Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
Music Business Seminar to promote Record Store Day. Bit of industry chat and some live music for the price of a pint! Love to see you there 🙂
Rome: an Empire’s Story
With Professor Greg Woolf, University of St Andrews
Saturday 19 April, 11am–12pm, Headley Lecture Theatre
Our April Director’s Special Guest Lecture will be given by Professor Greg Woolf, University of St Andrews, on the subject of the Roman Empire, telling the story of how this mammoth empire was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects.
Tickets on the door £8/£7
Local craftsman Simon Clements will talk about the techniques and materials used in making stitched and glued canoes, illustrated with model canoes from the Pitt Rivers collection.
These were the original Native American “Utility vehicle” – come along and find out how to make your own and learn more about the boat collection here at the Museum.
The Global Art Compass: New Directions in 21st‒century Art
With Alistair Hicks, author
Tuesday 22 April, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre
Alistair Hicks talks about his new book in which he argues that no single curator, critic, or dealer should monopolize our view of contemporary art. Instead, he encourages us to make our own way through the art world: to see art, listen to the artist, and trust our own responses.
Tickets £5/£4
http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Lectures/?id=132
The Topic of the Debate segment of the afternoon (from c. 630pm) will be
______ … “THE ART of BEING HUMAN” … _________
We’ll explore how art has been/ could be used for social, personal, and also spiritual development. Do you think Modern Art is an Empty SHELL?!
“Art with no Meaning is Pointless; Aesthetics alone don’t make great Art”
Do you agree with the above statement?
With Wu Tang Clan trying to claim there latest album is ART by releasing only one copy (for sale to the highest bidder!) can anything now be art?
How has art affected you? Does it have to be in a gallery or coffee table book to classify as “a work of art”? What about Graffiti? Performance Art?
Come to the ART BAR and take part in our discussion as part of Festival Taster “Jam Sandwich” on Sat 26th April. Workshops start at 5pm including Hoola Hooping, Costume making, interactive theatre, musical improvisation (jamming)
speakers:
Dr. Rachel Ibreck, Lecturer in Securing Human Rights, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Dr. Julia Viebach, Career Development Lecturer, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford
Arts of War and Peace: Samurai Culture in Japan
With Jasleen Kandhari, art historian
Tuesday 29 April, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre
The Edo period in Japan was a peaceful time ruled by the Tokugawa Shoguns. This lecture explores the sumptuous art forms of Samurai culture including arms and armour, lacquerware, gold screen paintings and Japanese tea ceremony wares from the 17th‒19th centuries.
Tickets £5/£4
http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Lectures/?id=132
Medieval Craftsmen
With lecturer Tim Porter
Wednesday 30 April, 2–4pm, Headley Lecture Theatre
Tim Porter explores the great legacy of medieval craftsmanship. Under choir stalls and lost in dusty corners, the work of woodcarvers survives in scores of medieval churches. Sometimes a towering rood screen will give their work context, but more often it’s a matter of eloquent fragments, worn by centuries of human touch.
Tickets £9/£8 (includes tea and cake)
http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Lectures/?id=132
Speaker: Dr Dallal Stevens (Warwick University)
Part of the Refugee Studies Centre Trinity term Public Seminar Series
The Egyptian Myths: A Guide to Ancient Gods and Legends
With Garry J. Shaw, historian
Thursday 1 May, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre
In this introduction to the mysteries of Egyptian mythology, learn about gods, goddesses, and demons, and the parts they play in the netherworld and the cosmos.
Tickets £5/£4
http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Lectures/?id=132
The surviving polychromy of a second century Roman marble sculpture at the British Museum (BM SC 1597), also known as the Treu Head, was investigated scientifically and rigorously compared to other Greek and Roman works of art. The analysis showed very close similarities between the paint layers of the Treu Head and those of contemporaneous, highly naturalistic mummy portraits from Egypt.
The extremely limited extent of surviving paint on the head and the highly sophisticated painting technique make the reconstruction of the original polychromy a task fraught with difficulties. With the intentional aim of excluding a modern reinterpretation of ancient painting techniques, the colour reconstruction proposed here was created by digitally ‘transplanting’ images of face parts from original Roman mummy portraits onto the Treu Head. The digital transplant involved reshaping the different facial features of the mummy portraits to those of the Treu Head. The novelty of this colour reconstruction lies not only on the thorough scientific reliability of the data, but also on the use of only Roman painted objects.
The final appearance of the head is therefore not intended as a definitive reconstruction of the ‘original’ appearance, but as a ‘possible’ appearance.
An Interdisciplinary Conference sponsored by Las Casas Institute at Blackfriars Hall and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH). The conference.
In a time when globalization emphasizes the free flow of ideas, goods, and capital, migration appears at the forefront of political agendas in many countries around the world. Discussions on migration tend to focus on the economy, emphasizing the protection of the working class and the attraction of highly skilled migrants; on national identity, emphasizing nationalism and “us versus them” sentiments; and on national security, emphasizing protection from external threats. In the conference we will explore the ways religious and faith traditions contribute, challenge, and shift the discourse about migration.
