Resources: School of Art and Media Knowledge Exchange Week – Research Ethics and Bream
See link to resources from: Christopher Sweeney and Julian Evans with Julia Winckler – Introduction to Research Ethics and the Bream Application Process
All posts in: 11/25
Event: This Is Now: Ongoing explorations, experiments and works in progress from second-year MA Fine Art students – Exhibition until 5 December 2025, Opening 26 November 2025 5-7pm at Grand Parade, Atrium Gallery
You are invited to the private view of ‘This Is Now: Ongoing explorations, experiments and works in progress from second-year MA Fine Art Students’. The exhibition continues until Friday 5th December. Posted on behalf of Amy Cunningham. Image – Poster design: Lara Bowen, 2nd year MA Fine Art]
Event: Thomas and Maloney Exhibition Obsessed | 24-29 November 2025 with private view 27 November 2025 6-8 pm at Dorset Place Gallery
Obsessed is a new body of work by artist duo Thomas & Maloney (Kirsty Thomas and Rachel Maloney). This immersive exhibition will invite audiences into a world of obsessive image making— dissecting and reimagining the representation of flowers through analogue processes. At the heart of this work is a shared fascination: each artist has an enduring fixation on a particular flower—tulips for Thomas and pansies for Maloney. Join us for Obsessed at Dorset Place gallery 24th – 29th November to find out more.
Event: Lance Dann – A2Z: Children, AI and closing the Empathy Gap | 19 November 2025 13–14 at Mithras House, City Lab (115-120)
The second talk as part of the HSS Research Seminar Series within the School of Humanities and Social Science will take place at Mithras House or via MS Team: General | Group-HSS Seminar Series 2024/25 | Microsoft Teams use code: pitzg6b. The speaker for the seminar will be Dr Lance Dann, a Senior Lecturer in Digital and Audio Media and a member of the Understanding Childhood and Adolescence Research Excellence Group: Lance Dann presents a developing, live research project examining how children form relationships with AI systems and what this reveals about empathy, trust and responsible design. Centred on the A2Z podcast and comic project (2024) and its companion chatbot Aileen, the study analyses engagement from more than 75,000 listeners and nearly 1,000 app users. Over 10,000 lines of logged interactions show children to be responsive, curious and emotionally expressive, yet their exchanges remained safely enclosed within the fictional frame. The […]
Grant Capture Event: PhD to Postdoc: An Introduction to postdoctoral research funding opportunities in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 18 November 2025 10-12pm at Moulsecoomb, Watts 504
See upcoming information session that may be of interest to doctoral candidates and their supervisors/mentors, particularly those working within the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The facilitators are: Dr Matt Adams, Dr Laura Cofield, Prof. Lesley Murray, Dr Linda Tip Please do register via: PhD to Postdoc Event: Register Here This session will provide: An overview of the postdoctoral funding landscape, including key funders and fellowship schemes relevant to early career researchers. Specific guidance on the Southcoast Doctoral Partnership (SCDTP) ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme, including application timelines, interview tips, and insights from previous successful applicants. Although the SCDTP scheme is tailored to social sciences researchers, the broader advice on fellowship applications will be relevant across disciplines. The session is open to all doctoral candidates and their mentors, regardless of current or previous ESRC funding. Further details, including guidance on the 2026/27 scheme and internal application processes, are available via the following SharePoint […]
Event: Stephen Bull – Desert Island Pics at Photobook 101 and essay in Photoworks Annual 32 | 20 November 2025 2.25pm at Edward Street, 105
Stephen Bull has created a 15-page piece about his long running project Desert Island Pics in the new Photoworks Annual 32 (pp.149-163). The Photoworks Annual 32 will be officially launched as part of the Photoworks Photobook 101 Day at the University of Brighton on Thursday 20 November 2025. The piece in the annual includes a short essay where Stephen introduces the Desert Island Pics project. This is followed by transcriptions from six of the Desert Island Pics events, where Stephen Bull has discussed with a selected castaway the eight photographs that they would take with them to a desert island. The next Desert Island Pics will take place at the Photobook 101 event and will feature Maisie Cousins as the castaway. See link to talk 5 for details.
