Lectures
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'Meanwhile, in Britain....': women under the Roman Empire
Friday 5 July 2013
BP Lecture Theatre
Free, booking advised
In AD 79 Britain was a new province of the Roman Empire and a very different place to mainland Italy. Lindsay Allason- Jones, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, considers the changes that the invasion made on southern Britain and how these changes affected the lives of the women of Britannia.
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A little gay history
Friday 28 June 2013, 18.30-19.30
Stevenson Lecture Theatre
£5, Members/concessions £3
Richard Parkinson, British Museum, discusses a recently published British Museum project on the history of same- sex desire. The talk will explore issues raised by objects in the collection, ranging from ancient Egyptian papyri to modern gay love scenes filmed in the Museum, to ask a question that concerns us all: how easily can we recognise love in history?
In collaboration with Write Queer London.
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Animals in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Monday 27 May 2013, 13.00-14.00
BP Lecture Theatre
Free, booking essential
In a sometimes funny and sometimes moving talk illustrated by frescoes, mosaics and her recent trip to the Bay of Naples, best-selling children's author Caroline Lawrence tells what life was like for animals in Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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Children in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Friday 31 May 2013, 13.00-14.00
BP Lecture Theatre
Free, booking essential
Roman Mysteries author Caroline Lawrence explores what life was like for a Roman child in a talk animated with illustrations and lively audience debate.
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Contemporary artistic practice: responses to Middle Eastern traditions
Saturday 29 June 2013, 14.15-15.45
Stevenson Lecture Theatre
£5, Members/concessions £3
Singer and composer Merit Ariane Stephanos and fashion designer Omarivs Ioseph Filivs Dinæ share insights into their interpretations of traditional artistic techniques in their work. Merit reflects on her research into the musical heritage of Syriac and Byzantine traditions in Lebanon and Omar Joseph explores dressmaking techniques from Palestine and how these traditions have influenced their own practice.
In association with Shubbak – A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture.
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Does Latin have a future?
Friday 14 June 2013, 18.30-20.00
BP Lecture Theatre
£5, Members/concessions £3
Few would doubt Latin’s importance in the past, but what of its future? Join the debate as a panel of speakers examines Latin’s place in the classroom and broader culture, opening up big questions about learning and what we value as a society. Chaired by Mary Beard, speakers include Spectator columnist Peter V Jones, author Natalie Haynes, journalist David Aaronovitch and Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at the Institute of Education, Dylan Wiliam.
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Fictionalising Pompeii
Friday 12 July 2013, 18.30
BP Lecture Theatre
£5, Members/concessions £3
Lindsey Davis, author of the series featuring Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco, speaks on the attraction, considerations and processes of writing on life in the Roman world. She will talk about the challenge of fictionalising Pompeii in particular, when the story’s end is so well known. Followed by a book signing. Introduced by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.
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Ice Age Art: curator's introduction
Friday 31 May 2013, 13.15, Stevenson Lecture Theatre
Free, booking advised
Sign interpreted
Exhibition Curator Jill Cook gives a 45-minute illustrated introduction to the exhibition Ice Age art: arrival of the modern mind, discussing the context, themes and highlights.
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Kitaj as I knew him
Friday 21 June 2013, 18.20-20.00
Stevenson Lecture Theatre
£5, £3 Members/concessions
The British Museum has recently acquired over 300 works by artist R B Kitaj (1932–2007), who was inspired by the collection. A selection of them are on display from 30 May in Room 90. In this lecture, Colin Wiggins, Special Projects Curator at The National Gallery, and curator of Kitaj's last great exhibition in London in 2001, discusses the artist's use of multi-layered references to literature, the history of art and 20th-century history. The lecture includes clips from an interview which Colin filmed with Kitaj in 2001.
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On preservation and nostalgia in architecture
Sunday 30 June 2013, 14.00-15.30
Stevenson lecture Theatre
£5, Members/concessions £3
In this event, a panel will discuss approaches taken towards architectural conservation in the historical areas of Bahrain and the challenges of introducing contemporary architecture within this urban context. In a region whose architectural language oscillates between nostalgic reinvention and super-modernism, preservation projects commissioned by the Ministry of Culture will be examined as case studies. The panel includes Sh. Mai Al Khalifa, Minister of Culture, Bahrain.
In association with Shubbak – A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture.
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Pompeii and Herculaneum: curator’s introduction
Friday 24 May 2013, 13.15, BP Lecture Theatre
Monday 10 June 2013, 13.15, BP Lecture Theatre
Thursday 11 July 2013, 13.15, Stevenson Lecture Theatre
Thursday 12 September 2013, 13.15, BP Lecture Theatre
Free, booking essential
Exhibition Curator Paul Roberts gives a 45-minute illustrated introduction to the exhibition.
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The Romans at dinner: a view from archaeology and art
Monday 17 June 2013, 13.15
BP Lecture Theatre
Free, booking advised
Dinner for the Romans was the central function of social life, and a formal dinner party was governed by numerous rules and conventions, some of them still familiar but many alien to modern ways. Katherine Dunbabin, Professor Emerita, McMaster University, discusses Roman dining practices as shown in art and archaeology, and what these tell us about Roman attitudes to dining and the ideology that governed behaviour at the dining table.
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