My doctoral research is looking at the beginning of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement from the perspective of the female collectives who contributed to its artistic, cultural, and literary expansion. My aim is to unveil the diverse artistic networks formed by women who participated in the movement not only as artists, but also as patrons, models, art-critics. I aim to explore the extent to which their participation reveals a collective artistic identity, and how their gendered contributions affected the artistic direction of the Pre-Raphaelite label.

I am currently the Deputy Chair/Secretary and Dissertation Prizes Coordinator at the Association for Art History's Doctoral and Early Career Research Network (DECR). I am also part of the Women's History Network's Steering Committee as Newsletter Editor. Follow the links below for the full programmes:

Doctoral and Early Career Research Network (DECR) Twitter:  @DECRarthistory | Web: forarthistory.org.uk

Women’s History Network (WHN)  Twitter: @WomensHistNet | Web: ​womenshistorynetwork.org

I have also been involved in coordinating projects and collaborating with heritage institutions. These include the Charles Dickens Museum, Imperial War Museum, Natural History Museum, the online book platform Bibliotronica Portuguesa, and more recently the Egham Museum and Watts Gallery.

In addition to my work at the Association for Art History's and Women's History Network's committees, I am a member of the British Art Network (my member profile can be viewed here).

I am also a member of the British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS), Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA), and Paul Mellon Centre's Doctoral Research Network (DRN).

EN1107: Re-Orienting the Novel

Office hour: Monday 16-17, in person at IN222 or online via MS Teams

Email: catia.costarodrigues@rhul.ac.uk