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Arts Week 2012

  • Monday 14 May

    • Benjamin Wood reading from his debut novel
    • The Bellwether Revivals
    • A screening and discussion on 'post-nostalgia' in European culture and history
    • Helen Cowie's talk about the origins of the zoo in C19 Britain
    • a taster evening for students interested in studying English and Humanities, Theatre studies or Creative Writing at undergraduate level

  • Tuesday 15 May

    • A seminar presented by Marjorie Trusted, Senior Curator of Sculpture at the V&A, on the relationship between the two great Spanish artists, Velázquez and Picasso
    • A performance of Virginia Woolf's play, Freshwater
    • An open class in contemporary dance technique 

  • Wednesday 16 May

    • Readings by contemporary women poets
    • A lecture on the character of the 'gentle soldier' in Crimean narratives
    • A screening and presentation by the award-winning Brazilian filmmaker, Sandra Kogut
    • A panel discussion on emerging theatre companies 

  • Thursday 17 May

    • The George Steiner lecture on the history of Judaism and Jewish identity
    • A discussion on Victorian sentimentality
    • An event exploring the pros, cons and future of self-publishing 

  • Friday 18 May

    • Professor Shaw-Miller's inaugural lecture on the dynamics between image, music, text with the acclaimed Kreutzer String Quartet
    • A screening and book launch looking at cross-dressing in German film comedies