Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history

All seminar Events (25)

Post-war Free Press and Creativity

December 1, 2013 from 11:15am to 3:45pm – IWM North In nations that have been torn apart by conflict or have been repressed by totalitarian dictatorships, how do the people establish a free and independent press? What part does credible public informa… Organized by Redeye The Photography Network | Type: seminar

PHRC Research Seminars in Cultures of Photography

March 4, 2014 from 4pm to 6pm – Edith Murphy 1.09 Paul Lowe (University of the Arts, London) Testimony of Light: Bearing Witness to War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia, 1991-2011 Organized by PHRC | Type: seminar
Jennifer Tucker, Associate Professor, Wesleyan University, Connecticut. 'Facing Facts: The Tichborne Affair in Victorian Visual Culture'

March 4, 2014 from 6pm to 8pm – Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square This talk investigates the role of visual display in the celebrated nineteenth-century trials in Britain of Arthur Orton, widely known as the 'Tichborne Claimant'. Familiar to historians as a cause t… Organized by Patrizia Di Bello | Type: seminar

Salt and Silver: Salted Paper Prints 1840-1860

March 10, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm – Birkbeck School of Art, Keynes Library (room 114) Carol Jacobi (Tate Britain) and Hope Kingsley (Wilson Centre for Photography) Salt and Silver: Early Photography 1840-1860 Carol Jacobi and Hope Kingsley will be talking about the aesthetics and rece… Organized by Patrizia Di Bello | Type: seminar

Popular or vernacular photography in Peru

May 6, 2015 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Room 112, Birkbeck In this seminar, Raul Valdivia (Birkbeck) Seminarexplores how the act of photographing the ‘masas populares’ by the masses themselves is part of a representational process where aesthetic and politic… Organized by Patrizia Di Bello, Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre | Type: seminar

The Photography Market - Early Travel and Exploration

May 10, 2016 from 6pm to 7pm – Senate House Institute of English Studies which is part of the University of London is hosting an evening seminar at Senate House at 6pm. This Seminar will last approximately an hour and is aimed at a broad audie… Organized by ABA Antiquarian Bookseller's Association. | Type: seminar

Tim Satterthwaite (Visiting Lecturer, University of Brighton) Spiritualising the machine: the modernist photography of UHU magazine

October 24, 2016 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Room 106, School of Arts, Birkbeck University of London This autumn we welcome to Birkbeck Professor Stephen Edwards, who will also be joining the History and Theory of Photography Research Centre, and look forward to seminars on illustrated magazines:… Organized by History and Theory of Photography Research Centre | Type: seminar

Martha Langford, Who Can Tell? Histories and Counter-Histories of Photography in Canada.

April 4, 2018 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Birkbeck, School of Arts, Keynes Library 4 April 2018, 6:00-7:30 History and Theory of Photography Research Centre All events free and open to all, at 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Keynes Library (room 114) Martha Langford (Gail and Ste… Organized by Patrizia Di Bello | Type: seminar

Icon Photographic Materials Group Round Table and AGM 2019

November 29, 2019 from 1pm to 6pm – Dana Research Centre and Library The Icon Photographic Materials Group is delighted to announce the third photo conservation round table, taking place on Friday 29th November at the Science Museum in London. The event will consist o… Organized by Icon Photographic Materials Group | Type: seminar