{"id":4330,"date":"2026-09-07T11:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/?p=4330"},"modified":"2026-10-21T11:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T10:46:45","slug":"phd-activities-autumn-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/2026\/09\/07\/phd-activities-autumn-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Activities Autumn 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>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<\/a> at WSA) and on MS Teams<\/a>. The series consists of (guest) speakers, workshops, trainings, and other research- and practice-led events.<\/p>\n

The working schedule will be updated here regularly.<\/p>\n

For other Faculty and University wide events please see the central University events calendar: https:\/\/events.soton.ac.uk\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

PhD Seminars will resume on 7th October 2026, but don’t forget to catch The Playful Monster conference<\/strong><\/a>, coordinated by WSA PGR Ruikang Wu, which will run in person and online Thursday 24 September and Friday 25 September 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nTUE<\/b><\/b><\/td>\nWED<\/b><\/b><\/td>\nTHU<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n7 October 14:00-16:00 PhD<\/b> Social and Town Hall \u2013 discussing important business for the coming year <\/b>[hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

INDUCTION AND CAMPUS TOUR FOR NEW PGRs IMMEDIATELY BEFOREHAND.<\/i><\/i><\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n14 October 14:00-16:00 Radical Friendship Reading Group \/ Workshop <\/b><\/a>with Marie Theresa, Mara Gonz\u00e1lez Gonz\u00e1lez and Marina Castledine, building on from Japan partnership activities in 2025-26 [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n20 October 14:00-16:00, Future of Crits discussion<\/strong>, Sculpture Studio [hybrid]<\/td>\n21 October 14:00-16:00, The Great PhD Infrastructure Troubleshoot 2026<\/strong> (talking about and taking questions on university systems from Pure to PGR Manager) with Megen de Bruin-Mol\u00e9 [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n28 October 14:00-16:00, CIIP Research Community Work in Progress: John Umney<\/strong>, online only<\/a><\/p>\n

PGR office 3024 free for making, socialising, or co-working.<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n4 November 14:00-16:00, Life After the PhD: Joint Session with Early Career Colleagues<\/strong> [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n11 November 14:00-16:00, ‘Creative<\/strong>
\nResponses to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports’<\/strong> workshop<\/strong> 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).<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n17 November 14:00-16:00, PhD Crit<\/strong>, Sculpture Studio [in person only]<\/td>\n18 November 14:00-16:00, CIIP Research Community Work in Progress: Katya Sivers<\/strong>, online only<\/a><\/p>\n

PGR office 3024 free for making, socialising, or co-working.<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\n25 November 14:00-16:00, WEDNESDAY MAKING \/ NO FORMAL SESSION<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2 December 14:00-16:00, Introduction to and Tour of the Moving Image\/Media Store<\/strong> with Dave Gibbons and Jess Curtis \u00a0[in person only], Rotunda (East Side).<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n9 December 14:00-16:00, Progression Review Preparation<\/strong> with Megen de Bruin-Mol\u00e9 [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n
December<\/td>\n15 December 14:00-16:00, PhD Crit<\/strong>, Sculpture Studio [in person only]<\/td>\n16 December 14:00-16:00, NO FORMAL SESSION<\/em><\/td>\nWinter graduation<\/a> will take place between on Thursday 17 December 2026 at 13:00<\/strong>. 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The winter closure period<\/a> will be 24 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027<\/strong> (teaching and some university services will be suspended).<\/p>\n

PhD Seminars will resume in late January or early February 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. … Continue reading “PhD Activities Autumn 2026”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99787,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99787"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4330"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4359,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions\/4359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}