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Courses for 2009/10
Already a number of tutors are making arrangements to carry forward classes into 2009/10. This page is for news of what’s happening. We hope it will grow and grow (and it has been), and eventually there will be an organisation to make all this easier for students and tutors (and there are positive developments here too). In the meantime, if you are a tutor and haven’t yet told us of a course you may offer in 2009/10, please tell us. There is a form here to help you give us basic details.List of courses proposed Version 13
(In alphabetical order of first name of tutor)
Allison McVety POETRY IN THE MAKING
Alison
Moody- courses for improvers in English
Anthony Short- Discovering the Symphony
Chris Skidmore- Singing from scratch
Chris Skidmore- Performing madrigals
Chris Skidmore- Lunchtime choir
Dalila
Castelijn- Masterpieces of Netherlandish art
Dalila
Castelijn- Between East and West- 6 centuries of Venetian art and
architecture
Dalila
Castelijn- Mosaics (day school)
Diana
Matthews- Rome: the art treasures of the palaces and villas
Diana
Matthews- Churches of
Venice: hidden jewels of the great churches
Douai Abbey- St Paul’s Epistle to the Romans
Gill Hall-
Animated Film (From Disney to Ghibli)
Gill
Smith- probably three courses, TBA
Glenis
Kerr Elliott- Introduction to Scottish art and architecture
Glenis
Kerr Elliott- 18th century Grand Tourists
Glenis
Kerr Elliott- Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill (day school)
Jill
Swale- Let's Think Again (Saturday school)
Judy
Still- Australian History
Kate
Noakes- Contemporary British Women’s Poetry
Kerry
Renshaw- Behaving badly - sex, madness and drunkenness in the 19th
century
Kerry
Renshaw- Hollywood cinema from its origins to the 1930s
Kerry
Renshaw- Great Victorian Prime Ministers
Kerry
Renshaw- Great Victorian Reformers
Magdalena
Olmos- Psychology of Happiness
Magdalena
Olmos- Stress and Stress Management
Magdalena
Olmos-
Psychology
in Everyday Life: Successful Relationships
Magdalena
Olmos- Coaching people towards success (Saturday schools)
Paola
Gotti- Italian (details tba)
Penny
Billyeald- the Importance of Being Oscar
Penny
Hunter- Reading Literary Lions
Robert
Pitts- Samian Pottery Dayschool
Roger Nuttall- Human Physiology
tba
Roger
Nuttall- Art and Vision tba
Sandra
Smith- British Master Drawings
Sandra
Smith- Turner in Context
Sandra
Smith- Movements in Modern Art
Sandra
Smith- The Glorious Baroque
Sara
Gonzalez- Arts and Artefacts of Pre-Columbian America
Sara
Gonzalez- Great Exhibitions: 1851 to the present
Dr.
Sudeshna Basu- Bringing fossils to life: an introduction to
Palaeontology
Dr.
Sudeshna Basu- ‘Diamonds are forever' - A geologist's perspective
Dr.
Sudeshna Basu- Learning to date rocks fossils, sediments
Susan
Utting- FINDING THE WORDS Poetry Writing Workshop Series
Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society- three study days
Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society- three evening classes
Val Pretlove- City of London 1901-1939
Dr Wendy
Bird - History of Art
Details of Courses
Allison McVety POETRY IN THE MAKING
Have you ever wanted to write a poem but didn't know where to start
or perhaps wanted to take a closer look at contemporary poetry? Well
this course will get you started, as week by week we will look at a
wide selection of work from contemporary poets and use what we learn
to help us begin to write poems of our own. In edition we will
consider the poets toolbox: form, metre, rhyme and free verse and we
will look at some editing techniques to improve our writing.
Allison has an MA in Poetry from Royal Holloway, University of
London. Allison's debut collection, "The Night Trotsky Came to
Stay" was published by Smith/Doorstop in October 2007 and was
shortlisted for the Forward Best First Collection Prize. Her second
collection will be published in the autumn.
Place and date tba. Contact (spelled out) mac at melmac dot co dot uk
Alison Moody- courses for improvers in English
In 2008/9 Alison taught courses on “Improving English pronunciation”, “Advanced English-
Anthony Short- Discovering the Symphony
Have you ever wondered how the symphony developed
to become the pre-eminent orchestral medium? Was its growth during
the nineteenth century a result of inevitable musical evolution, or
was it a mere accident?
Deriving from the Greek for ‘sounding together’,
the word ‘symphony’, is patently unhelpful in helping us to
understand the essential nature of the genre. Nothing in its name
explains how the symphony came to be understood as a work of several
contrasted movements. So how did the symphony rise to become the
supreme form of orchestral expression in the late eighteenth
century, contending with opera for musical pride of place?
