Karen Mailley

Talks, Funding & Training

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Selected Conference Papers

  • ‘Maroon Mile: More than football’, Footycon International Football History Conference, Windsor Park Belfast, (2025).
  • ‘Shifting Ground’: The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists and Altering Glasgow’s Exhibition Culture, Exhibiting Craft Session, The Association for Art History Annual Conference, The University of Birmingham, (2021).
  • The Impact of Charles H Scott and other Scottish Artists on the Vancouver School of Applied Art and Design, The Scottish Society for Art History, Kelvinhall, Glasgow, (2020).
  •  No Longer Monopolised by the Sterner Sex: The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists a Suffrage Hub?, Women’s History Network Scotland, The University of Edinburgh, (2019).
  • Creating Connections: The Cross-Cultural Influence of the Glasgow Designer Grace Wilson Melvin (1892-1977), Connections Postgraduate Conference, The University of Glasgow, (2018).
  • Women’s Work Praised: The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists, The Scottish Society of Art History annual conference held at Glasgow School of Art, (2018).
  • Illuminating the War: The Glasgow School of Art & the Rise of the Female Designer, War Through Other Stuff conference, The University of Edinburgh, (2017).
  • Women & Scotland’s Stained-Glass Industry: A Family Affair, The Women’s History Network Women’s Material Cultures/ Women’s Material Environments Conference, Leeds Trinity University, (2016).

 

Selected Invited Public Talks

  • ‘Claiming the City: Women, Space and Glasgow’, Doors Open Day Festival, ARC, The University of Glasgow, (2022).
  • ‘Pageant, Costumes and Faeries, Oh My! A (brief introduction) to Dorothy Carleton Smyth and Jessie M. King’, invited talk, Historical Pageants and Glasgow Women’s Library, (2021).
  • ‘A Short Introduction to Dorothy Carleton Smyth’, A Living Force, invited talk part of the ‘ambi’ programme, The Glasgow School of Art, (2021).
  • ‘Wummin’s Work: Exploring Scotland’s Artists, Designers & Architects’, School of Humanities Seminar Series, The University of Strathclyde, (2021).
  • ‘Where are the Women?’, as part of The History Girls Frae Scotland, Friday Night Mixer at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, (2019).
  • Jessie Newbery, STAR Project, Paisley, (2019).

Research Funding

  • Women’s History Scotland Bursary Recipient for the research project ‘Who is Dolly Mitchell? Glasgow Skating Scene, 1880-1915’, £300, (2022).
  • Scottish Graduate School of Arts & Humanities ARCS Travel Fund to travel to the London Metropolitan Archive to investigate The National Council of Women of Great Britain collection, £250, (2018).
  • Scottish History Endowment (School of Humanities, University of Glasgow) £500, (2018).
  • The Scottish Society for Art History Research Grant, £500, (2018).
  • Applied Research Collaborative Studentships to undertake PhD study, (2016).

Training

Conserving Scotland’s Stained Glass, CPD, The Engine Shed, September 2025.

Affiliation

Member of the Scottish Society for Art History.