Leading figures announced for free University lecture series
Leading figures from the world of arts and culture will feature in the latest in a series of free, popular talks organised by the University of Chester.
From a theatre director to a Time Team expert, the line-up for the University’s 2024-25 Culture and Society Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute (RKEI) Public Lecture Series has been announced.
Running for its third year, the new annual programme starts on Tuesday October 22 with Liam Evans-Ford, Executive Director and CEO of Theatr Clwyd sharing insights on Arts for the Future - Theatr Clwyd, What Does a Modern Arts Institution Need to Become?
Attention turns to the pop arena and language on Thursday November 28 as Dr Helen West from the University and graduate Esther Humphries ask and outline, How Swiftly Does Swift's Accent Shift?: The Language of Taylor Swift.
Landscape Archaeologist for long-running programme, Time Team and University of Chester Visiting Professor, Stewart Ainsworth continues the series on Tuesday January 21, 2025, when he will explore Mapping the Past: From Ordnance Survey to Time Team.
The focus moves to art - past, present and future - with sculptor, Stephen Broadbent looking, on Tuesday February 18, at Keeping Faith in Art, and contemporary British artists and University of Chester graduates, The Singh Twins, discussing, on Thursday April 3, Artistic Responses to Empire and Colonialism and its Legacies.
Tim Grady, Professor of Modern European History and Director of the Culture and Society RKEI at the University said: “Our public lecture series is always both fascinating and fun, with lively talks and great discussion. This year is set to be even more exciting, as we’re joined by television personalities, international artists and theatre professionals. We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to the University each time for thought provoking talks.”
All the events take place from 6pm to 7.15pm, at Lecture Theatre CRV 139, the Wheeler building in Chester, Castle Drive, CH1 1SL.
The talks are free and open to all to attend. For further information and to book free places, please visit: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/universityofchester1.
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Images, from top to bottom:
- The Singh Twins, by Christopher Doyle Photography.
- Liam Evans-Ford, by Andrew AB.
- Professor Stewart Ainsworth.
- The Water of Life sculpture by Stephen Broadbent in the making.