Caitlin Bains

Pronouns: She/her
  • Doctoral Researcher

BA in English and History at Lancaster University in 2022 - 2022-2023 worked as Administrator at the Scottish Fishermen's Federation 

In 2024 was awarded an MLitt in Film, Visual Culture and Arts Management at the University of Aberdeen, and alongside studies worked as a research project assistant intern at Aberdeen Performing Arts

The Social Life of the War Relic: D-Day Objects at the Intersection of Personal, Family, and National Cultures of Remembrance

PGR Supervisors: Loughborough University: Dr Sam Edwards, Professor Emily Keightley ; Portsmouth Museums: Andrew Whitmarsh, Katy Ball

Working alongside the D-Day Story museum and Portsmouth City Council's museum service to explore how D-Day objects exist and operate at the intersection of personal, family and national cultures of remembrance. Research is funded by the AHRC as part of their Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme, run by the V&A museum.