Cleaver, Sheffield Hallam University (Co-I), Grant value (£): 704,000.00, Duration of research project: 4 years. 2021
Paul Mellon Centre for British Art, Della Robbia Pottery: From Renaissance to Regent Street, Colin Simpson, Principal Curator, Williamson Art Gallery, Grant value (£): 1,800. 2014
AHRC, Cultural Value of Socially Embedded Art Works, Dr Nedim Hassan, LJMU, Grant value (£): 20,000, Duration of research project: 9 months. 2013
AHRC, From Renaissance to Regent Street: Della Robbia Pottery in Late Victorian Culture, Williamson Art Gallery Birkenhead, Grant value (£): 54,405, Duration of research project: 4 years. 2011
Membership of professional bodies:
Honorary Secretary, UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE), http://www.ukcge.ac.uk/about-ukcge/executive-committee.aspx. 2021
Executive member, UK Council for Graduate Education, http://www.ukcge.ac.uk/. 2018
External PGR examinations performed:
University of Hull, PhD, A Class Act: Grayson Perry and Class. 2016
University of London, PhD. 2013
University of London, PhD. 2012
Institute of Education, PhD. 2012
University of London, PhD. 2011
University of London, PhD. 2009
Kingston University, PhD. 2009
University of New South Wales, PhD. 2008
University of London, PhD. 2008
University of Liverpool, PhD. 2008
University of London, PhD. 2006
Edith Cowan University, PhD. 2006
University of London, PhD. 2004
Conference organisation:
Inaugural Graduate School PGR Conference 2016. 2016
Award:
VC Award for Research Excellence. 2014
Teaching qualification:
FHEA. 2013
Other Professional Activity:
External Panellist for Periodic Review of Research Degree Regulations, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018.
External Panellist, Validation of MA Art History and Art, Christie's Education 2018.
External Quality Assessor for REF review, UoA32 Newcastle University.