Event: SAM PGR Methods and Guidance Programme 2025-26 – Programme Launch and Reflecting In and On practice| 18 November 2025 3pm at Edward Street, 207 and MS Teams
Dear SAM PGRs Further to my announcement of the SAM PGR Methods and Guidance Programme 2025-26, the first session will be held next Tuesday 18th November 2025 at 3pm in room 207 Edward Street Building https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/contact-us/maps/city-campus.aspx and on MS Teams … School of Art and Media PGR Research Culture Events SAM PGR Methods and Guidance Programme 2025-26 Programme Launch and Reflecting In and On practice – Prof. Paul Sermon Tuesday 18th November 2025, 3.00pm Edward Street 207 & Teams Teams ‘Group-School of Art & Media PGR Students’ (Teams Code: umsgg23) This talk will present examples of reflective practice methods used in the field of digital media arts and performance. Since the beginnings of my own creative practice in the early 1990s I have continually followed a reflective methodology, defined by Donald Schön (1983) and by Linda Candy (2008) as ‘reflection-in/on-action’. Each project has been undertaken through an action-research process, whereby much of the development and experimentation process occurs in the gallery […]
Event: Photobook 101 – The Photoworks Team, Stephen Bull, Gordon McDonald, Tiffany Jones, Gem Fletcher, Åsa Johannesson, Holly Birtles, Johny Pitts, Alfonso Borrogan, Maisie Cousins, Martin Seeds, Rachel Gillies, Diane Smyth, Jane and Jeremy, Mohamed Hassan | 20 November 2025 at Edward Street, various
The upcoming event ‘Photobook 101‘ on 20th November is supported by Arts Council and University of Brighton. The Photography team at Brighton University have worked with Photoworks on an upcoming day of talks, workshops, and photobook launches exploring the art and practice of photobooks. The event engages with artists, publishers, designers and curators on topics that span concept to production, including vision, sequencing, design, materiality and reaching audiences. The day will also feature an exhibition by artists from the University of Brighton Photography Research Group, plus a curated presentation of photobooks curated by Danit Ariel, selected for their design, content, process and materiality, alongside a display of books and magazines from Photoworks’ iconic 30 years of publishing. The day will conclude with a 30th birthday party for Photoworks at Brighton’s Patterns bar. There is a really full schedule including: The Photoworks Team, Stephen Bull, Gordon McDonald, Tiffany Jones, Gem Fletcher, Åsa Johannesson, […]
EVENT: Alex Fitch hosting Comics Q&A panel | 22 November 2025 at Epsom Library
Alex will be hosting a panel at Epsom library – https://www.instagram.com/epsom_library/p/DQcb-d5DWuf/ – This will also be with UoB alumnus Hannah Berry (Comics Laureate 2019-2021), another Brighton artist Zara Slattery (British Book Design and Production Award winner 2021), and ‘queer-noir’ comics creator Alex Moore.
EVENT: Alex Fitch hosting Q&A at comic book launch festival – Thought Bubble | 16 November 2025 at the Yorkshire Comics Festival, Harrogate
At Thought Bubble, the Yorkshire* Comics Festival in Harrogate on Sunday 16th, in the morning Alex will be hosting a panel discussion with four young creators who mix fantastical settings with real world issues in their graphic novels – Details: https://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/programme/fantastic In the afternoon there is a Q&A with acclaimed comics reportage creator Joe Sacco, whose book Palestine is perhaps the best known example of comics based on first hand research. Details: https://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/programme/joesaccospotlight *it’s the biggest ‘comics only’ festival in the UK.
