Research Supervisor Connect
Dr Chiara O’Reilly teaches across the Postgraduate Museum and Heritage studies program. She has extensive experience as an academic and has also worked for cultural organisations. Her research examines museum and gallery history, collections, exhibitions and audience experience. In addition, she has expertise on the history of nineteenth century French art, the rise of landscape painting and science and history.
Her research has been published in the Journal of the History of Collections, Museum Management and Curatorship and Museums and Social Issues and she co-authored a book on the history of Blockbusters Exhibitions in Australian Museums and Galleries (Routledge, 2019).
She is currently part of a number of collaborative research projects including “Museums as sites of Civil Society” and is also part of the “Nanosonic stories” team examining sound as a tool of science communication.
Art History and Film Studies, School of Art, Communication and English (SACE)
Research interests
1. If you are interested in this research opportunity, you are encouraged to email the academic directly. To find the academic’s email address, follow the link provided to their profile page. Introduce yourself and provide some academic background. You may be asked for an academic transcript. Explain why you are interested in your area of research and, if appropriate, why you are interested in working with the recipient.
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3072