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Student profiles

Our students come from all over the world and have unique and inspiring stories to tell.

Find out what you can expect from studying with us, about life in London, and about the diverse career journeys of our graduates.

The Warburg Institute

Phoebe Liu

Since graduating with an MA in Art History, Curatorship and Renaissance Culture, Warburg alumna Phoebe Liu secured an internship with auction house Sotheby’s..

Dr Laura Popoviciu

After completing her MA in Cultural and Intellectual History and PhD at the Warburg Institute, alumna Dr. Laura Popoviciu is now a curator at the UK Government Art Collection.

Rita Yates

After completing her MA in Art History, Curatorship and Renaissance Culture, Rita Yates went on to secure the Marlay Curatorial Internship at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

Charles Saumarez Smith

Writer, curator, art historian and former PhD at the Warburg Institute student Charles has had an exciting and influential career in the arts.

Alison Cole

Former PhD at the Warburg Institute student Alison Cole has had an exciting and varied career in the arts.

Maite Chicote

After completing her MA in Art History, Curatorship and Renaissance Culture and then her PhD at the Warburg, Maite Chicote went on to secure a role as a postdoctoral researcher.

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Michael Habila Dauda

Michael worked as a Legal Drafter and Parliamentary Counsel of the National Assembly in Abuja for over 10 years.

Laingane Italeli Talia

Laingane, from Tuvalu, studied the LLM in Drafting Legislation, Regulation, and Policy at the Institute of Advanced Legislative Studies (IALS).

Dr Sitajo Yakubu

Dr Sitajo Yakubu recently completed his PhD at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, and is now a senior lecturer at the Nile University of Nigeria.

Dhanraj Singh

Dhanraj is the Assistant Commissioner for Economic Opportunity and Regulatory Compliance and MWBE Officer at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

Ejike Ekwueme

Ejike Ekwueme is a PhD graduate from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

Lovina Otudor

Lovina Otudor completed a PhD graduate from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Emily Bonnell

Emily is a graduate of the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights, who previously studied Holocaust and Genocide studies.

Ella Knight

Ella works for the global membership organisation, Amnesty International, undertaking research and campaigning action to try and prevent human rights abuses.

Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Monja Stahlberger

PhD at the Institute of Modern Languages Research.

Institute of English Studies

Virginia Butler

Virginia studied the MA in the History of the Book and was a participant in the Open Palace Programme in Scotland in 2018.

Laura Blair

Laura Blair graduated from our MA in the History of the Book. Following graduation from programme, Laura was awarded a fully-funded Wellcome Trust Doctoral Studentship.

Shira Buchsbaum

Shira is a full-time international student from the United States studying for an MA in History of the Book.

Sara Charles

Sara studied the MRes in History of the Book and shortly after continued her studies with a PhD at the Institute.

Chiara Betti

Chiara, originally from Tuscany, Italy and is now pursuing a PhD with the Institute of English Studies.

Ian Dooley

Ian is a full-time American student who, before studying the MA in History of the Book, worked for a number of years in rare books and special collections libraries.

Alexandra Wingate

Alexandra, an International student originally from Virginia, United States, studied the MA in History of the Book at the Institute.

Institute of Classical Studies

Jordon Houston

Jordon is an international student from New Zealand who recently completed his PhD at the Institute of Classical Studies.

Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Tatiana Suarez

Tatiana is a current student, carrying out a PhD at the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS).

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Institutes and Centres

The School unites eight internationally renowned institutes in the humanities and a number of centres of research excellence and expertise.