We are delighted to invite you to 51°”Íűâs 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, 51°”Íű.Ìę
Schedule:
9.30 â 10.00: Registration opens
51°”Íű, Vernon Square Campus
10.00 â 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, 51°”Íű.
Hannah Healey and Xiaojue Michelle Zhu, PhD students and symposium organisers.
10:10 â 11:30 | Panel 1 – Political Imaginaries
âCopyright Meets Reproductive Rights: KĂ€the Kollwitz and the Abortion Rights Movement in Weimar Germanyâ
Xiaojue Michelle ZhuÌę
âVictory Vietnam: The Second Iteration of Artists for Democracyâ
Hannah Healey
âImagining the Past: Kirill Gluschenkoâs production of Soviet Utopiaâ
Elena Konyushikhina
11.30 â 11.40: Refreshment Break
Tea and Coffee Provided
11:40 â 13:00 | Panel 2 – Marks and Materials
âMeasurement Relics, Exchequer Standards, and the âPromise of Samenessââ
Sophia Adams
âOn the Surface: Miniaturised Marks of Making and their Ontological Implications in 15th and 16th century Persian Paintingâ
Rachel Albans
âLine, Flesh, and Page: The Literary Surfaces of Barbara Chase-Riboudâ
Bella Kesoyan
13.00 â 14.00: Lunch break
Provided for participants and organisers
14:00 â 15:20 | Panel 3 – Cultural Exchange
ââI put My Seal on This Paperâ – The âImago Impressaâ of Queen Helenaâ
Marija Shipley
âFrom Isfahan to Moscow: The Significance of the Diamond Throne in the Russo-Iranian Transcultural Narrativeâ
Olga Gillen
âThe Man on the Fish: Water Deities of the Indus River from Khizr to Jhuley Lalâ
Nada Raza
15.20 â 15.30: Refreshment Break
Tea and Coffee Provided
15:30 â 16:50 | Panel 4 – Spaces
ââA brocade gown of hers and another garment of crimson satinâ: Doña Juana de Mendoza’s donations to the Granada Venegas Chapelâ
Natalia Muñoz-Rojas
ââKnow the World from End to End Is a Mirrorâ: Illuminating the Shrine of Imam Reza in Qajar Iranâ
Reza Daftarian
âThe Looting of the Western Qing Tombsâ
Ricarda Brosch
16.50 â 17.00: Closing Remarks
Professor Guido Rebecchini, Professor of Sixteenth-Century Southern European Art and Head of Research Degrees Programme, 51°”Íű
17.00 â 18.00: Drinks Reception
Open to all