Welcome to the Synchronicity Colloquium website
Here you will find details about our talks and seminars as well as pop-up events, bringing the History of Art Department's PhD students together in a spirit of sharing and collaboration.
See highlights below or view the Calendar of Events.
Highlighted Events
Friday 24 April – Seminar
Friday Seminar: ‘About Tropical Fantasies, the Garden of Eden, and Other Exoticisms: The Romantic Depiction of the South American Landscape in the Nineteenth Century’ Friday 24 April At 4.30 p.m. Zoom meeting Speaker: Miguel Gaete Caceres Chair: Dr Cordula Van Wyhe
Tuesday 8 June 2021 – Event
Talk: Iconoclasms and the ‘Urgency of Now’ Tuesday 8 June 2021 At 4.00 p.m. Zoom meeting Speaker: Professor Richard Clay Chair: Professor Jason Edwards This event is open to all students and staff. Please see the department website for more details. Abstract: We are delighted to welcome Professor Richard Clay, Professor of Digital Cultures at the
Friday 23 October 2020 – Welcome of New PhD Students
Friday 23 October At 5.30 p.m. Zoom event Speaker: 5-Minute Presentations by First-Year PhDs Chair: Dr Codula Van Wyhe
Friday 5 February 2021 – Seminar
Friday Seminar: ‘Apocalypse later: The Rhetoric of Rubens’ Wrath of Christ High Altarpiece for the Dominican Church in Antwerp’ Friday 5 February 2021 At 4.30 p.m. Zoom meeting Speaker: Adam Sammut Chair: Dr Cordula Van Wyhe Abstract: Saints Dominic and Francis saving the world from the wrath of Christ (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon) is a monumental high altarpiece