Visual Arts Doctoral Research Colloquium

The UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts ranks among the world’s leading art schools. Founded on the principle that the production, critical analysis and history of art are inter-related activities, we offer undergraduate and graduate programs in both art practice and art history. Our students have the opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers in the sciences, engineering, literature, music, philosophy, ethnic studies and all the vast initiatives and resources of the greater university.

UC San Diego Visual Arts

Featuring talks by UCSD Visual Arts PhD students along with a keynote lecture by a speaker who has influenced their practice.

Structural and Materials Engineering Building (SME)

The <a href="https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20260306_doctoralresearchcolloquium.html" title="https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20260306_doctoralresearchcolloquium.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Doctoral Research Colloquium</a> features talks by PhD students who have recently advanced to candidacy along with a keynote lecture by a speaker who has influenced their practice. The colloquium is a public forum where the excitement and energy of newly launched dissertation projects are shared with the broader local community through sustained dialog with a senior scholar in the field.The Colloquium will be followed by a Reception and Screening for the collaborative exhibition in SME Gallery.<ul><li>1:00 p.m. — Keynote Lecture: Gerardo Aldana, UC Santa Barbara</li><li>2:15 p.m. — Panel 1: Clarissa Chevalier, Mingyong Cheng</li><li>3:00 p.m. — Panel 2: Xuexi Dang, Daniel Arcand, Andrea Chavarin</li><li>4:15 p.m. — Panel 3: Doreen Rios, Jae Hwan Lim</li><li>5:00 p.m. — Responses and Roundtable Conversation</li><li>5:30 p.m. — Reception in the SME Gallery</li><li>7:00 p.m. – Screening and closing event for the collaborative exhibition in SME Gallery</li></ul><a href="https://www.chicst.ucsb.edu/people/gerardo-aldana" title="https://www.chicst.ucsb.edu/people/gerardo-aldana" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gerardo Aldana</a> is a professor of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research takes a history of science and indigenous studies approach to exploring Mayan hieroglyphic history, with a focus on astronomy. Throughout his research, for example in The Apotheosis of Janaab Pakal: Science, History and Religion at Classic Maya Palenque and Calculating Brilliance: an intellectual history of Mayan Astronomy at Chich’en Itza, he investigates cases of historically contingent invention and discovery within indigenous Mayan scientific practice. More recently, his research has led to further exploration of what he refers to as “oracular science” within ancient Mesoamerican astronomical practice. At the core of this exploration is a 14th century indigenous Mayan hieroglyphic manuscript comprising primarily divination almanacs and astronomical tables.

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