July 2026 Liverpool/London
TRANSART INSTITUTE LIVERPOOL/LoNDON
SYMPOSIUM
London 16-17 July 2026 + LiverpooL (UK) 20-24 July 2026
This year the Transart residency returns to Liverpool for a week-long programme of events. As before, this will be held in the John Lennon Building at our partner and validating institution, Liverpool John Moore’s University. In the week prior to the residency, we are also offering an optional two-day stay in London, featuring group-excursions to the city’s art galleries and museums.
Our focus this year is on the social relations that shape your project, from advisor relationships to (trans)disciplinary expectations, from academic peer support and professional networks, to the support of family and kin.
In this spirit, we are inviting contributions from PgRs and postdocs from other institutions to join the Anthologies Assembly – a series of presentations, readings, exhibition formats, screenings, performances, microworkshops, listening sessions, etc. led by PgRs.
Other programmed events will address the symposium theme directly, taking your doctoral projects as a stepping-off point to discuss the wider concerns that we all share as doctoral researchers.
In recognition of the complexity and relational nature of doctoral research, parts of the residency adopt a participant-led structure. Drawing on principles of Open Space Technology (Owen, 2008), each day is shaped by those present—through proposed sessions, shared questions, and self-organized exchanges. Rather than assuming a single answer or fixed pathway, the residency creates conditions where knowledge can emerge through collective inquiry.