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FAY BOUND ALBERTI (FRSA) is a writer and cultural historian who specialises in the study of emotions, gender and subjectivity. Her most recent book is a monograph on the history of the heart as both organ and symbol in the modern West. This book will be published by Oxford University Press as Matters of the Heart: History, Medicine and Emotion (in press).

Fay has lectured at several UK universities, including York, Manchester, Lancaster and the University of London, and has published on many aspects of early modern medicine and culture. She has also contributed to media debates on the history of medicine, including BBC Radio 4's In our Time with Melvyn Bragg, and The Eureka Years with Adam Hart-Davis. Previous publications include Medicine, Emotion and Disease (Palgrave, 2006). Fay has recently been awarded the post of Senior Research Fellow in History at Queen Mary, where she is also a founding member of the Queen Mary Centre for the History of Emotions, the first such research centre in the UK.

In addition to academic writings on the heart and the history of emotions, Fay writes fictional works and social commentary. She has contributed to several feminist websites and magazines, and is politically and intellectually interested in the politics of heritage conservation. She has advised on the curation of several national exhibitions, including for the Wellcome Trust. Most recently she has taken up a post as Cultural Policy Advisor for the Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund that conserves endangered treasures of nature and culture.

Fay is a member of the History and Policy group and has recently been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. In her spare time, Fay writes poetry and fiction, and her first novel is currently being revised for publication.

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