About the Programme
Cardiff University AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship with Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
The Reg and George archive: co-creating stories about love, care and LGBTQ+ relationships in later life
Interviews will take place on: 7/8 July
The student will be based at Cardiff University and Amgueddfa Cymru. There will be opportunities to take part in the programme of CDP Cohort Development events and other activities organized for CDP students by the AHRC, as well as training and development provided by Cardiff University and the CDP Welsh Culture and Heritage Consortium.
Project Details
In 2022 Amgueddfa Cymru (AC) acquired a unique collection relating to Reg Mickisch and George Walton. The couple, whose story features in Mike Parker’s book On the Red Hill, met in 1949 and were together until their deaths in 2011. This is the first significant LGBTQ+ personal archive at AC, reflecting the couple’s domestic lives, including their civil partnership in 2006, the first in Machynlleth.
For the first time this project will communicate stories from the archive. The student will have the opportunity to [1] co-create a vision for the collection’s value in varied ways, [2] define ways to diversify museum practices in relation to LGBTQ+ history, and [3] make significant original theoretical contributions.
The student will employ a multi-method co-creative approach to project design/delivery. The project is interdisciplinary, making a significant evidence-based contribution to debates about representation within museums, varied forms of storytelling, and the value of collaborative methodologies.
Supervisors:
Dr. Jenny Kidd, School of Journalism, Media and Culture, CU
Mark Etheridge, Principal Curator of Collection Development: LGBTQ+, AC
Prof. Paul Willis, Centre for Adult Social Care Research, CU
Elen Phillips, Principal Curator of Contemporary and Community History, AC