Past Events

Hands That Heal, Looks That Kill: Towards a Fabulous History of Marian Architecture

Research Seminar – Matthew Reeve

Evoking the Coalscape

Research Seminar – Gary Boyd

The Lives and Legacies of Black Women Ceramicists

Research Seminar – Jareh Das, Isis Dove-Edwin, Bisila Noha, Ozioma Onuzulike

The Body of the Maharani: Portraiture, Gender and Empire at the Royal Academy 1791–1865

Research Seminar – Adam Eaker

Maps, Malaria and the Visual Construction of Early Hong Kong

Research Seminar – Christopher Cowell

Naval Gazing: Portraiture and the Royal Navy

Research Seminar – Katherine Gazzard, Sara Caputo

“Not Just for Sailors Any More”: Maritime Tattooing in Context

Research Seminar – Matt Lodder, Gemma Angel

Paul Mellon Centre

Global Houses of the Efik

Research Seminar – Louis Nelson, Shaheen Alikhan

Ocean Liners in Interwar London: Art and Performance

Research Seminar – Faye Hammill, Bruce Peter

Deep Sea Divers Below the City: The Case of Sydney Harbour

Research Seminar – Ann Elias, Morgan Daniels

Cosmetics, Beauty and the Nature of Renaissance Women

Research Seminar – Jill Burke

A Body for Stubbs

Research Seminar – Iris Moon

Why Edwardian Baroque Architecture Matters: Empire, Identity, and Geo-political Rivalry

Research Seminar – Alex Bremner

Frank Bowling: The Mother’s House Paintings

Research Seminar – Grace Aneiza Ali, Ben Bowling

Feminism meets Art History 1944/2024:  Helen Rosenau’s monumental Woman in Art, then and now

Research Seminar – Griselda Pollock

The Small Spaces of Empire

Research Seminar – Swati Chattopadhyay, Tania Sengupta

The Architecture of Disability

Research Seminar – David Gissen, Jos Boys

Landscapes of Waste: Towards an Urban History of Coal Spoil in Modern Britain

Research Seminar – Moa Carlsson, Otto Saumarez Smith

Thermal Governance: Air-conditioning Complexes and Climate Modulation in Urban Asia

Research Seminar – Jiat-Hwee Chang, Kim Förster

History Designing Architecture: Performance and Architecture in Africa & its Diaspora

Research Seminar – Adedoyin Teriba, Rixt Woudstra