Public Defence Doctoral Thesis: Maria Konschake
Maria Konschake has the pleasure to invite you to the public defence of her doctoral thesis: Acts of Deviation: Artistic Reflections on Memory and Identity in Connection with Jewellery.
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Doctoral Defence
On 16 October 2025 Maria Konschake will be defending her PhD in the arts at Hasselt University and PXL-MAD School of Arts, Acts of Deviation: Artistic Reflections on Memory and Identity in Connection with Jewellery. The defence ends with the opening of the accompanying exhibition, Acts of Deviation.
Konschake's research is a study on (memory-related) deviation as an artistic strategy to reflect on whether objects are carriers of memories and how this relates to the formation and representation of identity. A focus was put on jewellery. The project took place at Hasselt University and PXL-MAD School of Arts and was supervised by Prof. Dr. David Huycke and Dr. Karen Wuytens.
This PhD Research in the Arts was funded and supported by the Special Research Fund (BOF) of Hasselt University (BOF21DOC04).
The doctoral defence is followed by the opening of the exhibition.
Exhibition
Festive opening of the exhibition:
16 October 17:30-19:30, Galerij Refugiehuis UHasselt, Maastrichterstraat 100, 3500 Hasselt (BE)
Opening hours of the exhibition:
17-31 October 2025, Wednesday-Sunday, 11:00-17:00, Galerij Refugiehuis UHasselt, Maastrichterstraat 100, 3500 Hasselt (BE)
Extra exhibition activities:
- Guided tour in English: Sunday, 19 October, 11:00
- Guided tour in Dutch: Sunday, 26 October, 11:00
Registration for the tour(s) is mandatory and can be done via email to: maria.konschake@uhasselt.be.
Date and locations:
- Thursday October 16th 2025
- Defence: 15h00 - 17h00
- Opening exhibition: 17h30 - 19h00
- Refugiehuis, Maastrichterstraat 100, 3500 Hasselt
Registration:
You can register for this PhD defence of Maria Konschake via this Google Form.
Please fill in this form before October 9th 2025.