EVENT: Vanessa Marr features in The Sussex Exhibition | 8-30 November 2025 (various) at BN9 Arts Space, The Marine Workshops, Newhaven
Vanessa Marr has selected work in the juried The Sussex exhibition, currently on display in the BN9 Arts Space within The Marine Workshops in Newhaven. Her work, The Kitchen Island, features a hand-stitched continuous line drawing, created as part of her PhD enquiry, is an act of reflection, resistance, and memory-making. The Sussex is the largest annual showcase of art by living Sussex linked artists and the flagship annual exhibition of selected works by The Sussex Contemporary. The exhibition is free to visit and welcomes all ages, supporting Sussex’s vibrant cultural community. Come and see her work alongside hundreds of artists taking part in this exciting exhibition. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: 8/9/13/14/15/16/20/21/22/23/27/28/29/30 November 2025 10 am – 4 pm Image – Vanessa Marr The Kitchen Island
GRANT CAPTURE: Bid Writing days across the academic year | 17 November 2025 10-4pm at Moulsecoomb campus, Mithras 123
Dear SAM colleagues The Grant Capture Leads across the schools are organising a series of Bid Writing days across the academic year. The first one is on Monday 17 November, 10-4pm, which you are welcome to join. The GCLs who will be facilitating the day are Linda Tip (SHSS), Matt Adams (SHSS) and Anne Daguerre (SBL). Please see the information below: ESRC/AHRC bid writing day: 17 November 2025 What is it? An opportunity for those who are currently writing, or starting to write, an ESRC or AHRC bid or a bid for another funder that falls within a similar remit. The day will provide supported, uninterrupted writing time in a computer room. There will be opportunities to link up with colleagues who are writing similar bids for the purpose of peer support and networking, and Grant Capture Leads will be available for questions, support, and proof-reading where needed. When? Monday the 17th of November from 10am […]
Event: The School of Art and Media Research and Knowledge Exchange Festival | 10-14 November 2025 – various
Dear Colleagues, The School of Art and Media (SAM) Research and Knowledge Exchange (R&KE) Festival is taking place next week see the RKE Festival Blog for the schedule. This is an important event in our annual calendar, providing an inclusive opportunity to share our research and knowledge exchange activities with colleagues and students, and to enhance our creative, collaborative and supportive research culture. Through our R&KE activities, we work in partnership with the community, industry and third sector organisations to make a difference to the economy, society, and culture, benefiting communities at a local and international level. There are a rich array of activities running throughout the week including sessions delivered by the Research Excellence Groups: Sonic and Visual Cultures led by Emilia Taliban, Caleb Madden, Shara Rambarran, Material Histories, presenters Vanessa Marr and Sue Breakell, Space and Place hosted by Mark Wells and Stuart Hedley, Communication and Creative Ecologies hosted by Jules […]
Event: Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award Symposium 2025 | 19 November 2025 5-7.45pm at V&A South Kensington, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre
On behalf of the board of trustees of the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation to invite you to join us for a special symposium celebrating this year’s Photography Book Award, hosted in collaboration with the V&A South Kensington. Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award Symposium 2025 Free, booking required Please book your ticket directly here Shortlisted artists Mahmoud Khattab, Linda Bournane Engelberth, and editor Charlotte Flint all explore ideas of imposed, embodied and cultural identities. Each author will discuss the process of developing and publishing their project, followed by a panel discussion hosted by Hana Kaluznick, Assistant Curator of Photography at the V&A. The event will finish with a drinks reception and book signing in the Silver Galleries. More details about the artists and their books can be found here and in the pdf Photo Book Symposium_KKFxV&A 19 Nov 25 Please feel free to forward this invite to any friends, colleagues or students who might […]
Event: Re-imagined Ecologies | Exhibition 6-20 November 2025, Private View 6 November 2025 5-7pm at Dorset Place Gallery
This is part of the School of Art and Media Research Knowledge Exchange Festival. You are warmly invited to attend the opening of Re-imagine Ecologies on 6th November, 5.30-7.30pm, Dorset Place Gallery. This exhibition of recent practice-based work by colleagues in the photography research group explores ecological themes through depictions of human and animal bodies and environments. The selection of work in the exhibition offers various ways to reimagine how human and non-human natures relate to one another with photography as a disclosive medium embedded in ecological relations. Different approaches to photography are presented in the exhibition that refer to and challenge traditional realist categories of picturing, as well as contrasting methods of image appropriation, montage and collage. The exhibition contributes new perspectives on relations of art and ecology with which to reflect upon current circumstances and consider uncertain futures. Re-imagined Ecologies builds upon recent photography research group activities, including […]
