Full Events Programme 2023-24
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.
2023-2024 Academic Year
Term 3
APRIL 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 29 April, 3pm | Group visit to ‘Some May Work as Symbols: Art Made in Brazil, 1950s–70s’ | CSCA | Full details TBC - RSVP required Raven Row |
| Tuesday 30 April, 4:30-5:30pm | CSCA Steering Committee meeting | CSCA | B03, 20 Gordon Square |
| Tuesday 30 April, 13:00-14:30 | Brown Bag Lunch with Rose Marie San Juan | Brown Bag Lunch | 104, 21 Gordon Square Open to UCL History of Art staff only. |
| Tuesday 30 April, 18:00-21:00 | Inaugural Lecture: Richard Taws | Inaugural Lecture | Gustave Tuck (18:30-19:30) Followed by a reception in the North Cloisters (19:30-21:00) |
MAY 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 7 May, 17:30-19:30 | CSCA Screening: Dutchman | CSCA | G06, 21 Gordon Square |
| Thursday 9 May, 18:00-21:00 | CANCELLED: Nikos Stangos Lecture: Lesley Lokko | Nikos Stangos Memorial Lecture | CANCELLED |
| Tuesday 14 May, 3pm | Introduction to ‘Unravel’ with curator Wells Fray-Smith | CSCA | Full details TBC - RSVP required Barbican Centre |
| Thursday 16 May, 18:00-20:00 | Research Seminar: Ünver Rüstem | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
| Tuesday 21 May, 18:00-21:00 | Tomás Harris Visiting Professorship: Jennifer Nelson - Lecture 1 | Tomás Harris Visiting Professorship | Lecture: Roberts Building G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT (18:00-19:30) Reception: G02 Foyer, Roberts Building (19:30-21:00) |
| Wednesday 22 May, 12:00-14:00 | Tomás Harris Visiting Professorship PGR Seminar | Tomás Harris Visiting Professorship | Link above Seminar Rooms 3 and 4, 20 Gordon Square |
| Thursday 23 May, 18:00-20:00 | Tomás Harris Visiting Professorship: Jennifer Nelson - Lecture 2 | Tomás Harris Visiting Professorship | Link above Roberts Building G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT |
| Wednesday 29 May, 18:15-20:15 | Larne Abse Gogarty on Figuration, with Madelynn Green and Jenny Nachtigall | CSCA | 101-102, 20 Gordon Square |
JUNE - JULY 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 6 June, 6pm-8pm | Rachel Haidu on Each One Another: The Self in Contemporary Art, with Briony Fer and Jenny Nachtigall | CSCA | IAS Forum |
Friday 14 June: 6pm-8pm. Saturday 15 June 15: 10am-5pm, to be followed by a reception | Not Now: Modernism, Nativism and Fascism in American Art and Culture (Symposium) | CSCA | Friday 14 June: Gustave Tuck (6pm-8pm) Saturday 15 June 15: Gustave Tuck (10am-5pm) and South Cloisters (5-7pm) |
| 22 - 26 July, 14:30-16:30 | History of Art Widening Participation Summer School | EDI | Via Zoom or 102, 20 Gordon Square |
Term 2
JANUARY 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 11 January, 17:00-19:00 | Three Films on Cinematography | CSCA | IAS Forum |
| Monday 15 January, 18:00-20:00 | IAS Book Launch: The Market Photo Workshop in South Africa and the ‘Born Free’ Generation | IAS | IAS Forum |
| Wednesday 24 January, 16:30-18:30 | Research Seminar: Gavin Butt | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
FEBRUARY 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 21 February, 18:00-20:00 | CSCA Workshop: Sarah Lucas and Psychoanalysis | CSCA | IAS Forum |
| Wednesday 28 February, 13:00-14:30 | Brown Bag Lunch with Cadence Kinsey | Brown Bag Lunch | B03, 20 Gordon Square Open to UCL History of Art staff only. |
| Thursday 29 February, 18:00-20:00 | Research Seminar: Theo Gordon | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
MARCH 2024
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 5 March, 18:00-20:00 | Buster Keaton on Sculpture | CSCA | IAS Forum |
| Wednesday 6 March, 14:00-16:00 | Art History Alumni Roundtable | Ad Hoc | Wilkins Garden Room Career advice directly from three UCL History of Art alumni who have pursued interesting careers after earning their degrees in our department. |
| Thursday 7 March, 18:00-20:00 | Research Seminar: Tom Young | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