This ten-week course will investigate the
development of the symphony from its earliest days to the present,
showing how Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven changed its balance in such
a way that it is impossible to imagine the course of musical culture
without them. It will also take us through the Romantic period, when
the symphony grew in size, and on into the twentieth century when it
enjoyed a new lease of life.
The course will challenge the notion that Haydn was
the ‘Father of the Symphony’, and it will also challenge the
mistaken idea that there is something sacrosanct about symphonic
form. Webern’s ten-minute Symphony for nine instruments, for
example, or Sibelius’s single-movement Seventh Symphony are just as
‘correct’ as the large symphonies of Mahler or Shostakovich.
The death of the symphony has been announced many
times, yet it always bounces back, changed and newly invigorated.
Will this trend continue, and how is our modern lifestyle reflected
in the way we listen to a symphony?
Come and discover the answers to these questions
and many others by signing up to ‘Discovering the Symphony’.
Anthony Short, who studied at Leeds University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, is a professional violinist, writer and literary editor. He works with major symphony and chamber orchestras throughout Britain and Ireland, and is also leader of the Richmond String Quartet. He has written numerous articles for the principal European record companies and the BBC, and is an editor for Naxos Books.
Spring term 2010. Tbc
Contect (spelled out) tonyshort at madasafish dot com.
Chris Skidmore- Singing from scratch
This popular course allows those who think, or have been told, that they can't sing to explore their voices in an open and non-threatening environment and to discover that they can enjoy singing!
Chris Skidmore- Performing madrigals
A madrigal group is likely to continue into the new session for those who like to sing this repertoire in a smaller group.
Chris Skidmore- Lunchtime choir
The choir which has been running since 2005 and is now on a Wednesday at 12.00 noon until 13.30 will continue in existence into the new session. It is likely to take place at Park United Reformed Church on the Wokingham Road. Everyone who is interested in enjoying singing a wide range of accessible music is welcome.
Dalila Castelijn MASTERPIECES OF SPANISH ART
The 17th century is called the Golden Age of Spanish painting. This
subject will be explored through the close examination of works by
masters such as El Greco, Velazquez, Zurbaran and Murillo. The
course is linked with the National Gallery exhibition: The Sacred
made real, Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600-1700.
Date and venue to be announced. Email (spelled out) dcastelijn
at yahoo dot com
Dalila Castelijn- Masterpieces of Netherlandish art
The 10 weeks
course provides an introduction to works made by Van Eyck, Rogier
van der Weyden, Bouts and Memling for the splendid Burgundian court,
wealthy merchants and pious confraternities in 15th
century Flanders. Spring 2010.
Venue to be announced. Email (spelled out) dcastelijn at yahoo
dot com
Dalila Castelijn- Between East and West- 6 centuries of Venetian art
and architecture
The course aims
to examine Venetian art works and assess the ways in which they were
influenced in content and function by the city’s links with Northern
Europe, Italy and the East.
Early in its
history
Seven week
course, Summer 2010.
Venue to be announced. Email (spelled out) dcastelijn at yahoo
dot com
Dalila Castelijn- Mosaics
Day school, spring term.
Precise date and venue to be announced. Email (spelled out) dcastelijn at yahoo dot com
Diana Matthews- Rome: the art treasures of the
palaces and villas
This is the third part of a course on Buildings in Rome, but each
part is entirely free standing and we welcome new students. Autumn
term 2009 10 weeks (2 hour sessions), venue tba. Phone 0118 958
2108.
Diana Matthews-
Churches of Venice: hidden jewels of the great churches
Spring term 2010, venue tba.
Phone 0118 958 2108.
Douai Abbey – details to follow
The Fathers at Douai Abbey will continue to offer a variety of
courses, Saturday schools, and other events at the abbey in 2009/10-
more details here.
They were planning a course in Reading for the Short Course
programme for 2009/10, and will consider offering it in Reading if
suitable arrangements are offered.
Douai Abbey- St Paul’s Epistle to the Romans
Meanwhile, a first
dayschool, on St Paul's Epistle to the Romans
is now fixed to take place at Douai Abbey on Saturday October 24.
