Gil Pasternak

@gilpasternak.bsky.social

Professor of Photographic Cultures & Heritage at De Montfort University Leicester, UK • Director of Photographic History Research Centre @phrc-dmu.bsky.social • EU & UK Editor of the peer-reviewed quarterly Photography & Culture

PHRC’s Visiting Scholar Showcase Series | Join Ana Catarina Pinho online on 24 June 2026, 5.30pm, for “Images at War,” exploring photography, military visual culture, and the Portuguese Colonial War. Free registration required via shortus.io/gd

Visiting Scholar 2026 #1

PHRC’s Visiting Scholar Showcase Series Ana Catarina Pinho IHA, NOVA University Lisbon / University of Coimbra, Portugal Images at War: Photographic Practices and Military Visual Culture Book…

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PHRC’s Visiting Scholar Showcase Series | Join Ana Catarina Pinho online on 24 June 2026, 5.30pm, for “Images at War,” exploring photography, military visual culture, and the Portuguese Colonial War. Free registration required via shortus.io/gd

Visiting Scholar 2026 #1

PHRC’s Visiting Scholar Showcase Series Ana Catarina Pinho IHA, NOVA University Lisbon / University of Coimbra, Portugal Images at War: Photographic Practices and Military Visual Culture Book…

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Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage @phrc-dmu.bsky.social Join our online seminar this Thursday, 26 March 2026, 5:30pm (GMT/UTC). Sarah Parsons will speak on photographic histories of privacy and exposure in the 19th century. Free registration: shorturl.at/kU2xK. All welcome!

Spring 2026 #2

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Sarah Parsons York University, Toronto, Canada Feeling Exposed: Early Photography and Privacy in the United States Booking is free Where: Onl…

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Join our next online seminar on 26 March 2026, 5:30pm (GMT/UTC). Sarah Parsons will speak on photographic histories of privacy and exposure in the 19th century. Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage @phrc-dmu.bsky.social Free registration: shorturl.at/kU2xK. All welcome!

Spring 2026 #2

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Sarah Parsons York University, Toronto, Canada Feeling Exposed: Early Photography and Privacy in the United States Booking is free Where: Onl…

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Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage @phrc-dmu.bsky.social - Join us on 26 March 2026, 5:30pm (GMT/UTC) for a talk by Sarah Parsons on photographic histories of privacy and exposure in the 19th century. Attendance free but registration required: shorturl.at/kU2xK. All welcome!

Spring 2026 #2

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Sarah Parsons York University, Toronto, Canada Feeling Exposed: Early Photography and Privacy in the United States Booking is free Where: Onl…

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RESEARCH SEMINARS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC CULTURES AND HERITAGE. I'm excited to announce the second season - exploring photography’s role in culture, history, and society. Registration is required, but the full season is free and online! Follow the link to secure your spot to join us. shorturl.at/V7mgm

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage – Semester Two 2025/26

Image credit: Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) leading the final march to Parliament during the Total Revolution Movement (Sampoorna Kranti), 7 March 1975. Picture courtesy: Shail Nath Sinha. PHRC is pleas…

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PHRC’s Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage | Join us this Thurs, 19 Feb 2026, 5:30pm (GMT/UTC) for a talk by Donna West Brett, who will look at the rise of the photobook and its cultural and political uses. Attendance free but registration required: shorturl.at/YvVTs. All welcome!

Spring 2026 #1

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Donna West Brett University of Sydney, Australia ‘A Strange Tissue of Space and Time’: Modernist Photobooks & Propaganda Booking is …

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PHRC’s Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage | Join us this Thurs, 19 Feb 2026, 5:30pm (GMT/UTC) for a talk by Donna West Brett, who will look at the rise of the photobook and its cultural and political uses. Attendance free but registration required: shorturl.at/YvVTs. All welcome!

Spring 2026 #1

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Donna West Brett University of Sydney, Australia ‘A Strange Tissue of Space and Time’: Modernist Photobooks & Propaganda Booking is …

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RESEARCH SEMINARS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC CULTURES AND HERITAGE. I'm excited to announce the second season - exploring photography’s role in culture, history, and society. Registration is required, but the full season is free and online! Follow the link to secure your spot to join us. shorturl.at/V7mgm

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage – Semester Two 2025/26

Image credit: Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) leading the final march to Parliament during the Total Revolution Movement (Sampoorna Kranti), 7 March 1975. Picture courtesy: Shail Nath Sinha. PHRC is pleas…

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Final call! 📸 Friday 9 Jan 2026 is the deadline to submit a paper proposal for #PHRC26, our international conference on Photography’s Tacit Knowledge. Share your research & enjoy great company! Here is the CfP 👉🏼 tiny.cc/71au001 . #photography #photohist #arthistory

Annual Conference 2026

Photography’s Tacit Knowledge Image: A reproduction photographer at work. 1934 (Deutsche Fotothek). Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK When: 15-16 June 2026…

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Final call! 📸 Friday 9 Jan 2026 is the deadline to submit a paper proposal for #PHRC26, our international conference on Photography’s Tacit Knowledge. Share your research & enjoy great company! Here is the CfP 👉🏼 tiny.cc/71au001 . #photography #photohist #arthistory

Annual Conference 2026

Photography’s Tacit Knowledge Image: A reproduction photographer at work. 1934 (Deutsche Fotothek). Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK When: 15-16 June 2026…

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Join us this Thursday at 5:30pm (GMT/UTC) for the PHRC’s online Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage. We’re delighted to welcome Ana Catarina Pinho who will explore images & counter-images of the Portuguese dictatorship. Open to all but registration required - shorturl.at/DQz1f

Autumn 2025 #3

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Ana Catarina Pinho IHA, NOVA University Lisbon / University of Coimbra, Portugal The Empire of Fiction: Images and Counter-Images of the Port…

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Join us this Thursday at 5:30pm (GMT/UTC) for the PHRC’s online Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage. We’re delighted to welcome Ana Catarina Pinho who will explore images & counter-images of the Portuguese dictatorship. Open to all but registration required - shorturl.at/DQz1f

Autumn 2025 #3

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Ana Catarina Pinho IHA, NOVA University Lisbon / University of Coimbra, Portugal The Empire of Fiction: Images and Counter-Images of the Port…

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Don’t miss the PHRC’s @phrc-dmu.bsky.social next online research seminar in photographic cultures & heritage, 27 Nov '25, 5.30pm. This time, we host Pippa Oldfield and Tom Allbeson for an inspiring discussion on Peace Photographies. All welcome free but registration required - tinyurl.com/he77wnsp.

Autumn 2025 #2

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Pippa Oldfield Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK Tom Allbeson Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK Peace Photographies: Rethinking Photo…

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This Thursday, 30 Oct 2025, 5:30pm, marks the launch of our new Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage @phrc-dmu.bsky.social | Delighted to begin with a talk by the wonderful Martha Langford. Attendance free, but registration required - tiny.cc/49au001 We look forward to seeing you!

Autumn 2025 #1

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Martha Langford Concordia University, Montreal Through Line 1: The Ebb and Flow of Illustration in A History of Photography in Canada, 1839-2…

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This Thursday, 30 Oct 2025, 5:30pm, marks the launch of our new Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage @phrc-dmu.bsky.social | Delighted to begin with a talk by the wonderful Martha Langford. Attendance free, but registration required - tiny.cc/49au001 We look forward to seeing you!

Autumn 2025 #1

Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Martha Langford Concordia University, Montreal Through Line 1: The Ebb and Flow of Illustration in A History of Photography in Canada, 1839-2…

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