Photography Historian | Researcher | Writer | Academic | Public Sector Worker | The Ungovernable Eye | Currently writing on photography, racialization and Ireland | Values and Opinions my own
Justin Carville
Rock of Dunamase, Co Laois
Glenbarrow Falls, Rosenallis, Co Laois
It 100% harms AHSS, but as a bonus, it also harms STEM. Curiosity driven, investigator led research drives innovation where there isn't a more immediate commercial incentive, and industry already pursues research where there is. Universities exist for the public good, not to subsidize industry.
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
AHSS research is already massively underfunded in Ireland, proposals to restructure funding models and prioritise commercialisation of research will disproportionately impact the humanities - Irish academics, post-docs & post-grads past, current and future please add your voice in opposition 👇
Justin Carville
Justin Carville
Darren Dahly
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…
AHSS research is already massively underfunded in Ireland, proposals to restructure funding models and prioritise commercialisation of research will disproportionately impact the humanities - Irish academics, post-docs & post-grads past, current and future please add your voice in opposition 👇
Weathering Time began with a simple question, “What would it be like to photograph myself and watch myself grow older?” Four decades and 2500 photographs later, the answer is a monumental, ongoing ‘visual almanac’, recently announced as the 2026 OpenWalls Spotlight series winner.
Nancy Floyd's Weathering Time will be exhibited at Galerie Huit Arles from 06 July, alongside 25 single image winners responding to the theme of Homecoming