Details at
www.douaiabbey/org/uk/pastprog2.htm#9109
Gill Hall- Animated Film (From Disney to Ghibli)
Animated films are hugely popular, reaching wider audiences than
ever before. Often billed as family entertainment, the best are
complex and beautiful works. They can also contain serious social
comment. We shall delve into the making, meaning, and marketing of
these fascinating films. Summer term 2010 Wednesday evenings. Email
(spelled out) hallsub at aol dot com
Gill Smith- probably three courses, TBA
Gill is interested in offering courses in 2009/10. In 2008/9 she
offered a short course each term, and a day school. Her courses were
“Scripts made simple”, “Get confident with comedy”, and “Writing
articles- put it in words”, all offered in the evening. For more of
what Gill does, and to pick up contact details, see her website
www.gillsmith.co.uk.
Glenis Kerr
Elliott- Introduction to Scottish art and architecture
This course aims to increase awareness of Scottish art and architecture by drawing attention to artists and architects from the country from 15th to 21st centuries. The course will cover the instantly recognisable styles of Robert Adam and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. portraits by Raeburn, genre pictures by Wilkie, landscapes by McTaggart. The work of contemporary artists and architects will also be explored. Spring Term, 10 x 2 hour sessions, venue and time tba. Contact email ((spelled out) glenis dot kerrelliott at gmail dot com
Glenis Kerr
Elliott- 18th century Grand Tourists
This course aims to show the lasting cultural significance of the Grand Tour. We will meet young bloods on their "gap year", and will follow the tourists through Italy to Florence, Rome, Naples and Venice. They collected portraits and ancient sculpture and ideas for building new houses in the Palladian style. Autumn Term, 10 x 2 hour sessions. Venue and time tba. Contact email ((spelled out) glenis dot kerrelliott at gmail dot com
Glenis
Kerr Elliott- Horace Walpole and
Strawberry Hill (day school)
Walpole was the most important English collector of the eighteenth century and created a delightful house by the Thames. Strawberry Hill - Walpole's "little Gothic castle" - is due to reopen following restoration in summer 2010. There will be an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum to coincide with this. Summer Term, day school, 4 x 1 hour, date and venue tba. Contact email (spelled out) glenis dot kerrelliott at gmail dot com
Jill Swale- Thinking skills (Saturday school)
This course enables students to experience the different types of
thinking currently being taught in schools and used for creative
thinking and decision making in go-ahead businesses. Through
thought-provoking and fun activities you will explore these
techniques and, hopefully, want to use some of them in your daily
life afterwards.
We shall explore Critical Thinking, looking for flaws in arguments
and learning some of their names, such as tu quoque and slippery
slope. We shall look at conflicting accounts of an event or
situation, using various criteria to judge which one is likely to be
closer to the truth. In addition, at a level suitable for beginners,
we shall apply moral reasoning to a contemporary dilemma,
considering, for example, whether to prioritise the good of the
majority or the human rights of a minority. Issues in the news at
the time of the class will be examined using these thinking tools.
Have you heard school students talking about critical thinking but been unsure what it is? It can help you think more clearly about issues in the news and contemporary moral dilemmas. Could you use de Bono decision making techniques to help you choose a holiday or creative thinking strategies to generate good ideas? Come along to explore these fascinating ways of thinking!
Saturday school November 2009. Suggested 14 Nov or 28 Nov 09 or 30 Jan 2010. Precise date and venue tba.
Contact email (spelled out) jillswale at ntlworld dot com.
John Barnes- Joy of Geometry
John is hoping to repeat his popular Joy of Geometry course next
spring. Venue to be decided. He would welcome to hear from potential
attendees. Email (again spelled out to confuse spammers) is jgpb at
jbinfo dot demon dot co dot uk.
Judy Still- Australian History
Judy
is willing to repeat her course of summer 2009- “From convicts to
Neighbours- a brief history of Australia.
Kate Noakes- The Laureates
A ten week
survey course looking at selected work of Laureates new and old, not
focussed on royal commissions. It will include time to write poems
in response to or prompted by those being studied. Date and location
tba.
Contact Kate on (spelled out)
kate dot noakes
at googlemail dot com
Kate Noakes- Contemporary British Women’s Poetry
Contemporary
British Women's Poetry - a ten week introductory course looking at
the work of contemporary women poets such as Carol Ann Duffy,
Gillian Clarke, Maura Dooley, Liz Lochhead and others. It will
include time to write poems in response to or prompted by those
being studied. Date and location tba.
Contact Kate on (spelled out)
kate dot noakes
at googlemail dot com
Kerry Renshaw- Behaving badly - sex, madness and drunkenness in the 19th century
8 weeks x 2 hours, Date and time tba. Contact Kerry on 0118 926
8562.
Kerry Renshaw- Hollywood cinema from its origins to the 1930s
10 weeks x 2 hours, Date and time tba. Contact Kerry on 0118 926
8562.
