PHRC Annual Conferences

The PHRC has organised one annual international conference since 2013. Each conference is dedicated to one specific theme and the PHRC team invites proposals to explore its place and significance in the study of photography and its histories.


The most recent conferences include:

Camera Education: Photographic Histories of Visual Literacy, Schooling, and the Imagination, 15-16 June 2020

The Business of Photography, 17-18 June 2019

Material Practices of Visual History, 18-19 June 2018

Diverse Migrations: Photography out of Bounds, 19-20 June 2017

Photography: Between Anthropology and History, 20-21 June 2016