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Kamila Oles

Kamila Oles

Dr

  • School of English, Castle House, The Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, UK

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Research overview

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). 

External positions

Research lead and curator, United Nations House in Scotland

Keywords

  • AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General)
  • 3D digitisation, digital scholarship, digital curation, cultural heritage, heritage at risk
  • virtual exhibitions, heritage user UI & UX design

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  7. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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