A few words about our exciting PhD conference organised for the end of last term.
The programme featured nearly twenty papers, each about 10 minutes long, from all manner of subjects: lilies in Pre-Raphaelite paintings of the Virgin, the repression of Czechoslovakian Art Nouveau under Soviet communism, pro-AIDS protest art and home-spun Polaroid pornography. Who said conferences are boring?
Each of us bloggers presented a paper while Hannah chaired a session. Although expecting a few duds, the conference proved consistently engaging - even when the subject was entirely off my radar.
In true art-historical fashion, several wine bottles were uncorked and duly emptied for recycling when it was all over.
Such events are excellent practice for professional contexts, as well as being an exercise on putting words to paper at this early stage.
