Phoebe Day

PhD Student

‘Paris Is a Vast Library Hall’: Gisèle Freund’s Photographs of Walter Benjamin at the Bibliothèque nationale Reconsidered

 

Doctoral research project supervised by Dr Robin Schuldenfrei; Advised by Professor Gavin Parkinson; Fully funded by the Consortium for the Humanities and Arts South-East England (CHASE)

Education

  • 2021-Present: PhD History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art
  • 2019-2020: MPhil History of Art, University of Cambridge
  • 2016-2019: BA History of Art, University of Cambridge

Teaching

  • Spring 2022: Guest Speaker, MA History of Art special option ‘Experiencing Modernism: Utopia, Politics, and Times of Turmoil’, The Courtauld Institute of Art
  • Autumn 2022: Guest Speaker, MA History of Art special option ‘Experiencing Modernism: Utopia, Politics, and Times of Turmoil’, The Courtauld Institute of Art
  • Autumn 2022 to Spring 2023: Teaching Assistant, BA2 module ‘Frameworks for Interpretation’, The Courtauld Institute of Art
  • Spring 2024: Associate Lecturer, BA1 module ‘British Photography in London Collections’, The Courtauld Institute of Art
  • Spring 2023: Associate Lecturer, BA3 module ‘Modern, Postmodern, and Digital Photography’, The Courtauld Institute of Art

Research Interests

My research focuses on modern photography. I am particularly interested in the work of modern female photographers and the influence of exile and migration on modern photography.

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