Projects per year
Personal profile
Community service
Volunteering/community engagement
- Invited to present papers at some of Australia's leading galleries and museums including Heide Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of NSW and the Centre for Contemporary Photography
- Examined postgraduate research in Fine Arts and Art History and Theory
- Referee for scholarly journals
Research interests
Key areas of expertise:
- Photography history and theory, feminist art history and theory, contemporary visual culture
- Student supervision - photography history and theory, fine arts, critical theory, feminist art history and theory, memory and archives
Education/Academic qualification
Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
Art History, PhD
Research area keywords
- Contemporary Visual Culture
- Critical theory
- Feminist Art History and Theory
- Fine Arts
- Photography History and Theory
Projects 2009 2019
In Public / In Focus: Photography, Testimony and the Public Sphere
Australian Research Council (ARC)
3/02/14 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Rethinking assessment to enhance interdisciplinary collaborative learning in the creative arts and humanities
Miles, M. & Rainbird, S.
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (Comm)
25/06/12 → 8/07/13
Project: Research
Light, Place and Presence in the History of Australian Photography
Australian Research Council (ARC)
4/01/10 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
Research a new book and exhibition on light, place and presence in Australian photography.
Australia Council for the Arts
1/12/09 → 28/02/10
Project: Research
Research Output 2002 2019
Photography, Truth and Reconciliation
Miles, M., 2019, London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. 234 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Debi Cornwall, Welcome to Camp America
Miles, M., 2018, Arena Magazine, 153, p. 28-32 5 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Essay › Research
Meg Hewitt: Tokyo is Yours
Miles, M., 2018, Eyeline, 89, p. 82-83 2 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Short Review › Research
Open Access
Pacific Exposures: Photography and the Australia-Japan Relationship
Miles, M. & Gerster, R., 2018, Acton, ACT, Australia: The Australian National University. 266 p. (Asian Studies Series Monograph 11)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Open Access
A Career of Japan: Baron Raimund von Stillfried and Early Yokohama Photography, by Luke Gartlan
Miles, M., 2017, In : Japan Forum. 29, 3, p. 433-435 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short Review › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision
Melissa Miles (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Society for Photographic Education Members Award for Excellence in Historical, Critical and Theoretical Writing
Melissa Miles (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2014 2018
Glitch: Photography, Critical Image-Making, and the Construction of the Architectural Image. Melbourne Design Week Symposium. Co-organizer and participant in roundtable discussion.
Melissa Miles (Organiser)2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
History of Photography (Journal)
Melissa Miles (Editorial board member)2017
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Photography and Its Publics
Melissa Miles (Organiser)14 Apr 2016 → 16 Apr 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
2016 Mayne Centre Lecture, 'Beyond a White Australia: A New History of Modern Australian Photography'
Melissa Miles (Contributor)9 Oct 2016
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Photography, Presence and History: Argentina’s Disappeared’ (plenary address), Photography and Ontology conference
Melissa Miles (Contributor)2 Jun 2016
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
‘Remembering Photographer Ichiro Kagiyama’, Japan in Focus, interview with Eleni Psaltis
24/10/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
'Japanese group in Sydney pre-war', Life Matters, interview with Daniel Browning
13/10/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
The camera is god: photographer Trent Parke grapples with an impossible humanism
2/12/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment