Past Events
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Ordinary Lives: Photographic Encounters with Black Victorians
2 October 2026
Ordinary Lives: Photographic Encounters with Black Victorians
Research Lunch – Caroline Bressey
Paul Mellon Centre
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Drawing as Knowledge: Practice, Theory and History
16 to 17 September 2026
Drawing as Knowledge: Practice, Theory and History
Conference – Isobel Elstob, John Bonehill, Jane Alden, Michaela Giebelhausen, Tessa Kilgarriff, Isabel Seligman, Jenny Wright, Claire Wintle, Aimee Middlemiss, Seb Marshall, Louisa Smyllie-Peters, Alice Clanachan, Humaira Hossain, Tal Horesh, Excy Hansda, Nuno Grancho, Eliza Goodpasture, Jo Gomersall, Katherine Gazzard, Rose Forshall, Stephen Feeke, Eve Ess
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Evening Viewing: Just on the Edge: Exploring the Deanna Petherbridge Archive
15 September 2026
Evening Viewing: Just on the Edge: Exploring the Deanna Petherbridge Archive
Gathering
Paul Mellon Centre
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Fragile Landscapes: Memory, Migration and Embodied Mapping
9 September 2026
Fragile Landscapes: Memory, Migration and Embodied Mapping
Lecture – Rohini Rai , Nirmal Puwar, Katherine Parker
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Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain
10 July 2026
Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain
Research Lunch – Kristin Bluemel
Paul Mellon Centre
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Writing the Object, Writing the World
1 July 2026
Writing the Object, Writing the World
Lecture – Jennifer Raab
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Approaching Victorian Architecture Today
29 June 2026
Approaching Victorian Architecture Today
Lecture – Shahed Saleem, Joshua Mardell, Imogen Hart
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Postponed: Ordinary Lives: Photographic Encounters with Black Victorians
26 to 26 June 2026
Postponed: Ordinary Lives: Photographic Encounters with Black Victorians
Paul Mellon Centre
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POSTPONED: Ordinary Lives: Photographic Encounters with Black Victorians
26 June 2026
POSTPONED: Ordinary Lives: Photographic Encounters with Black Victorians
Research Lunch – Caroline Bressey
Paul Mellon Centre
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POSTPONED: Fragile Landscapes: Memory, Migration and Embodied Mapping
25 June 2026
POSTPONED: Fragile Landscapes: Memory, Migration and Embodied Mapping
Lecture – Nirmal Puwar, Rohini Rai , Katherine Parker
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Gwen John: A Seer of Strange Beauties
22 June 2026
Gwen John: A Seer of Strange Beauties
Lecture – Lucy Wood, Rachel Stratton, Patrick Elliott
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Photo State: Experiments in Eaton-escence
19 June 2026
Photo State: Experiments in Eaton-escence
Lecture – Christopher Pinney
Paul Mellon Centre
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Drawing as Knowledge: Practice, Theory and History
16 June to 13 July 2026
Drawing as Knowledge: Practice, Theory and History
Call for Papers
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Visualising the Commonwealth in Post-War Britain
12 June 2026
Visualising the Commonwealth in Post-War Britain
Research Lunch – Maryam Ohadi-Hamadani
Paul Mellon Centre
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Moving like the Roots
5 June 2026
Moving like the Roots
Lecture – Viviana Checchia
Paul Mellon Centre
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Chinese British Identity Through the Lens of Lancashire’s Rhododendron Ponticum
15 May 2026
Chinese British Identity Through the Lens of Lancashire’s Rhododendron Ponticum
Research Lunch – Dr Alina Sinelnyk
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Painting Protest: Literature, Art, and the Avant-Garde in Socialist Burma
8 May 2026
Painting Protest: Literature, Art, and the Avant-Garde in Socialist Burma
Research Lunch – Melissa Carlson
Paul Mellon Centre
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Four Women: Trajectories through Art History
22 April to 22 July 2026
Four Women: Trajectories through Art History
Display
Paul Mellon Centre
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The Problem of the Portrait
22 April 2026
The Problem of the Portrait
Lecture
Paul Mellon Centre
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March Day 2: Disabled Legacies: Beyond Access and Inclusion
28 March 2026
March Day 2: Disabled Legacies: Beyond Access and Inclusion
Gathering – Khairani Barokka, Pelenakeke Brown, Sria Chatterjee, Theo Jean Cuthand, Kenny Fries, David Johnson, Jameisha Prescod
The Building Centre
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Access as Contract: A Rider Writing Workshop
27 to 28 March 2026
Access as Contract: A Rider Writing Workshop
Gathering, Workshop – Roo Dhissou
Paul Mellon Centre
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March Day 1: Disabled Legacies: Beyond Access and Inclusion
27 March 2026
March Day 1: Disabled Legacies: Beyond Access and Inclusion
Gathering – Sria Chatterjee, Cat Chong, Roo Dhissou, Kenny Fries, Tony Heaton, Naomi Ortiz, Saleem Hue Penny, Ashokkumar Mistry, Sandie Yi, Syrus Marcus Ware
The Building Centre
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Misfits: Disability as Method through Objects' Private View and talk by Tony Heaton
26 March 2026
Misfits: Disability as Method through Objects' Private View and talk by Tony Heaton
Gathering – Tony Heaton
Paul Mellon Centre
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Researching Relevance – Disability’s Movement to Mainstream
20 March 2026
Researching Relevance – Disability’s Movement to Mainstream
Gathering, Research Lunch – Ashokkumar Mistry
Paul Mellon Centre
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How the Western Middle Ages Shaped Modern Perceptions of Disability
13 March 2026
How the Western Middle Ages Shaped Modern Perceptions of Disability
Gathering, Research Lunch – D.M.J Seal
Paul Mellon Centre
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Material Witness: Donald Rodney, British Art and the Politics of Historical Recovery
6 March 2026
Material Witness: Donald Rodney, British Art and the Politics of Historical Recovery
Gathering, Research Lunch – Richard Hylton
Paul Mellon Centre
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Day 2: Disabled Legacies: Beyond Access and Inclusion
28 February 2026
Day 2: Disabled Legacies: Beyond Access and Inclusion
Gathering – Shivaangee Argawal, Sria Chatterjee, Kenny Fries, Jill H. Casid, Amelia Lander-Cavallo, Abi Palmer, Rebecca Sanchez, Jaipreet Virdi
The Building Centre
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Day 1: Disabled Legacies: Beyond Access and Inclusion
27 February 2026
Day 1: Disabled Legacies: Beyond Access and Inclusion
Gathering – Sria Chatterjee, Kenny Fries, Iarlaith Ní Fheorais, Sandy Ho, Simon Watney, Hannah Wallis
The Building Centre
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Funny Bones and Giggly Groans: A Crip Humour Workshop
27 to 28 February 2026
Funny Bones and Giggly Groans: A Crip Humour Workshop
Gathering, Workshop – Resting Museum
Paul Mellon Centre
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'Misfits: Disability as Method through Objects' Private View and Talk on the Life and Work of Donald Rodney
26 February 2026
'Misfits: Disability as Method through Objects' Private View and Talk on the Life and Work of Donald Rodney
Gathering – Virginia Marano, Keith Piper
Paul Mellon Centre
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Misfits: Disability as Method Through Objects
3 February to 9 April 2026
Misfits: Disability as Method Through Objects
Display
Paul Mellon Centre
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Post-Colony: Artists and the Legacy of the British Empire: Panel Discussion
3 February 2026
Post-Colony: Artists and the Legacy of the British Empire: Panel Discussion
Lecture – Gilane Tawadros, Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Hou Hanru
Paul Mellon Centre
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Introduction to the Archives & Library for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students
26 January 2026
Introduction to the Archives & Library for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students
Archives & Library Visits
Paul Mellon Centre
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<em>The Other Story</em> and After
15 December 2025
The Other Story and After
Lecture Series – Courtney J. Martin
National Gallery, London
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Capital Structures: Victorian Architecture and Economic Imperialism
12 December 2025
Capital Structures: Victorian Architecture and Economic Imperialism
Research Lunch – Matthew Wells
Paul Mellon Centre
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Wolverhampton 1982, “Art & Black Consciousness" vs. Form, Functioning and Future
12 December 2025
Wolverhampton 1982, “Art & Black Consciousness" vs. Form, Functioning and Future
Lecture Series – Courtney J. Martin
National Gallery, London
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Turner 250 Conference
4 to 5 December 2025
Turner 250 Conference
Conference – Thomas Ardill, Tobah Aukland-Peck, Timothy Barringer, Cal Barton, John Bonehill, Kate Brock, Martha Cattell, Esther Chadwick, Helen Cobby, Nicole Cochrane, Julia DeFabo, Stephen Farthing, Hayley Flynn, Caterina Franciosi, Katherine Gazzard, Parham Ghalamdar, Sarah Gould, Imogen Holmes-Roe, Chia-Chuan Hsieh, Matthew Imms, Ed Kettleborough, Emily Knight, Sabo Kpade, Andrew Loukes, Nick Makoha, Nicola Moorby, Kimberly Rhodes, Sue Rhodes, Joyce Townsend, Emma Roodhouse, Francesca Vanke, Ian Warrell
Tate Britain
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Book Night
26 November 2025
Book Night
Book Night – Richard Ormond, Lynda Nead, Elizabeth Goldring, Christine Casey, Sam Smiles
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Surveys, Settlements and Registers: Drawing Land into a “Racial” Regime of Property in Colonial Bangalore
14 November 2025
Surveys, Settlements and Registers: Drawing Land into a “Racial” Regime of Property in Colonial Bangalore
Research Lunch – Sonali Dhanpal
Paul Mellon Centre
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Introduction to the Archives & Library for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Students
10 November 2025
Introduction to the Archives & Library for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Students
Archives & Library Visits
Paul Mellon Centre