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School of English, Castle House, The Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, UK
Kamila is an art historian, archaeologist, and curator specialising in 3D digitisation, advanced digital art history, inclusive and co-curatorial exhibition design, contested memory, art diplomacy, and digital heritage engagement. Her digital work on the Picasso USF project was recognised by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2017) and the Picasso Estate (2022). She has recently co-authored and secured funding from the Leverhulme Trust, AHRC Catalyst, Horizon Europe Heritalise project, and Interface Digital Art Map Glasgow. Her current research focuses on visual language and co-curation of contested memories, working with descendants of African American US Civil War soldiers at Camp Nelson National Monument (Kentucky) while collaborating with National Parks of America Camp Nelson National Monument museum refit and with British descendants of Polish soldiers from the WW2, examining heritage and art as collective and mediated transmitters of memory and inherited trauma.
Kamila works as an immersive on-site and digital exhibition designer and curator, teaching inclusive hybrid exhibition design and applying digitisation and digital methods to co-produce exhibitions with communities. Her projects include the ICOM-FAIMP–awarded Virtual Orkney Northern Isles, the Polish Paratrooper Memory Hall, Footsteps to Freedom, the Camp Nelson Museum refit, and Collective Memories in Fostering Unity with United Nations House Scotland. She has developed user journeys and digital exhibition design for institutions including the Gordon Highlanders Museum, West Highland Museum, Grampian Transport Museum, Timespan Museum, and the Glasgow Green AR app.
She advocates for the transferability of digital scholarship skills across disciplines, demonstrated through her cross-School work in roles including Associate Lecturer in Art History, Engagement Fellow in Inclusive Exhibition Design (School of Medicine & Dundee Science Centre), Research Fellow at Open Virtual Worlds (Computer Science), Research Fellow with the University Museums Group in Scotland (UMIS), and Museum Assistant for databases and 3D digitisation at the Libraries and Museums of the University of St Andrews.
Before joining the University of St Andrews in 2020, Kamila was a Research Associate at the Center for Virtualization and Applied Spatial Technologies (CVAST), at the University of South Florida, U.S. (2016–2018), leading 3D digitisation of art, museum collections, and archaeological sites, and developing 3D research workflows. She was also a Research Fellow at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czechia and served as PI on multiple international grants (including IntraVisegrad, CEEPUS, Erasmus+, and government-funded projects). Prior to this, her experience included museum refit work, excavation, research, and collection documentation in museums and archives across Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and Czechia. She completed two independent, full five-year Master’s degrees: in Art History (2006–2012) and in Archaeology (2007–2011) and holds dual PhDs from Charles University (Prague) and Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań).
Research lead and curator, United Nations House in Scotland
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
Eagleton, K. (Creator), Oles, K. G. (Creator), Economou, M. (Creator), Waters, S. (Creator) & Curtis, N. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 6 Feb 2025
DOI: 10.17630/7b49ec30-c46c-4757-93d0-3a972a0b778d
Dataset
Oles, K. (PI), Ross, K. (CoI) & Slaven, M. (PI)
1/05/26 → 30/04/27
Project: Standard
Oles, K. (PI) & Klír, T. (PI)
17/02/24 → 28/04/25
Project: Standard
Oles, K. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Oles, K. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
Oles, K. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
Oles, K. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Treen, K. (Participant), Fisher, C. (Participant) & Oles, K. (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Other
Oles, K. G. (Recipient), 1 Nov 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Oles, K. G. (Recipient), Miller, A. H. D. (Recipient) & Oliver, I. A. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1/11/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
19/03/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Relating to Research
2/03/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Relating to Research
1/03/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Oles, K. G. (Participant)
Impact: Social Impact, Cultural, Creative Impact, Public Policy Impact
Miller, A. H. D. (Participant), Cassidy, C. A. (Participant), Oles, K. G. (Participant), Oliver, I. A. (Participant), Kennedy, S. E. (Participant), Westerhof Nyman, P. J. (Participant) & Bates, C. R. (Participant)
Impact: Technology, Cultural, Creative Impact, Environmental Impact, Educational Impact (Beyond St Andrews)