Kerry Renshaw- Rebellious women - female social and political
heroines of the 19th/early 20th centuries
6 weeks x 2 hours, Date and time tba. Contact Kerry on 0118 926
8562.
Kerry Renshaw- Great Victorian Prime Ministers
6 weeks x 2 hours, Date and time tba. Contact Kerry on 0118 926
8562.
Kerry Renshaw- Great Victorian Reformers
6 weeks x 2 hours, Date and time tba. Contact Kerry on 0118 926
8562.
Magdalena Olmos- Psychology of Happiness
Two Saturday schools between 10.00am -4.30pm on 17 Oct 2009 and 24
Oct 2009. Location tba. Contact Magdalena on (spelled out)
magdalenaolmos at btinternet dot com.
Magdalena Olmos- Stress and Stress Management
Two Saturday schools between 10.00am -4.30pm on 7 Nov 2009 and
14 Nov 2009. Location tba. Contact Magdalena on (spelled out)
magdalenaolmos at btinternet dot com.
Magdalena Olmos- Psychology in Everyday Life: Successful
Relationships
Two Saturday schools between 10.00am-4.30pm on 21 Nov 2009 and 28
Nov 2009. Location tba. Contact Magdalena on (spelled out)
magdalenaolmos at btinternet dot com.
Magdalena Olmos- Coaching people towards success (Saturday schools)
Coaching people towards success has become a very popular profession
these days. Find out if you can do it yourself through
self-discovery. You will learn the basic principles of coachin,
including the GROW model, the laws that govern success and the
techniques which lead to greater self- awareness.'' Saturday schools
16th and 23rd January 2010 10am-4:30pm, venue
tba. Contact Magdalena on (spelled out) magdalenaolmos at btinternet
dot com.
Paola Gotti- Italian (details tba)
In 2008/9 Paola has run Italian 1, Italian 2, and Italiano pratico
for advanced students). She intends to provide similar and
continuation courses in 2009/10, and perhaps more. Email (spelled
out) p dot gotti at reading dot ac dot uk.
Penny Billyeald- the Importance of Being Oscar
Penny envisage 10 x 2 hour sessions on the work of Oscar Wilde
Autumn 2009 or Spring 2010. Venue to be decided. Email (spelled out)
pvpbillyeald at btinternet dot com.
Penny Hunter- Reading Literary Lions
This new group will meet once a week for 10 weeks from 8 October at
RISC on London Street, Reading. The group replaces the long running
Thursday morning Contemporary Literature course and will continue to
read and discuss contemporary writers.
The theme for the autumn is 'a window on the world' and the books in
reading order are:
1. John Berger, From A to X, A story in Letters, Verso Books, April
2009
2. Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture, Faber & Faber, 2009, £7.99
3. Berhnhard Schlink, Homecoming, Phoenix, 2009, £7.99
4. Rachel Cusk, Arlington Park, Faber & Faber, 2007, £7.99
The cost of the course will be £50 payable in advance to me, Penny
Hunter. Please contact me for further details either via email or by
phone. Email (spelled out to confuse spammers) is rll at pennyhunter
dot me dot uk
Robert Pitts- An Introduction to Roman Pottery
2.5hrs per week for 7 weeks. Date spring or summer 2010- precise
date tba. Phone 07768107070. Email (spelled out) r dot a dot pitts
at reading dot ac dot uk
Robert Pitts- Samian Pottery Dayschool
November 2009- precise date tba. Phone 07768107070. Email (spelled
out) r dot a dot pitts at reading dot ac dot uk
Roger Facer- Modern History tba
Roger Facer has taught nineteenth and twentieth century history at
the University of Reading for the past seven years. He is a former
civil servant who, on retirement, studied history as a mature
student with the Open University and at Royal Holloway College. He
has a special interest in the causes of major wars.
Roger Nuttall- Human Physiology
Details tba.
Roger Nuttall- Geology
Details tba.
Roger Nuttall- Art and Vision
Details tba.
Roger Nuttall- Gardening
Details tba.
Sandra Smith- British Master Drawings
Sandra is running a day school originally planned for Cont Ed at
Reading Museum on Saturday 17th October. The subject will be British
Master Drawings, to complement that exhibit at the Museum, and the
day school will take place somewhere in the museum - venue to be
confirmed. The day school will cost a very competitive £15!!
Further information is available from Reading Museum, both web site
and printed information.
Sandra Smith- Turner in Context
A 10 week course on JMW Turner to complement a major exhibition,
Turner and the Masters at Tate Britain in the autumn. Autumn 2009.