Grant Capture: Applications open for 2025–26 Bid Builder Programme – deadline: 23:59 on 28 November 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025–26 Bid Builder Programme, designed to support staff in developing competitive external research funding proposals. This structured, six-session programme offers expert guidance from the Pre-Award team, RaKE Department, and experienced academic peers. Participants will build a proposal from concept to completion, with the aim of submitting a grant application within 12 months of completing the programme. Application deadline: 23:59 on 28 November 2025 Applicants must upload a School Sign Off Form, a one-page narrative statement, and an EDI monitoring form. Please ensure your Pure profile is up to date before applying. Full guidance and application details are available on SharePoint. If anyone is thinking of applying please let me know (j.doyle@brighton.ac.uk) and we can have a chat about your application In addition, Uschi Klein (SAM ECR Lead, and former Bid Builder participant) and Laura Shockley (Research Development Adviser) are hosting an (in person) […]
Event: Shifting Perspectives/Sharing Processes – PGR practice showcase exhibition 10-14 November 2025 & opening 12 November 2025 at Grand Parade, Atrium Gallery
This is part of the School of Art and Media Research Knowledge Exchange Festival. See opening event of the PGR practice showcase exhibition Shifting Perspectives/Sharing Processes and details on the exhibition: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/researchweek2025/2025/10/08/exhibition-shifting-perspectives-sharing-processes-pgr-exhibition-grand-parade-atrium-gallery/
Blog – School of Art and Media Knowledge Exchange Festival 10-14 November 2025
I am delighted to share the schedule for the annual SAM R&KE Festival, from the 10th to the 14th of November 2025. There are a wide variety of events on the programme, all are welcome to attend. Below is a snapshot of some of the events on offer, see more information on the RKE Festival Blog: There are several sessions aimed at supporting funding applications, including an introduction to the grant application process by Julie Doyle and Laura Shockley (Monday), the Bid Builder Session led by Laura Shockley and Uschi Klein (Thursday) with further support on future funding from the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing Common Room hosted by Nick Gant (Tuesday). The Postgraduate Research Culture Symposium on Wednesday 12th November is hosted by Paul Sermon with sessions from Amy Cunningham and Alex Pollard and includes guest speakers Mark Dunford and Trica Jenkins presenting DigiTales. There will be research presentations from Postgraduate […]
Event: Lucia King – Art that Moves | 5 November 2025 10-11.30 Grand Parade, G4
Brought via the Centre of Arts and Wellbeing – see blog: Art That Moves – Wednesday 5th November, 10:00 – 11:30 Image – Reena Saini Kallat Woven Chronical, 2011-2016
Event: ‘What if […]?: An exhibition of speculative artworks by MA Fine Art. Exhibition until 5 November 2025 | Private view 29 October 2025 5-7pm at Grand Parade, Atrium Gallery
Dear Colleagues, You are invited to the private view of ‘What if […]?: An exhibition of speculative artworks by MA Fine Art.’ Private View: Wednesday 29th October 5pm – 7pm. All Welcome. The grand parade café bar will be open from 5pm – 6.30pm during the event. The exhibition continues until Wednesday 5th November. Best wishes, Amy Cunningham
Event: New Towns seen through the lens of Wolf Suschitzky – Curated by Julia Winckler / Fotohof Salzburg | Exhibition 28 October –1 November 2025 with launch 28 October 5-6.30 pm at Dorset Place Gallery
This exhibition is curated by Brighton Photography Research Group member Curated by Julia Winckler in conjunction with Fotohof Salzburg. Commissioned by the Town and Country Planning Association, renowned photographer and cameraman Wolf Suschitzky (1912-2016) photographed nine New Towns of the first wave of post-war New Town development within a decade of their initial construction. A small selection of these was shown at London’s Royal Academy in 1959 as part of the ‘Britain’s New Towns: Ten Years on’ exhibition. The bulk of the negatives were never printed, publicly displayed or published. During a research residency in 2022 at FOTOHOF Salzburg in Austria, where the Suschitzky archive is now held, Julia Winckler rediscovered the New Town photos and immediately recognised their significance. Through a sympathetic lens, and reflecting his belief in and optimism for a better post-war future, Suschitzky had captured an extraordinary record of the phenomenal achievements of post-war reconstruction and […]
Research and Knowledge Exchange Festival 10-14 November 2025 blog now live
This is an annual event contributing to our research informed teaching and research culture in the school, as an amazing celebration of our achievements in research and knowledge exchange and enriching our learning community. See the blog: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/researchweek2025 for the School of Art and Media Research and Knowledge Exchange Festival timetable and details on each session. Throughout the week there are a wide range of activities, presentations, workshops and other events, showcasing established and evolving research projects. Including the The Postgraduate Research Culture Symposium. These events are for students and staff. There are also satellite events outside of the week.