For more information go to http://migrationfaithaction.org
or register at http://migrationfaithaction.org/register/
Chairman of Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP. David Boies has conducted many of the leading commercial, constitutional and civil liberties cases in the US. He represented Vice President Al Gore in “Bush v Gore” and the Justice Department in “United States v Microsoft”, and has led the battle for civil rights on many fronts including the right of marriage for gay citizens. Mansfield College Annual Hands Lecture, Convener Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.
Subtitle: Forced displacement, coercion and foreign policy
Seminar by Professor Kelly M. Greenhill (Tufts University)
Part of the Refugee Studies Centre Trinity term Public Seminar Series
Writer of autobiography, poetry, fiction and journalism and Professor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths University Blake Morrison brings some of his latest work and interesting discussion to St. Anne’s.
Popular Representations of Development takes a novel approach to the broad discipline of development studies that goes beyond narrow policy or social science frameworks. Instead, the authors reassess the breadth and popularity of development studies through analysis of literature, films, and other non-conventional forms of representation.
Encompassing the FLJS programmes in development and law, film, and literature, this book colloquium invites attendees to rethink their understanding of development issues in favour of a holistic approach.
Participants include
Professor David Lewis, editor of Popular Representations of Development and Professor of Social Policy and Development, LSE
Dr Catherine Jenkins, Lecturer in Law and Chair of the Centre for Law and Conflict, SOAS
Dr Tim Markham, Head of Department, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck
Dr Amir Paz-Fuchs, Lecturer in Employment Law, University of Sussex
Martin Wynne, Digital Methods Specialist, Oxford e-Research Centre
Join English PEN (the literary network which works to defend and promote free expression) for an evening of poetry and debate, with discussion about how publishing and human rights campaigns can join forces to help writers from across the world (ages 15+).
As part of the Oxford Brookes University Festival, Outburst, at Pegasus, 6-10 May 2014. #OutBurst2014
Novelist Ali Smith, author of Artful, Hotel World, and The Accidental, returns to St. Anne’s after holding the Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in European Comparative Literature in 2012.
William Kelly: Artist of Conscience
Thursday 8 May 2014, 6.30-7.30pm (drinks from 6.15pm)
Ashmolean Museum Education Centre
(Evening entrance via St Giles)
Internationally acclaimed US artist William Kelly talks about his life and work. Kelly’s varied career has seen him work as a taxi driver and a welder, before he went on to become a Fulbright Scholar and Dean at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Today Kelly is known as a painter and printmaker and an artist of conscience, committed to a humanist approach in his creative practice. Part of the Why Art Matters series.
Booking essential – £8/£7
http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#search=Conscience
speakers:
William Kelly, Artist and Humanist
Dr. Rama Mani, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford and Councillor of the World Future Council
Between the artist and the museum
Friday 9 May 2014, 5-6.30pm (doors will open at 4.45pm)
Ashmolean Museum Headley Lecture Theatre
A symposium with Michael Govan (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries & Libraries at Oxford University) and Vik Muniz (Artist). Chaired by Paul Hobson (Director, Modern Art Oxford).
Free admission but booking is essential.
http://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/humanitas/museums-galleries-libraries
India: A Short History
With Andrew Robinson, author
Saturday 10 May, 2-3pm, Headley Lecture Theatre
India is the world’s largest democracy and a fast-growing economy. It is also a civilization with roots more than four thousand years old, including the technically advanced cities of the Indus Valley, the Buddha, Hindu dynasties, the Mughal Empire, and the British Raj. This lecture looks at individuals, ideas, and cultures, as well as the rise and fall of kingdoms, political parties, and economies.
Tickets £5/£4
http://www.ashmolean.org/events/Lectures/?id=132
A view from the Pacific: re-envisioning the art museum
Tuesday 13 May 2014, 5-6.30pm (doors will open at 4.45pm)
Ashmolean Museum Headley Lecture Theatre
A lecture by Michael Govan (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Museums, Galleries & Libraries at Oxford University). Chaired by Professor Christopher Brown (Director, Ashmolean Museum). The event will be followed by a drinks reception to which members of the audience are warmly invited.
Free admission but booking is essential.
http://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/humanitas/museums-galleries-libraries
Speaker:
Professor James Sweeney, Professor of International Law, University of Lancaster
Talk on the impact of Law on our Education and the consequences for schools, children and the system.
Tour: Joseph Beuys & Jörg Immendorff
With Colin Harrison, Senior Curator of European Art
3–3.45pm on Wednesday 14 May and Wednesday 11 June
Tours are free, no booking is required. Please meet in Gallery 2.
http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/details/?exh=92
Solidarity & responsibility-sharing for refugee protection in the EU’s Common European Asylum System
Speaker: Madeline Garlick (Radboud University)
Part of the Refugee Studies Centre Trinity term Public Seminar Series
Speaker: Edward Fitzgerald, QC
Renowned human rights lawyer and leading advocate in death row cases worldwide. Part of the Mansfield Lecture Series, convener Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.
Magic Museums at Night
Special Ashmolean Late Night Opening
Friday 16 May
7–10pm
FREE ENTRY
For 2014’s Museums At Night event, the Ashmolean is putting on an evening of magic. Curators will be presenting the magical and mystical objects of the collection while visitors are invited for magic shows and workshops, tarot reading, stargazing, flamenco dance and more.
https://www.facebook.com/events/448472011951907/