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Dr. Julia Winckler is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, School of Art and Media, with a research focus on Photographic Archives, Memory Studies, Exile Narratives, and Visual Culture. Her interdisciplinary work bridges photography, history, and community engagement, emphasizing neglected archives and participatory knowledge production.
- Education
- PhD in Fabricating Lureland, University of Brighton
- M.A. in Unpacking the Tucked Away Suitcase, University of Toronto
- B.A. in African Studies & Anthropology, University of Toronto
Her research explores contested topographies and migration narratives through archival photography, using creative interventions to reframe collective memory. Projects like Retracing Heinrich Barth and Fabricating Lureland examine historical displacement, while Leaving Atlantis and My Canadian Pilgrimage address modern migration. She co-authored Her Majesty’s Most Loyal Internee (2009), analyzing WWII exile experiences.
Winckler’s publications span 15+ years, focusing on photographers in exile, visual resistance, and archival reactivation. Recent works include a 2025 chapter on Edith Tudor-Hart’s social photography and a 2024 chapter on Wolf Suschitzky’s Contact Books.
She co-supervises PhD students at Brighton and Salzburg, including Techne and AHRC-funded projects, and has led the MA Digital Media, Culture & Society program (2019-2022). Her teaching emphasizes critical pedagogy and participatory media, with modules on Visual Methods and Professional Practice.
Key Collaborations: Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories (until 2023), SSHRC-funded From Streets to Playgrounds (2013-2017), and Kaitak Research Centre (Hong Kong, 2014-2018). She co-curated exhibitions at Brunei Gallery, Austrian Cultural Forum, and Alliance Française, with media attention on Marilyn Stafford’s rediscovered Parisian photographs.
