Our Visiting Scholar Showcase Series starts on Wed 24 June with Ana Catarina Pinho (IHA, NOVA University Lisbon) who will present her talk "Images at War: Photographic Practices and Military Visual Culture" online at 5.30 pm UK time. Register here: photographichistory.wordpress.com/24-june-2026/

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PHRC’s Visiting Scholar Showcase Series Ana Catarina Pinho IHA, NOVA University Lisbon Images at War: Photographic Practices and Military Visual Culture Booking is free Where: Online (via Mic…

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One week left for #PHRC26 Photography's Tacit Knowledge! We have an amazing programme with speakers from all over the world and 3 fantastic keynotes! 15-16 June, in person (Leicester) and ONLINE. Check out the programme and registration here: photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-confe...

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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Just two weeks until our conference!! Registration still open in this link: photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-confe... PHRC12 Photography's Tacit Knowledge will be in person (Leicester, UK) and online. Come and join us! #photography #photohist

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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There's still time to register for our annual conference Photography's Tacit Knowledge, 15-16 June, in Leicester and online! Check out the full programme and registration details here: photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-confe... #photohist #photography

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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There is still time to register for tomorrow's seminar by the one and only Donna West Brett! Her talk "A Strange Tissue of Space and Time" is part of our Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage, and will be online on Thurs 19 Feb 5.30 pm UK time www.ticketsource.co.uk/photographic...

Do you work on sport & photography history - or one of those areas but have a great project idea that combines both? Come work with BOTH the amazing @phrc-dmu.bsky.social @ @icshc.bsky.social #sporthistory #photohist #skystorians 🗃️

Dr. Heather Dichter@hdichter.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We’re looking for recent PhDs from outside the UK / not UK citizens who are interested in working with @icshc.bsky.social for a #sporthistory postdoc application through the British Academy International Fellowship #skystorians 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

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PHRC@phrc-dmu.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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

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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Our next online research seminar in Photographic Cultures & Heritage will be on 27 Nov, 5.30 pm UK time, with Pippa Oldfield and Tom Allbeson, who will discuss "Peace Photographies". Free and open to all, register here! photographichistory.wordpress.com/autumn-2025-2/ #photohist

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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Our first Research Seminar in Photographic Cultures and Heritage is tomorrow 5.30 pm UK time online! Martha Langford will present "Through Line 1: The Ebb and Flow of Illustration in A History of Photography in Canada, 1839-2010" Book your place here photographichistory.wordpress.com/autumn-2025-1/

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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A reminder that the first session of our new Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage starts this week!

Gil Pasternak@gilpasternak.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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!

We're delighted to announce the CFP for our #PHRC26 annual conference on "Photography's Tacit Knowledge". As in the past few years, it'll be a hybrid conference, online and in Leicester, o 15-16 June. Send your abstracts by 9 January! photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-confe... #photohist

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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Hello #photohist! we're now in Bluesky just in time to announce plenty of news! First of all, our Director of almost 10 years Prof Kelley Wilder left DMU at the end of August. We miss her deeply but we're in excellent hands as Prof Gil Pasternak has become our new Director!