This event will focus on photographic archives and histories of empire. Three speakers will present short interventions (10 minutes) on the challenges and opportunities of working with such material today. The speakers will address methodological, ethical, and cultural considerations, offering case sy reflections on the changing research landscape for histories of empire in the archive.
Speakers:
Helen Mavin, Head of Photographs at Imperial War Museum;
Maria Creech, PhD student at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture; AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award Student in partnership with the Imperial War Museum;
Tom Allbeson, Lecturer in Cultural History at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture.
Chair:
Claire Gorrara, Dean for Research and Innovation for Cardiff University’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of French Studies at the School of Modern Languages.
Rethinking Histories of Empire: Visual Cultures in/or the Archive
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 14:00-15:00
Free information and book here: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/events/view/2584682-rethinking-histories-of-empire-visual-cultures-inor-the-archive
An online roundtable event as part of the Global Language-based Area Studies research theme at the School of Modern Languages.
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