| Monday 11 March, 12:00-13:00 | Past Imperfect Potluck: Violence and Peace Within Violence | Past Imperfect | IAS Forum |
| Wednesday 13 March, 13:00-14:30 | Brown Bag Lunch with Richard Taws | Brown Bag Lunch | B03, 20 Gordon Square Open to UCL History of Art staff only. |
| Thursday 14 March, 18:15-20:15 | Research Seminar: Amy Tobin | Research Seminar | Room 101, 20 Gordon Square |
Term 1
OCTOBER 2023
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 9 October, 18:00-21:00 | Violence and the Visual Image: A Discussion around Violence and the Genesis of the Anatomical Image by Rose Marie San Juan. | Past Imperfect | Room 105 (Sem 6), 21 Gordon Square |
| Tuesday 10 October, 16:00-21:00 | CSCA Steering Committee meeting | CSCA | B03, 20 Gordon Square |
| Wednesday 11 October, 17:30-19:30 | Research Seminar with Heather Pulliam | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
| Wednesday 18th October, 15:00-17:00 | Anna Mladentseva: PhD Upgrade - ‘Moving Across Scales: Theoretical Considerations in the Conservation of WeChat’ | PhD Upgrade | Seminar Room 6, 21 Gordon Square |
| Tuesday 24 October, 18:00-20:00 | POSTPONED: Renée Mussai in Conversation with Tamar Garb Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the Curatorial Conversation with Tamar Garb and Rene Mussai on Tuesday 24 October. The event will be rearranged for a later date. | CSCA | POSTPONED |
| Wednesday 25 October, 15:30-17:30 | Elsa Perryman Owens: PhD Upgrade - ‘Melted, Singed, Incinerated, Saved: Catastrophe and the Non-Human in The Great Fire of London’ | PhD Upgrade | Seminar Room 6, 21 Gordon Square |
NOVEMBER 2023
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 1 November, 17:30-19:30 | Research Seminar with Anita Hosseini | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
| Wednesday 8 November, 10:00-17:00 | Jonathan Kemp lecture (10-11am) and workshop (12-5pm) | Ad hoc | Full details Room 102, 20 Gordon Square |
| Thursday 9 November, 10:00-17:00 | Jonathan Kemp workshop | Ad hoc | Full details Room 102, 20 Gordon Square |
| Monday 13 November, 17:00-19:00 | Technological Imaginaries: Medieval Artists, Manuscripts, and War with Dr. Lauren Rozenberg and Dr. Jess Bailey | Past Imperfect | IAS Forum |
| Tuesday 14 November, 18:00-20:00 | Curatorial Conversations: Adomas Narkevičius and Cell Project Space | CSCA | IAS Forum |
| Wednesday 15 November, 17:30-20:00 | Research Seminar with Scott Nethersole | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
| Monday 20 November, 12:00-13:00 | CANCELLED: Past Imperfect Potluck: Peace Within Violence | Past Imperfect | CANCELLED |
| Tuesday 21 November, 12:00 | Nicole Eisenman and figuration | CSCA | Full details TBC Whitechapel Gallery |
| Wednesday 22 November, 13:00-14:30 | Brown Bag Lunch with Jacopo Gnisci | Brown Bag Lunch | Open to UCL History of Art staff only. |
| Wednesday 22 November, 17:30-19:30 | Research Seminar with Andrei Pop | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
| Thursday 23 November, 17:30-19:30 | Tamar Garb and Mary Evans in conversation | CSCA | IAS forum |
| Tuesday 28 November, 16:00-18:00 | Studio visit with Michael Mandiberg | CSCA | B03, 20 Gordon Square |
| Wednesday 29 November, 17:30-19:30 | Research Seminar with Mark Crinson | Research Seminar | IAS Forum |
DECEMBER 2023
| Date & Time | Event Title | Event Series | More Info & Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
Friday 1 December | POSTPONED - Group visit to the exhibition of Brazilian artist Helio Oiticica | CSCA | Postponed to Friday 15 December. |
| Monday 4 December, 18:00-20:00 | IAS Book Launch: The Culture of the Case - Frederic J. Schwartz | IAS | IAS Forum |
| Friday 15 December | CSCA group visit to the exhibition of Brazilian artist Helio Oiticica | CSCA | Full details TBC De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea. |
If you’re not currently a member of staff or student in the UCL History of Art department and would like to be added to our events mailing list, please email Queenie Lee.