Dr. Julie Bates - Receives Irish Research Council New Foundation Award

Dr Julie Bates has been awarded an Irish Research Council New Foundations fellowship for a research trip to New York in the reading week of Hilary term 2017. During this trip, Julie will return to the former home and studio of the artist Louise Bourgeois to conduct archival research and interview Jerry Gorovoy, Bourgeois’s former studio assistant. She will also interview the writer Orhan Pamuk and the artist and graphic novelist Leanne Shapton.