Photography REG celebrate Photoworks turning 30 | 20 November 2025 -10.00-1.30 at Edward Street 309 & 1.10-6.00 Edward Street 105
To celebrate Photoworks turning 30, we’ve teamed up with the University of Brighton to present a day of talks, workshops, and photobook launches exploring the art and practice of photobooks. Engage with leading artists, publishers, designers and curators on topics that span concept to production, including vision, sequencing, design, materiality and reaching audiences. The day will also feature an exhibition by artists from the University of Brighton Photography Research Group, plus a curated presentation of photobooks, selected for their design, content, process and materiality, alongside a display and sale of books and magazines from Photoworks’ iconic 30 years of publishing. The day will conclude with our 30th birthday party at Brighton’s Patterns bar! Join Photoworks and friends for an evening of performance, music, book launches and prizes to help us celebrate three decades of photography. Limited ticket availability. Supported by Arts Council England and the University of Brighton. This session is […]
Events: Alex Fitch’s forthcoming involvement at Lakes International Comic Art Festival and hosting of Panel Borders first Wednesday of each month
Alex Fitch is a Lecturer | School of Art and Media and is generally to be found on the Arts Council Station in London on the first Wednesday of each month, hosting a show called Panel Borders featuring interviews with comic creators and related folk. For information and and subsequent podcasts on his blog: https://panelborders.wordpress.com/ — o — Details on the various events (both future and past) that Alex has been actively involved in, are to be found on the Research Excellence Group that Alex co-chairs: Comics and Graphic Narratives Research Excellence Group Forthcoming in September: Brighton researcher hosting interviews at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Above: Excerpts from Aristotle’s Cuttle Fish / Ghosts / How to Make Life Better At the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere later this month, Comics REG co-lead Alex Fitch will be interviewing acclaimed veteran Italian Comics Artist Lorenzo Mattotti, a […]
Event: Annebella Pollen in-conversation with Sally-Anne Huxtable – Design and the Occult | 26 November 2025 5.30-7pm Online
For millennia, people have sought to control the seemingly uncontrollable forces that surround them and find significance, structure, and comfort through the rich seams of occultism and magic that permeate the landscapes, places, lives, art, and objects of the cultures they inhabit. From folk magic and fortune telling, via alchemy and ceremonial magic, to popular astrology and WitchTok, these ideas, beliefs, and practices have been intrinsically connected to the creation and consumption of designed objects, buildings and spaces. However, in spite of the development of interest in occult subjects amongst art historians in recent decades, the relationship between design and the occult has largely been overlooked. This is an online event. Booking details are here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-and-the-occult-an-in-conversation-with-sally-anne-huxtable-tickets-1446982917859?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=f4000ccd75a652b98c5d76e798239f732784fbd5c429b36e2482b2f9b4dec19c39eed615e90407cc496f87d9b2e2f08d9c28375972100d21e328e0f1f0bcacd0085fc38939f10645a5720367 Professor Annebella Pollen will be in conversation with Dr Sally-Anne Huxtable. They will discuss the work Dr Huxtable is undertaking to address the lack of design histories of magic, occultism and esotericism with a […]