Young, Marcus Baron

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Marcus Baron Young

PhD student

Cultural Studies

Marcus Baron Young is a first-year PhD student in Cultural Studies whose research interests are rooted in visual culture and queer masculinity. For his master’s thesis, he studied the nature of fluid masculinity through the male nude bodies photographed by George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), an American fashion photographer for Vogue and other high-culture magazines.

Under the mentorship of Dr Suzanne van de Meerendonk, Bader Curator of European Art, and Dr Jennifer Kennedy, Assistant Professor in Art History and Art Conservation, Young’s PhD research will inquire how queer practices of spectatorship, as methods of critical engagement, can reveal new and inclusive interpretations of historical artworks.