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KY16 9AJ
United Kingdom
Accepting Postgraduate Research Students
My research and teaching concerns modern visual practices in the global nineteenth century, particularly with regard to histories and theories of photography; Japanese modern art, its institutions and intermedial practices; Orientalism and cross-cultural art; and Art of the Habsburg Empire. These interests informed my book A Career of Japan: Baron Raimund von Stillfried and Early Yokohama Photography (Brill, 2016), which was awarded the Josef Kreiner Prize for International Japanese Studies. I have co-edited two volumes: with Roberta Wue, Portraiture and Early Studio Photography in China and Japan (Routledge, 2017); and with Ali Behdad, Photography's Orientalism: New Essays on Colonial Representation (Getty, 2013). I served for six years as editor-in-chief of the international quarterly journal History of Photography, for which I also guest edited a special issue on photography in nineteenth-century Japan.
I am currently pursuing two new research projects. The first examines the visual exchanges and practices between Australia and Japan in the nineteenth century, and seeks to question the imagined disciplinary geographies that have neglected north-south cultural encounters and flows in the Pacific region. The second project concerns early photography in St Andrews within the context of local engagements in empire and global exchange. This study investigates the associations between concepts of British provinciality and empire through close analysis of selected family photograph albums and archives.
I have guided four PhDs and two MPhils to completion and currently supervise four PhD candidates pursuing research on topics concerned with photography and visual culture in Victorian Britain, China, and Japan. Along with Dr Natalie Adamson, I also coordinate the MLitt History of Photography program. I warmly invite enquiries from potential students who wish to pursue research topics related to my own interests.
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne; Ph.D. Art History, University of Melbourne
Histories and theories of photography; Japanese modern art and visual practices; Orientalism and cross-cultural art; the art of the Habsburg Empire; and art, empire, and the global nineteenth century.
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Gartlan, L. (PI)
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies In
1/01/24 → 30/04/24
Project: Fellowship
Gartlan, L. (PI)
1/12/20 → 31/05/21
Project: Standard
Gartlan, L. (PI)
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
1/12/18 → 30/11/19
Project: Standard
Gartlan, L. (PI)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
30/09/11 → 31/12/12
Project: Fellowship
Gartlan, L. (PI)
1/02/11 → 30/04/11
Project: Standard
Gartlan, L. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
Gartlan, L. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
Gartlan, L. (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Gartlan, L. (Participant)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
Gartlan, L. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Gartlan, L. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Appointment
Gartlan, L. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Gartlan, L. (Recipient), 22 Oct 2015
Prize: Other distinction
Gartlan, L. (Recipient), 15 Nov 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Gartlan, L. (Recipient), 30 Mar 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)