Dr. Siobhan Angus

Biography

Siobhan Angus works at the intersections of art history, media studies, and environmental humanities. Prior to joining Carleton University, Angus was a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art at Yale University. She is a trained art historian with a Ph.D. in Art History and Visual Culture from York University, and her award-winning dissertation analyzed the photography of landscape painting that chronicled, celebrated, and challenged the transformations enacted by extractive capitalism and settler colonialism in the Canadian Shield. Her dissertation was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal. Angus's research has been supported by various organizations, including the American Philosophical Society and the Social Sciences Research Council of Canada. She is a board member of the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre and sits on the advisory board of the Intersecting Energy Cultures Working Group. Angus's research book, "Camera Geologica: Elemental History of Photography," will be published by Duke University Press in 2024. The book challenges the emphasis on immateriality in discussions of photography and argues for a material understanding of the medium. Angus is also working on a new research project supported by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant that explores environmental racism and land relations in the Americas, specifically within the context of petrochemical refining and its associated health impacts. At Carleton, she teaches courses in visual culture studies and environmental humanities, emphasizing collections-based research and experiential learning.

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