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The Arts and Conflict Hub based in the Department of War Studies at King's College London provides a focal point for work exploring the relationship between the arts and conflict, including visual arts, dance, music, theatre and film. Using artistic mediums to communicate, teach and research the complexities of conflict we aim to expand the interdisciplinary agenda of war studies, opening new dialogues and engaging new audiences.

The hub aims to bring artists and scholars together to share their work and ideas fostering a space for creative collaboration.

Activities

Exhibition
Previous Events

The Arts & Conflicts hub holds events including screenings, performances and recitals with post event discussions with artists and academics.

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The Exchange

The Exchange is a space for collaboration and innovation: a place where research from across the social sciences is communicated and generated in creative ways.

Artists in residence

Baptist Coelho
Baptist Coelho

Baptist Coelho is an artist from India who lives and works in Bombay. Since graduating from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design in 2006, he has been extremely active as a practicing artist, with critically acclaimed solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries in India, as well as internationally.

Lola Frost
Lola Frost

Dr Lola Frost is an artist /scholar lives in London and a Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies. Her career as an artist spanning 30 years has included exhibiting in South Africa and in the UK. Her work is included in several major public collections in her native South Africa. Initially this work registered the impact of civil unrest, apartheid, race and gender. Since relocating to the UK in 2002, her feminist painting practice might be characterised as risky and sublime. Her academic career as a senior lecturer in South Africa and part-time tutor in London has involved the teaching of art history and art theory

Milena Michalski
Dr. Milena Michalski

Dr. Milena Michalski is a Visiting Research Fellow and Artist in Residence for ‘Art and Reconciliation: Conflict, Culture and Community’, an AHRC-funded, inter-disciplinary, collaborative project bringing together academics and artists from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, the LSE and LCC, University of the Arts London.

Activities

Exhibition
Previous Events

The Arts & Conflicts hub holds events including screenings, performances and recitals with post event discussions with artists and academics.

sspp-exchange-recon-exhibit-thumb
The Exchange

The Exchange is a space for collaboration and innovation: a place where research from across the social sciences is communicated and generated in creative ways.

Artists in residence

Baptist Coelho
Baptist Coelho

Baptist Coelho is an artist from India who lives and works in Bombay. Since graduating from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design in 2006, he has been extremely active as a practicing artist, with critically acclaimed solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries in India, as well as internationally.

Lola Frost
Lola Frost

Dr Lola Frost is an artist /scholar lives in London and a Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies. Her career as an artist spanning 30 years has included exhibiting in South Africa and in the UK. Her work is included in several major public collections in her native South Africa. Initially this work registered the impact of civil unrest, apartheid, race and gender. Since relocating to the UK in 2002, her feminist painting practice might be characterised as risky and sublime. Her academic career as a senior lecturer in South Africa and part-time tutor in London has involved the teaching of art history and art theory

Milena Michalski
Dr. Milena Michalski

Dr. Milena Michalski is a Visiting Research Fellow and Artist in Residence for ‘Art and Reconciliation: Conflict, Culture and Community’, an AHRC-funded, inter-disciplinary, collaborative project bringing together academics and artists from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, the LSE and LCC, University of the Arts London.