Below you will find our schedule for the Winchester School of Art PhD weekly meetings, which will generally run from 2-4pm on Wednesdays, in person (PGR Office at WSA) and on MS Teams. The series consists of (guest) speakers, workshops, trainings, and other research- and practice-led events.
The working schedule will be updated here regularly.
For other Faculty and University wide events please see the central University events calendar: https://events.soton.ac.uk/
PhD Seminars will resume on 7th October 2026, but don’t forget to catch The Playful Monster conference, coordinated by WSA PGR Ruikang Wu, which will run in person and online Thursday 24 September and Friday 25 September 2026.
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| October | 7 October 14:00-16:00 PhD Social and Town Hall – discussing important business for the coming year [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online.
INDUCTION AND CAMPUS TOUR FOR NEW PGRs IMMEDIATELY BEFOREHAND. |
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| 14 October 14:00-16:00 Radical Friendship Reading Group / Workshop with Marie Theresa, Mara González González and Marina Castledine, building on from Japan partnership activities in 2025-26 [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online. | |||
| 20 October 14:00-16:00, Future of Crits discussion, Sculpture Studio [hybrid] | 21 October 14:00-16:00, The Great PhD Infrastructure Troubleshoot 2026 (talking about and taking questions on university systems from Pure to PGR Manager) with Megen de Bruin-Molé [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online. | ||
| 28 October 14:00-16:00, CIIP Research Community Work in Progress: John Umney, online only
PGR office 3024 free for making, socialising, or co-working. |
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| November | 4 November 14:00-16:00, Life After the PhD: Joint Session with Early Career Colleagues [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online. | ||
| 11 November 14:00-16:00, ‘Creative Responses to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports’ workshop with colleagues from the Home in Crisis, Critical Infrastructures and Image Politics, and Ocean Justice research groups [in person only], East 3023 (Harvard L/T). |
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| 17 November 14:00-16:00, PhD Crit, Sculpture Studio [in person only] | 18 November 14:00-16:00, CIIP Research Community Work in Progress: Katya Sivers, online only
PGR office 3024 free for making, socialising, or co-working. |
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| 25 November 14:00-16:00, WEDNESDAY MAKING / NO FORMAL SESSION | |||
| December | 2 December 14:00-16:00, Introduction to and Tour of the Moving Image/Media Store with Dave Gibbons and Jess Curtis [in person only], Rotunda (East Side). | ||
| 9 December 14:00-16:00, Progression Review Preparation with Megen de Bruin-Molé [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online. |
| December | 15 December 14:00-16:00, PhD Crit, Sculpture Studio [in person only] | 16 December 14:00-16:00, NO FORMAL SESSION | Winter graduation will take place between on Thursday 17 December 2026 at 13:00. After graduation we traditionally have a PhD social. This TBC pending the exact date and location of WSA graduation ceremony, and number of PhDs graduating. |
The winter closure period will be 24 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027 (teaching and some university services will be suspended).
PhD Seminars will resume in late January or early February 2027.