History of Art research seminar series

Research seminars 2025-26

Research Seminars take place in Arts Complex G.H01 from 3-4pm, followed by a drinks reception.
Visual Studies Work in Progress Seminars take place in the Humanities Research Space (Arts 
Complex 1.H020) from 1-2pm. Feel free to bring your lunch!

All welcome!

Research Seminar, Week 3, Thursday 9 October, Jeffrey Say, McNally School of Fine Arts, 'Singapore Multiple Modernities: Southeast Asian Modern Art and Its Regional Contexts'

Visual Studies Work in Progress Seminar, Week 5, Wednesday 22 October, Beth Williamson, History of Art, 'Material Matters: Pietro Lorenzetti, Paint and Stone'

Research Seminar, Week 8, Thursday 13 November, Stephanie O'Rourke, University of St Andrews, 'The Romantic Landscape and the Mine Shaft'

Visual Studies Work in Progress Seminar, Week 10, Wednesday 26th November, Freya Gowrley, History of Art, 'Changing Faces: Visualising Weight Loss in the "Ozempic Era"'

Research Seminar, Week 11, Thursday 4 December, Alison Bevan, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Bristol and former Director of the RWA, 'The Art of the Newlyn School: The Rise and Fall of Rural Realism in Cornwall 1880-1920'

 

Week 21, Tuesday 11 March: Joint seminar with the Department of History, HIST/HART Roundtable: Research in Practice

Week 23, Tuesday 25 March: tbc