Dr. Fay Bound Alberti

Biography

Fay Bound Alberti is a Professor of Modern History at King's College London and the Director of the Centre for Technology and the Body. She completed her DPhil at the University of York in 2000 and has since focused on the histories of body, medicine, emotion, and gender. Her thematic work spans from the early modern period to contemporary issues, including her thesis titled 'Performativity in Practice: Emotions in Church Courts in York, 1660-1760'. She has taught at various universities and has received major funding from organizations such as the British Academy and the Wellcome Trust. Fay's research includes engaging with diverse fields like sociology, anthropology, and literary gender theory, examining cultural meanings of the body and aspects of loneliness. In 2019, she returned to academia as a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, studying the history and meanings of facial transplantation. She is also active in public engagement, frequently participating in media discussions about loneliness and mental health. Fay is authored several key publications in her field, contributing to important dialogues around surgical innovation and human experience.

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