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Get a personal insight into the work of researchers in Languages, Literatures and Cultures through this occasional series of blog articles, reports, videos and recordings created by postgraduates and staff members. This includes work created by our interdisciplinary Centre for Visual Cultures.

As part of our commitment to accessibility, transcriptions are also featured, including of the ‘Making Space for Art’ seminar series (2015-18).

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Making Space for Art: Jannet de Goede

26 Jul 2022

As part of the Making Space for Art series of talks at Royal Holloway, this talk is 'For the Benefit and Joy of the Community' by Jannet de Goede (Curator, Kröller-Müller Museum).

Making Space for Art: Dr Xavier Bray

26 Jul 2022

As a part of the Making Space for Art series of talks at Royal Holloway, To Change or not to change the Wallace Collection? is a talk delivered by Dr Xavier Bray (Director of the Wallace Collection).

Making Space for Art: John Perivolaris

22 Feb 2022

As part of the Making Space for Art series of talks at Royal Holloway, photographer John Perivolaris discusses the portraits he has been making since 2011 under the Shoreditch Bridge in London.

Making Space for Art: Ben Thomas

30 Nov 2021

As part of the Making Space for Art series, available here as a recording and transcript, Dr Ben Thomas discusses co-curating the Ashmolean exhibition Raphael: The Drawings.

Making Space for Art: David Johnson

23 Nov 2021

In this talk for Making Space for Art, artist David Johnson speaks on the theme of Beauty and the Blind: There’s Far More to Seeing Than Enters the Eyeball. Introduction by Professor Hannah Thompson.

Making Space for Art: Cy Twombly

22 Nov 2021

As part of the Making Space for Art series, Dr Frances Guerin (University of Kent) and Professor Ahuvia Kahane (RHUL) discuss Cy Twombly, Modernism, Antiquity and the History of Art.

Making Space for Art: Dr Sonia Solicari

14 Sep 2021

As part of the Making Space for Art series, Dr Sonia Solicari (Head of Guildhall Art Gallery) discusses how the gallery re-contextualised its collection on the theme of Money, Power, Politics.

‘Inside Love’ with Tate Exchange

03 Sep 2021

PhD researcher Martina Borghi shares her experience of creating a video love letter to a work of art as part of Royal Holloway’s programme for Tate Exchange 2020-21.

James Williams discusses his book on African cinema

08 Jul 2021

A video conversation between James Williams, the 2020 R. Gapper Book Prize winner and director of the RHUL Centre for Visual Cultures, and Patrick Crowley for SFS 2020.

Film Quarterly Webinar Video with James Williams

08 Jun 2021

On 27 May, Centre for Visual Cultures director James Williams took part in a webinar hosted by Film Quarterly, on ‘Mediterranean Migration and New Documentary Forms’.