We are delighted to invite you to The Courtauld鈥檚 annual Postgraduate Symposium 2024/2025. Researchers in the final stages of their doctoral degrees will deliver papers emerging out of their research projects. In past years, the event has been a moment for faculty, students and the public to celebrate innovative research.
Organised by Hannah Healey and Michelle Zhu, PhD students, The Courtauld.听
Schedule:
9.30 鈥 10.00: Registration opens
The Courtauld, Vernon Square Campus
10.00 鈥 10.10: Opening remarks, and introduction to the day
Professor Guido Rebecchini, Professor of Sixteenth-Century Southern European Art and Head of Research Degrees Programme, The Courtauld.
Hannah Healey and Xiaojue Michelle Zhu, PhD students and symposium organisers.
10:10 鈥 11:30 | Panel 1 – Political Imaginaries
鈥楥opyright Meets Reproductive Rights: K盲the Kollwitz and the Abortion Rights Movement in Weimar Germany鈥
Xiaojue Michelle Zhu听
鈥榁ictory Vietnam: The Second Iteration of Artists for Democracy鈥
Hannah Healey
鈥業magining the Past: Kirill Gluschenko鈥檚 production of Soviet Utopia鈥
Elena Konyushikhina
11.30 鈥 11.40: Refreshment Break
Tea and Coffee Provided
11:40 鈥 13:00 | Panel 2 – Marks and Materials
鈥楳easurement Relics, Exchequer Standards, and the 鈥淧romise of Sameness鈥濃
Sophia Adams
鈥極n the Surface: Miniaturised Marks of Making and their Ontological Implications in 15th and 16th century Persian Painting鈥
Rachel Albans
鈥楲ine, Flesh, and Page: The Literary Surfaces of Barbara Chase-Riboud鈥
Bella Kesoyan
13.00 鈥 14.00: Lunch break
Provided for participants and organisers
14:00 鈥 15:20 | Panel 3 – Cultural Exchange
鈥樷淚 put My Seal on This Paper鈥 – The 鈥業mago Impressa鈥 of Queen Helena鈥
Marija Shipley
鈥楩rom Isfahan to Moscow: The Significance of the Diamond Throne in the Russo-Iranian Transcultural Narrative鈥
Olga Gillen
鈥楾he Man on the Fish: Water Deities of the Indus River from Khizr to Jhuley Lal鈥
Nada Raza
15.20 鈥 15.30: Refreshment Break
Tea and Coffee Provided
15:30 鈥 16:50 | Panel 4 – Spaces
鈥樷淎 brocade gown of hers and another garment of crimson satin鈥: Do帽a Juana de Mendoza’s donations to the Granada Venegas Chapel鈥
Natalia Mu帽oz-Rojas
鈥樷淜now the World from End to End Is a Mirror鈥: Illuminating the Shrine of Imam Reza in Qajar Iran鈥
Reza Daftarian
鈥楾he Looting of the Western Qing Tombs鈥
Ricarda Brosch
16.50 鈥 17.00: Closing Remarks
Professor Guido Rebecchini, Professor of Sixteenth-Century Southern European Art and Head of Research Degrees Programme, The Courtauld
17.00 鈥 18.00: Drinks Reception
Open to all