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This page lists all of the department's scheduled upcoming events.
Below you can find a full events calendar which details upcoming events planned in the department. Please note that this is a provisional schedule and is subject to change.
2024-2025 Academic Year
Term 1
SEPTEMBER 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 26 September, 6:30-8pm | Alumni Evening with UCL Grant Museum | Ad Hoc | UCL Grant Museum |
OCTOBER 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 8 October, 6-8pm | Book Launch: 'Lifework' edited by Moran Sheleg | CSCA | IAS Forum |
| Thursday 10 October, 6:15-8:30pm | Nikos Stangos Lecture: Lesley Lokko | Nikos Stangos Memorial Lecture | G6 LT, 31-34 Gordon Square |
| Thursday 17 October, 6-8pm | Research Seminar: Vivek Gupta | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
| Friday 25 October, 5-8pm | CSCA Lecture: Amy Sillman | CSCA | IAS Forum |
NOVEMBER 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 7 November, 1-1.45pm | Tamar Garb introduces ‘Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa’ | CSCA | Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge |
| Wednesday 20 November, 5-7pm | CSCA Screening: Sigmund Freud’s Dora (1979) | CSCA | G06, 21 Gordon Square |
| Monday 25 November, 6-8pm | A conversation with Elena Gertsman and Bob Mills | Past Imperfect | Room 103 (Sem 3), 20 Gordon Square |
| Wednesday 27 November, 4-6pm | PhD upgrade: Manon Abt | PhD upgrade | Seminar Room 3, 20 Gordon Square Staff and PhD students only |
| Thursday 28 November, 6pm-8pm | Research Seminar: Blake Stimson | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
DECEMBER 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 5 December, 6pm-8pm | Research Seminar: Aaron Hyman | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
| Tuesday 10 December, 4.30pm | Tour of the exhibition: ‘The Imaginary Institution of India, 1975-1998’ | CSCA | Barbican Centre |
Term 2
JANUARY 2025
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 23 January, 5:30-7:30pm | Research Seminar: Vera Mey | Research Seminar | IAS Common Ground |
| Wednesday 29 January, 1-2pm | Brown Bag Lunch: Alison Wright | Brown Bag Lunch | Full details via email (Staff Only) B03, 20 Gordon Square |
FEBRUARY 2025
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 5 February, 1-3pm | Tour of "The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence" with Dr Vivek Gupta | Past Imperfect | V&A If you would like to join, please email vivek-gupta@ucl.ac.uk |
| Thursday 6 February, 5:30-7:30pm | Research Seminar: Felix Jäger | Research Seminar | IAS Common Ground |
| Wednesday 12 February, 4-6pm | CSCA reading group meeting | CSCA | History of Art research students and staff only Room 101 (seminar room 4), 20 Gordon Square |
| Wednesday 26 February, 2-4pm | Exhibition tour: 'Peter Hujar - Eyes Open in the Dark' | CSCA | Raven Row |
| Thursday 27 February, 5:30-7:30pm | Research Seminar: Jess Bailey | Research Seminar | IAS Common Ground |
MARCH 2025
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 5 March, 1-2pm | Brown Bag Lunch: Nick Robbins | Brown Bag Lunch | Full details via email (Staff Only) 103, 21 Gordon Square |
| Wednesday 5 March, 10am-6pm | Open Studio Day: Mapping the Local Infrastructure for Analogue Film | MSc for the Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media | Lecture Theatre 118, UCL East |
| Thursday 6 March, 5:30-7:30pm | Past Imperfect: Seth Anziska in conversation with Stephanie Schwartz 'Writing History in a Time of War: Israel’s 1982 Invasion of Lebanon and its Afterlives' | Past Imperfect | 1.02, Malet Place Engineering Building |
| Wednesday 12 March, 4:30-6:30pm | Peter Hujar - Eyes Open in the Dark: Symposium | CSCA | Rooms 101 and 102, 20 Gordon Square |
| Thursday 13 March, 5:30-7:30pm | Research Seminar: Gabriela Siracusano | Research Seminar | Seminar room 20, 1st Floor, South Wing |
| Tuesday 18 March, 6-8pm | Book Launch: ‘African Diaspora Art History’ with Eddie Chambers | CSCA | IAS Common Ground |
| Wednesday 19 March, 1-2pm | Your Collection - V&A East in Schools | Ad hoc | Full details (History of Art students and staff only) Lecture Theatre 118, Chandler House |
| Wednesday 19 March, 4-6pm | CSCA reading group meeting | CSCA | History of Art research students and staff only Room 101 (seminar room 4), 20 Gordon Square |
| Monday 24 March, 6-9pm | Book launch, Richard Taws: "Time Machines: Telegraphic Images in Nineteenth-Century France | Past Imperfect | Lankester LT, Medawar Building Reception: 101-102, 20 Gordon Square |
| Monday 31 March, 9:30am-5pm | Contemporary Practica: Practical talks about contemporary challenges | Ad hoc | UCL East Marshgate Building Open to all. Free to UCL students |
Term 3
APRIL 2025
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 - 15 April | Gender and Cloth 2025 Workshops with Gabe Beckhurst and Jess Bailey | Ad hoc | London and Glasgow |
| Tuesday 29 April, 5-7pm | Richard Hylton on 'Donald Rodney: Art, Race and the Body Politic' | CSCA | Room 780, IOE, 20 Bedford Way |
| Wednesday 30 April, 1-2pm | Brown Bag Lunch: Stephanie Schwartz | Brown Bag Lunch | Full details TBC (Staff Only) 102, 20 Gordon Square |
MAY 2025
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 1 May, 5-9pm | Past Imperfect Film Screening | Past Imperfect | Full details TBC UCL East Cinema Main Atrium - 1 Pool Street (reception) |
| Tuesday 6 May, 5:30-9pm | Tomás Harris Lecture 1: Sylvia Houghteling | Tomás Harris Lecture | Lecture: G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT in Roberts Building (5:30-7pm) Reception: Grant Museum (7-9pm) |
| Wednesday 7 May, 11-1pm | Dyeing Workshop with Sylvia Houghteling, Tomás Harris Visiting Professor | Tomás Harris Lecture | Garden Room, Wilkins Building UCL students only. |
| Thursday 8 May, 5:30-7:30pm | Tomás Harris Lecture 2: Sylvia Houghteling | Tomás Harris Lecture | G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT in Roberts Building |
| Thursday 22 May, 5:30-7:30pm | Research Seminar: Avigail Moss | Research Seminar | Full details TBC Seminar room 20, 1st Floor, South Wing |
| Wednesday 28 May, 1-2pm | Brown Bag Lunch: Aparna Kumar | Brown Bag Lunch | Full details TBC (Staff Only) 102, 20 Gordon Square |
If you would like to be added to our events mailing list, please email Queenie Lee.