27th Jun 2025
Birmingham, UK
The 3rd CCVA PhD Forum will be held on 27th June, and it is open for registration. For the full forum programme please see below.
The 3rd CCVA PhD Forum 2025 opens for registrationIn response to the increase of doctoral projects in the field of Chinese arts, design, media, and visual culture, the CCVA PhD Forum is designed as a UK-wide platform to support PhD students further, enhance intellectual exchanges of ideas and critical debates, expand the participation of young generation scholars, and celebrate our achievement of up-to-date doctoral research. As a summer event to complement our winter conference, the CCVA PhD Forum aims to provide a unique space for all students within and beyond the UK, who are conducting doctoral research, new PhDs (awarded within 12 months), as well as for supervisors, advisors, and examiners, and those who are interested in pursuing a PhD in the future, to share, debate and innovate. Join us at The CCVA PhD Forum for a day of networking, presentations, and discussions among fellow PhD students in the field.
Date and time: 27th June 2025, 9:30-17:45
Venue: Lecture Theatre, School of Art, Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BX, UK
Conference fee: £40
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-3rd-ccva-phd-forum-2025-registration-tickets-1372187903959?aff=oddtdtcreator
09:30-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:15 Welcome Speech (Professor Jiang Jiehong)
Panel One: Crossing Boundaries and Challenges in Contemporary Art
10:15-10:30 Faye XU (University of Amsterdam)
The Art of Neighboring: The Politics of Resilience in Contemporary Grassroots Art Spaces
10:30-10:45 Giacomo CACCIAGUERRA (Ca’ Foscari University)
Out of China, Where Then? Sinophone Contemporary Art Beyond Chineseness
10:45-11:00 Xiaorong WANG (University of Plymouth)
Immersive Exhibitions in China: From Technological Spectacle to Artistic Dividend
11:00-11:30 Panel Discussion
Panel Two: Cultural Identity, Heritage, and Urban Memory
11:30-11:45 Siyang GU (Queens’ University Belfast)
The Transformation of Haipai: The Evolution of Shanghai’s Cultural Identity Through Art, Film, and Urban Change from the Late Qing onwards
11:45-12:00 Jiatao LI (De Montfort University)
Cultural Resilience and Sustainable Heritage Development: LI Barkcloth in Hainan, China
12:00-12:15 Zhanghui WANG（City University of Macau）
An Investigation into the Visual Narrative of Macao’s Cultural Heritage and its Urban Memory
12:15-12:45 Panel Discussion
12:45-13:45 Lunch Break
Panel Three: Literary Creation and Media Practice
13:45-14:00 Chencheng WU (University of Salford)
Opportunities and Challenges of Chinese Online Novel Authors
14:00-14:15 Longlong GE (University of Nottingham)
Desire-imposed Territorialization of Assemblages: Metamorphosis in Li Bihua’s “Green Snake”
14:15-14:30 Yimin XIANG (The Glasgow School of Art)
Archive in the Flesh: Investigating the Anxieties of Digital Media Through Printmaking Practice
14:30-15:00 Panel Discussion
Panel Four: Art Market, Collection and Institutional Value
15:00-15:15 Yeke XU (Shanghai University)
German Collection of Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art Works
15:15-15:30 Yitao QIAN (SOAS, University of London
Specimens, Fakes, or Artifacts? Constructing Authenticity of Chinese paintings at the British Museum 1880 – 1910
15:30-15:45 Chao YAN (Birmingham City University)
Under the Hammer: How Chinese Auction Houses Constructed Value in Contemporary Chinese Art, 2019-2023
15:45-16:15 Panel Discussion
16:15-16:45 Break
Panel 5: Art Education and Policy Practice
16:45-17:00 Bingshuang WEI (De Montfort University)
The Evolution of Extra-curricular Theatre Education in Beijing, China: Interactions Among Policy, Market, and Parental Power
17:00- 17:15 Yuhong SONG (University of Salford)
The Application of Online Education Resources in Sino-UK Partnership Art and Design Teaching Projects
17:15-17:35 Panel Discussion
17:35-17:45 Closing Remarks
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