Our past events include open lectures, seminars, workshops, and symposia, organised by the members, associates, and students at the UAL Transnational Art, Identity and Nation research centre.



Postsocialism and Art
Event and masterclass series led by Dr Nela Milic and Ewelina Warner.
Beyond (post)communism
Professor Madina Tlostanova
In this talk, Professor Madina Tlostanova will focus on the works of several artists originating from the former Soviet national republics and their artistic ways to decoloniality.
Anticolonial representation
Ana Sladojević
In this talk, Ana Sladojević will discuss anticolonial representation in the Museum of African Art in Belgrade
TrAIN Open Live Event Series
Virtual events programme organised by TrAIN members, associates, and invited scholars, hosted online.
Shaheen Merali
The Critical Decade: Political Black Art or Not?
Talk by curator, critic, and artist Shaheen Merali moderated by Prof. Paul Goodwin.
Marcelo Silveira
Artist Talk (English)
Conversation between Brazilian artist Marcelo Silveira and Dr Michael Asbury on Community Engagement and Social Purpose in Art.
Marcelo Silveira
Artist Talk (Portuguese)
Conversation between Brazilian artist Marcelo Silveira and Dr Michael Asbury on Community Engagement and Social Purpose in Art.
Pablo Lafuente and Keyna Eleison
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
Keyna Eleison and Pablo Lafuente discuss ideas, impressions and feelings after the initial months as Artistic Directors of the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. This event was moderated by Dr Michael Asbury.
Artist Talk
Gluklya
Gluklya’s presentation was followed by a discussion with Dr Djurdja Bartlett and audience Q&A.
How Art Can Be Thought
Professor Allan deSouza
This event is based on Allan deSouza’s book, How Art Can Be Thought (Duke, 2018), which looks at how art is taught and how it functions as politicised culture within a global industry. It was followed by a discussion with Professor Paul Goodwin and audience Q&A.
TrAIN Open Lecture Series
Regular events programme organised by TrAIN members, associates, and invited scholars, hosted at Chelsea College of Arts.
Historiographies of the Contemporary
Michael Asbury
Michael Asbury's 'Historiographies of the Contemporary: Modes of Translation in and from Conceptual Art,' lecture launched the activities of the Contemporary Art and Latin America thematic strand at TrAIN. Followed by a response to paper by Dr Fabrizio Poltronier.
Future Assembly
Artists’ Platforms, Diaspora and Transnational Exchange in the Digital Age
Artists Logo Oluwamuyiwa, Junior Boakye-Yiadom and Isaac Kariuki explore transnational exchange in the digital age. Chaired by Professor Paul Goodwin.