Current and Recent Research Students

Dr Michael Huxtable, Research postgraduate

Contact Dr Michael Huxtable (email at m.j.huxtable@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Mike Huxtable studied Philosophy and English at the University of York and has since obtained Masters degrees in both subjects. He completed a doctorate in 2008 in Durham on the phenomenology of colour and its perception in medieval literature. Mike's research interests include medieval philosophy, theology and the history of ideas; the semiology of medieval art and culture (in particular heraldry), and the influence of visuality on literary creativity.

Recent publication:
M. J. Huxtable, "The Medieval Gaze at Grips with a Medieval World," Progress in Colour Studies Vol.I. Edited by C. P. Biggam and C. Kay (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2006) 193-214.