News & Archive (2025)18 July 2025|AnnouncementFinalization of the Panel “Visual Scepticism and an Aesthetics of Doubt” at the 9th MSA Annual Conference in PraguePhoto: Fabian Röderer WilliamsThe ERC team contributed a panel to the 9th Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association, “Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability”, which...14 July 2025|ConferencePanel “Visual Scepticism and an Aesthetic of Doubt” accepted to the 9th Annual MSA conference in PraguePhoto: MSAWe are delighted to announce that our panel “Visual Scepticism and an Aesthetic of Doubt in Reframing Difficult Heritage – Fostering Resilience or...9 July 2025|AnnouncementGuest lecture on the "The Iconography of the Inquisition" by Prof. Dr. Francisco Bethencourt (King’s College London)Photo: Wikimedia CommonsProf. Dr. Francisco Bethencourt (King's College London) will give his lecture entitled “The Iconography of the Inquisition” on Wednesday, July 9 from...2 July 2025|Visual ScepticismGuest lecture „Monument of Unlearning. Lygia Clark’s Artistic Practices“ by Prof. Dr. Mona Schieren (Hochschule für Künste Bremen)Photo: Lygia Clark, Relational Objects for Structuring the Self, »The World of Lygia Clark« Cultural Association, Rio de Janeiro (Photo: Mona Schieren)On July 2, 2025, we are pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Mona Schieren (Hochschule für Künste Bremen) for a lecture entitled "Monument of Unlearning...1 July 2025|Visual ScepticismGuest lecture „Serpents and Rituals at the Crossroads of Contemporary Indigenous Art in Brazil“ by ERC-Fellow Prof. Dr. Claudia Mattos AvolesePhoto: publicOn July 1, 2025 at 7 pm, Prof. Dr. Claudia Mattos Avolese will give her lecture entitled »Serpents and Rituals at the Crossroads of Contemporary...1 June 2025|AnnouncementGuest Scholar joining in June/ JulyPhoto: Jandro Cisneros/Tufts UniversityFellow at the ERC-project in June/July 2025: Prof. Dr. Claudia Mattos Avolese School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University (SMFA), Boston...11 April 2025|WorkshopWorkshop "Visuelle Skepsis in der Landschaftsarchitektur? Historische Grüngestaltung als schwieriges Erbe und der heutige Umgang mit diesem"Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThe workshop "Visuelle Skepsis in der Landschaftsarchitektur? Historische Grüngestaltung als schwieriges Erbe und der heutige Umgang mit diesem" was...9 April 2025|Presentation"'Invasive Alien Species': Imaginations of Plant Agency and Migration in Iván Argote's Descanso" at the Association for Art History’s Annual ConferencePhoto: University of York; Mark WoodwardAs part of the panel “More-than-human worlds on the move: Reframing and exploring migration from a multispecies perspective in art” Johanna Spanke...8 March 2025|Presentation“Talking Images: Photography as a Tool of Decolonization?” at “Postcolonial Hauntologies. Art in the Present – Absence of the Past”Photo: University of Amsterdam/ Concordia UniversityAt the workshop “Postcolonial Hauntologies. Art in the Present – Absence of the Past” held by the University of Amsterdam (NL) and the Concordia...
