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Chiara Haynes

Miss Chiara Haynes

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Overview

I am a Doctoral Researcher at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Culture as part of an AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award with University of Exeter and Imperial War Museums.  

The title of my thesis is War, Photography & Empire: Visual Propaganda and British India. The project will address the use of commercial photojournalism and 'official' photography in visual propaganda concerning British India, to communicate Allied war aims and progress, during the Second World War and up to Partition. 

Before joining Cardiff, I worked as an Education Officer at a museum, and within Learning and Development at University College London. My BA in History was completed at King's College London, and my MA in History of Art at University College London. 

I presented my MA thesis, titled Picturing Respectability: Exploring Visual Resistance and Diasporic Identity in The 1860 Settler Magazine, at IAMHIST 2025. I have also previously presented interdisciplinary research for the Digital Games Research Association for DiGRA 2023 and DiGRA 2024. Stemming from my paper presentation in 2024, I have been accepted to write a chapter in the forthcoming publication Horror Videogames: A Companion.

Research

Thesis

War, Photography & Empire: Visual Propaganda and British India

Biography

Education: 

  • Completed December 2024: MA (History of Art), University College London
  • Completed July 2020: BA Hons. (History), King's College London, with Associateship of King's College London

Professional memberships

  • January 2026 - Current: Diversity and Inclusion Advocate on SWWDTP EDI Board. 
  • December 2025 - Current: SWWDTP Peer Review Network Host.
  • November 2025 - May 2026: Organising Committee Member for JOMEC Annual PGR Conference 2026, 'Power and Resistance.
  • September 2024 - September 2025: Member of UCL Games Shed, a research cluster for Games scholarship within UCL.
  • September 2023 - September 2024: EDI Board Member (Postgraduate student representative) in the History of Art Department at UCL. 
  • June 2023 - June 2024: Diversity working group member for the Digital Games Research Association Board.

Speaking engagements

Committees and reviewing

  • April - October 2026: Subject Editor and Peer-reviewer for Question Journal, issue 11 'Et Cetera'. 
  • February 2025: Submission Reviewer for the History of Games Conference 2025
  • February 2024: Submission Reviewer for the History of Games Conference 2024

Supervisors

Tom Allbeson

Tom Allbeson

Reader (Media & Photographic History)

Engagement

  • January 2026 - February 2027: Curatorial and Research Assistant for the Imperial War Museums' (Lambeth Road) 2027 exhibition around India and the Second World War. 

Contact Details

Email [email protected]

Research themes

Specialisms

  • 20th Century
  • Postcolonial studies
  • Decolonial theory
  • History of empires, imperialism and colonialism
  • Second World War