Christopher Vainesworth
PhD student at Department of Art History
- Email:
- christopher.vainesworth[AT-sign]konstvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken,
Thunbergsvägen 3H
752 38 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 630
751 26 UPPSALA
Short presentation
PhD candidate at the Dept. of Art History since January 2023. My research field is architectural history and the built environment, with a focus on the 18th and 19th centuries. I hold an MA (2014) and a BA Hons. (2012) in Art History from Uppsala University, and an MA (2015) in Archival Sciences from Stockholm University. I've worked with building drawings as an archivist at Stockholm City Archives since 2015. Dissertation project on female commissioners of architecture in Stockholm 1725–1874.
Keywords: historia bebyggelsehistoria gender architecture arkitektur architectural history arkitekturhistoria
My dissertation project is about female commissioners of architecture in Stockholm 1725–1874. Amongst 13 000 drawings of building permits between 1713–1874 are 559 female commissioners with 650 drawings starting from 1725. The women who are building new houses, rebuilding or making extensions, comes from different ranks in society and erects everything from outhouses with privies and stables, to bowling alleys, gazebos, residences, breweries or rooms for rent.
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