Skip to main content
Marion Leonard

Dr Marion Leonard
BA(Hons), PhD, SFHEA

Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Royal College of Music, London, by Invitation (2019 - 2020)
  • ‘Cranking up the volume: working on gender in the music industries’ at Exploring Gender Dynamics in the Music Industry, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2019)
  • Rockheim: national museum of popular music, Trondheim, Norway, by Invitation (2019 - 2020)
  • Department of Musicology, University of Oslo , by Invitation (2017 - 2018)
  • ‘Collection, interpretation and encounter', by Invitation (Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, 2016)
  • KISMIF: DIY, Space and Places International Conference,, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Porto, 2016)
  • 'Gender in the Music Industries', Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Nova Scotia Music Week, 2015)
  • ‘Preserving the ephemeral: investigating popular music museum collections’, by Invitation (Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 2015)
  • 'Displaying the intangible: popular music, materiality and the museum', by Invitation (School of Music, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2013)
  • 'Curating popular music in the museum', by Invitation (School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, 2011)
  • 'Museums, Popular Music and Inclusion in the Arts', by Invitation (University of Applied Sciences in Kufstein, Austria, 2011)
  • 'Music, Heritage and Cities: Digital Archives', by Invitation ( Unconvention, Salford, 2010)

Editorships

  • Rock Music Studies (Editorial Board Member, 2013 - present)

Examination Roles

  • University of Leeds, PhD (2023)
  • King's College London, PhD (2023 - present)
  • Arts and Cultural Management (PhD, 2021)
  • Griffith University, Queensland, PhD (2017)
  • Monash University Malaysia, Honours Thesis (2015)
  • University of Birmingham, MRes (PGT, 2015)
  • University of Leeds, PhD (2010)
  • University of Gloucestershire, PhD (2010)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Victoria Gallery and Museum (2011)
  • Merseyside Maritime Museum (2011)
  • Liverpool Young Writers (Writing on the Wall Festival) (2010 - 2011)
  • British Library, National Museums Liverpool and V&A (2010 - 2011)
  • National Museums Liverpool (2006 - 2008)
  • Museum of Liverpool Life (2002)
  • Herbert Art Gallery and Museum (2000)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Head of Undergraduate Studies