The School of Arts and HumanitiesARP & SSRU Symposium: Arts and Sustainability →
March 18th 2011
A one-day symposium and dialogue process curated by SSRU and hosted by ARP featuring contributions from three leading figures in the field of arts and sustainability - Arran Stibbe, Hildegard Kurt and Peter Gingold.
Taking place:
Buckley Building BG01
The Symposium will run from 1100-1700 and will feature:
Ecological citizenship and the ArtsDr. Arran Stibbe
In this talk Arran will discuss ecological citizenship and its relationship with sustainable development, the transition movement and the Dark Mountain project. He will explore the role of the Arts in helping to break out of a set of social and cultural constructions that have placed humanity on a path to self-destruction and in helping to open up new, previously unimagined paths. He will raise questions of whether it is too late, or impossible, for the trajectory of society to change fast enough to avert ecological collapse of some kind, and the consequences for how we see our work.
What has sustainability got to do with an expanded understanding of art?Dr. Hildegard Kurt
In order to become sustainable, we need a viable understanding of the human being: an understanding which is strong, emphatic, but beyond anthropocentrism. The idea that every human being is an artist, based on the expanded concept of art or ‘social sculpture’, offers such a new, viable understanding of the human being. But what does the expanded concept of art mean? Why is it necessary in order to practice truly humane – and thus also ecological – forms of living and working, of economy, of science, of education and of politics? The idea of social sculpture corresponds with the “culture of the inner human being” that the economist and early promoter of sustainability, Ernst F. Schumacher, called for. If this culture is neglected, selfishness, according to Schumacher, remains the dominant power, especially in the economic system.
Tipping Point: facilitating collaboration between artists and climate expertsPeter Gingold
For six years, TippingPoint has been creating dialogue between artists and climate experts of all types, with the aim of creating new projects, collaborations and cross-fertilisations, first in the UK, and more recently internationally. Its activities have given and continue to offer artists and scientists the opportunity to explore the cultural challenges precipitated by climate change and the role of artists in this complex debate. Peter will be talking about what has come out of this programme, and where it is headed next.
Type of Conference: Art | Arts Research Seminar | Brookes University | Drama | English | Institute for Historical and Cultural Research | Music | Popular Music Research Unit | Outside the School of Arts and Humanities | Sonic Arts
Impossible Dialogue? Irish Studies and Utopian Studies →
March 27th 2009
Taking place:
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane Campus
Headington Oxford OX3 0BP
Type of Conference: English
Women’s Literary Networks: 1580 to the present day →
March 8th 2008
Taking place:
Institute of English Studies, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU, England.
This one-day conference seeks to explore from a variety of perspectives the ways in which women's literary achievements have been shaped by their relationships with one another. In what ways have female communities enabled creativity, and how have such communities changed over time? To what extent does the history of female friendship overlap with the history of women's writing, and how have women's professional and personal alliances shaped the development of print culture? And to what ends have women represented networks - literary or otherwise - in their poetry, prose and drama.
Topics may include, but are not limited to: salon culture, literary coteries, manuscript circulation, clubs and rivalries, women's presses and literary inheritance. We welcome papers on literary networks/friendships in Britain, Europe and America.
Keynote Speakers are: Prof Hermione Lee and Prof Elisabeth Jay.
Type of Conference: English
Scott, Romance and ‘Real History’ →
30 July - 3 August, 2007
The Eighth International Scott Conference
Taking place:
Oxford Brookes University
The theme of this conference is the multiplicity of Walter Scott’s writings and the way in which this supports continually fresh interpretations. An English setting in an ancient city prompts the consideration of Scott as a romance writer in both prose and verse. In turn, this invites investigation of the problematic opposition of romance and history in both Scott and his critics. We have four plenary speakers: Ian Duncan, Ina Ferris, Peter Garside and Nancy Goslee. The conference follows on immediately from the joint BARS/NASSR conference at Bristol* and precedes the Hogg conference later in August. It will be of interest to a wide range of Romanticists. Panels will feature links with other Romantic writers such as Hogg and Austen, and later writers in various languages across the globe.
Type of Conference: English
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