Dr Hazel Donkin
Contact Dr Hazel Donkin (email at hazel.donkin@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
Dr Hazel Donkin completed her postgraduate studies in 2010 and joined Durham University as a Teaching Fellow.
She contributes to all of the History of Art modules run by the School of Education, as well as the BA (Hons) Primary Education course at Queens campus. She is module convenor for EDUC 1011 Beauty and the Beast: Key themes in the artistic and musical culture of Europe, EDUC 3301/3302 Dissertation in the History of Art, EDUC 3311: Work Placement and Professional Skills and EDUS 1621/2521 Arts 1 & 2.
Hazel's research interest is in the field of Surrealism and in the nature of creativity. She would welcome applications from potential PhD candidates interested in research in visual culture of inter-war Europe and in all areas of Surrealism.
Supervises
Publications
Journal papers: academic
- Donkin, H. (2012). Ties that Bind Hans Bellmer's 'Tenir au Frais' to Heinrich von Kleist. History of Photography 36(4).
- Newton, D.P. & Donkin, H. (2011). Some notions of artistic creativity amongst history of art students acquired through incidental learning. International Journal of Education through Art 7(3): 283-298.