ABOUT CORIN
Ciao! I'm Corin and I'm a public historian, artist, educator and writer.
After earning my Ph.D. in history in 2022, I moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where I started my business, Pottery by Corin Sweeny Deinhart to live out my passions for creating functional fine art from porcelain clay and making the ceramic arts accessible to people of all ages and skill levels through teaching. I've been practicing the art of pottery intermittently for more than twenty years and it brings me so much joy to now be able to share my art, knowledge, and skills with excited learners and aspiring artists.
Most recently, I have expanded my business and entrepreneurial endeavors to draw upon my international academic background and expertise in public history. In addition to making and teaching pottery, I now offer a range of freelance services, including historical and public historical consulting, research, and writing.
My art and public history approaches are both informed by my international background and training. Guam being my original home served as the springboard for an international life and a love for the art and histories of the greater Pacific. My training in ceramics and history have traversed the Continental US, Hawai'i (where I was trained in ceramics and received a BA in art history, with a focus on Southeast Asian art history), Ireland (where I earned my MPHIL in Public History and Cultural Heritage from Trinity College Dublin) and Italy (where I earned a PhD in contemporary history, with a curriculum in public history from Università degli Studi di Firenze).
When I'm not working on my small creative business, (which is like, 90% of the time), you'll probably find me reading a historical fiction, sipping on wine on my back porch, or playing with my newly adopted rescue kitten, Rumi!
Professional Experience
AT A GLANCE
POTTERY BY CORIN SWEENY DEINHART, L.L.C. -2023
Small creative business owner, ceramic artist, and contract teacher at Quill Pottery Studio. Winner of ZenBusiness Small Business Grant Award 2024.
INSTRUCTOR, PUBLIC HISTORY METHODOLOGY -2022-2023
Arizona State University
Instructor (renewable single-term contract) for Online Master’s module “HST 502 Public History Methodology”.
LECTURER, HISTORY IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE -2022
Università degli Studi di Firenze Lecturer for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree Program: History in the Public Sphere
MORE ABOUT ME
Education & Research Interests
PH.D. PUBLIC HISTORY
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Date awarded: July 7, 2022
Thesis: “Visualising Khmer Rouge History and Memory: Configuring Public History in Cambodia Since 1979.”
Scholarship: “Department of Excellence 2018-2022.”
The doctorate was the first in historical studies with a curriculum in public history awarded by an Italian university.
M.PHIL. PUBLIC HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
Trinity College Dublin
Date awarded: April 20, 2017
Thesis: “Re-Visualising Khmer Rouge Memory Through the Lens of Contemporary Cambodian Photography”
Awarded first-class honours score on thesis.
B.A. ART HISTORY
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Date Awarded: May 11, 2012
Major: Art history with a focus on the art history of South and Southeast Asia.
Magna cum laude.
SPECIALIZATION AREAS AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Art history and visual studies
• Modern and contemporary art history of Cambodia and public history in Cambodia
• Memory theory and studies
• Museum studies
• (International) public history
• Cultural translations and studies
• Photography history and theory
• Genocide studies
• Contemporary history