Community – Art – Covid: Reflecting on Community-Engaged Art during the Pandemic 

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Friday 11 March, 2-4pm, Kensington – available in-person and online From homemade rainbows in front windows, vibrant street art murals and memorial walls, to community galleries offering periodic respite during the pandemic, the last two…

Adjunct professor collaborates to create special issue of the open access journal

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The academic synergy between former American University Professor Dr Robert J. Wallis and Adjunct Professor of Art History and Visual Culture Dr. Max Carocci resulted in a special issue of the open access journal Religions entitled 'Art,…

What is this Pop?

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This is your chance to join Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies, Alex Seago next Tuesday, 23 March, 5.00-6.00pm to discuss, What is this Pop? Considering Pop Art in Cross Cultural Context. The generic art historical term ‘Pop Art’…

‘Diversity in Industry’ Careers Talk with the companies behind Star Wars and Marvel’s Avengers!

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This is your opportunity to learn all about how the film industry is now embracing diversity as well as the best way to build up a career in digital visual effects from experts at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic)! Richmond, The American…

Undergraduate Symposium: The Post-Pandemic World

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Richmond and IVAC are organising an Undergraduate Symposium (a conference to discuss a particular subject) for Fall 21 that will explore the impact and aftermath of the pandemic, Covid and national lockdowns on our lifestyles, society,…

Lucasfilm and ILM: Careers Advice and Industry Experience Event

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Richmond was delighted to welcome the specialist visual effects team from Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) and Lucasfilm to share invaluable advice, guidance and experience on developing careers in this amazing industry. ILM and Lucasfilm are…

Dr. Caleb Turner presents at The Superhero Project: Fourth Global Meeting

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The Fourth Superhero Project hosted in Essen, Germany was another great success this year, being a smoothly organised and fluid hybrid of live and online presentations that were fully safe and suitably socially distanced. Yet again, delegates…
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IVAC Research Centre Lectures and Events Spring 2020

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Please find below a list of events brought to you by The Centre for International Visual Arts and Cultures (IVAC) Curating Ethnographic and Contemporary African Art at the British Museum Dr. Chris Spring, Former Curator of African Galleries…

History of falconry in Anglo-Saxon England revealed by Richmond Professor in The Times

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Dr Robert J Wallis, Professor of Visual Culture at Richmond, has been featured this week in an article published by The Times, explaining how falconry was practised in Anglo-Saxon England hundreds of years earlier than previously thought. The…