Email: sabinastent@gmail.com
I am an independent scholar, freelance writer, and guest lecturer based in Birmingham, UK.
In 2012 I was awarded a PhD from the University of Birmingham for my thesis titled “Women Surrealists: Sexuality, Fetish, Femininity and Female Surrealism” (http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/3718/) .
I also hold an MA in Modern European Cultures from the University of Birmingham with a dissertation titled “Surreal Women: Fetishism and Gender in the Work of Lee Miller, Meret Oppenheim and Elsa Schiaparelli” (2007) and a BA (Hons) in Media and Communications from Birmingham City University (2005).
I regularly lecture on Women Surrealists at Treadwell’s Bookshop in London, universities, cultural venues, and at academic conferences around the country. Broadly speaking, my research interests include (although are not restricted to):
- Women artists and Surrealism.
- Femininity, sexuality, desire, and the female body
- Masquerade, the marvellous, and the superfluous
- Magic, Witchery, the esoteric and “Art Witches”
- Old Hollywood and cinema
- Costume, fashion, ballet and dance.
Public Lectures:
Treadwells Bookshop (November 2017) – Valentine Penrose, Surreal Occultress
https://www.treadwells-london.com/event/valentine-penrose-surreal-occultress/
Treadwells Bookshop (May 2017) – Leonor Fini, Surrealist Sorceress
https://www.treadwells-london.com/event/leonor-fini-surrealist-sorceress/
Birmingham and Midlands Institute (March 2017) – Emmy Bridgwater and the Birmingham Surrealists
BCU School of Jewellery (March 2017) – Intimate Jewels: Intimate Jewels: Surrealism, Fetish and Fairy Tales
Selected Bylines:
Sabat Magazine: Elements Issue (Print copy)
http://www.sabatmagazine.com
Dazed & Confused
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/28541/1/incredible-female-artists-who-refused-to-be-mere-muses
Silent London (March 2014)
http://silentlondon.co.uk/2014/06/24/das-cabinet-des-dr-caligari-review/
Surrealism, symbols and sexuality in Un Chien Andalou (1929) and L’Age d’Or (1930)