Email (spelled out) sansmithuk at googlemail dot com
Sandra Smith- Movements in Modern Art
A 10 week course exploring some of the major and some of the lesser
understood avant garde groups producing art in the 20th Century.
Spring 2010. Email (spelled out) sansmithuk at googlemail dot com
Sandra Smith- The Glorious Baroque
A 7 week course to study some of the major monuments of 17th century
art to include in depth looks at Caravaggio, Bernini and Velazquez.
Summer 2010. Email (spelled out) sansmithuk at googlemail dot com
Sara Gonzalez- Arts and Artefacts of Pre-Columbian America
Sara had planned to offer this 10-week course on Monday afternoons
in Autumn term 2009, but will respond to demand. Venue to be
decided. Email (spelled out) gonzalezcass at googlemail dot com.
Course details:
This course explores the rich and varied cultural production of pre-hispanic
central and south America, which reveals great sophistication and
profound symbolism. We will mainly focus on the Maya, Aztec and Inca
cultures, but, instead of relying on a traditional chronological
division, we will look at a series of topics which are common to the
arts and artefacts of pre-columbian peoples, like the use of erotic
scenes in ceramics, stonework and metals; the symbolic attributions
of gold, silver and precious stones; the adornment of mummies as
live and prominent members of the society; the political symbolism
of textile abstract and figurative patterns; the artistic
representation of human sacrifice; the animal/human hybridism of
shamanic scenes; the cosmological implications of the American
temple; the mystery of the Nazca lines, and the depiction of the
underworld. Venue to be decided. Email (spelled out) gonzalezcass at
googlemail dot com.
Sara Gonzalez- Great Exhibitions: 1851 to the present
Sara had planned to offer this 10-week course on Tuesday afternoons
in Spring term 2010, but will respond to demand. Venue to be
decided. Email (spelled out) gonzalezcass at googlemail dot com.
This aim of this course is to examine the relationship between art,
technology and cultural identities in the context of the world's
fairs. In a series of case studies we will analyze issues of
cultural exchange in the arts, the ambiguity of the permanent and
the temporary in monumental architecture, the dialogue between old
and new materials, and how traditional and avant-garde art are
displayed and mobilized to define a particular society's self image.
The course will offer insights on modern values from
industrialization to ecology; from exoticism to global village.
Course details:
World's fairs, on one hand, served as important sites in the
production of scientific knowledge, as they facilitated crucial
forms of exchange. In this respect, we will study how, till the
1960s, their design and conception reflected the idea of progress,
the world of tomorrow. On the other hand, these events often
contributed to promote the legitimacy of colonialism by presenting
'human exhibits' from 'uncivilized' subjugated lands together with
their 'inferior' cultural production. We will discuss the idea of
the 'exotic' in the context of these events, and how art is used by
the different societies to represent themselves and to exchange
ideas. We will also examine the impact of political events on the
aim and the scope of universal expositions, together with the
growing concern with ecology and sustainable development. This last
issue was best represented in Aichi 2005's pavilions, built out of
recycled and recyclable materials and best testimony of the
ephemeral nature of such celebrations. Examples of fairs to be
studied are London 1851, Paris 1889, St Louis 1904, San Francisco
1915, Paris 1925, Chicago 1933, Paris 1937, New York 1939-40,
Brussels 1958, Seatle 1962, Seville 1992 and Aichi 2005.
Dr. Sudeshna Basu- Bringing fossils to life: an introduction to Palaeontology
Duration 10 weeks (2 hours per week; - Any week day evening from
Monday to Thursday).
Probably Spring 2010. Contact Dr Basu on 0118 921 0218
Dr. Sudeshna Basu- ‘Diamonds are forever' - A geologist's
perspective
Day school, winter 2009. Date tba. Contact Dr Basu on 0118 921 0218
Dr. Sudeshna Basu- Learning to date rocks fossils, sediments
Learning to date rocks fossils, sediments. Spring or summer 2010.
Duration 7/10 weeks
(2/
2.5 hours per week). Contact Dr Basu on 0118 921 0218
Susan Utting- FINDING THE WORDS Poetry Writing Workshop Series
A ten-week course of inspiring ideas, examples and writing exercises
to help us "find the words" to shape into new poems.
To be held each Thursday morning, 10am - 12 noon starting 1st
October 2009 at Reading International Solidarity Centre, London
Street, Reading (Room 1, above the Global Cafe).
Contact Telephone/Mobile: 0118 978 6678/ 07986 620454
Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society- three study days
The New Kingdom Way of Death. Dr Aidan Dodson.
This course aims to give students an understanding of the funerary archaeology of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom (c. 1545–1065 BC). It will take a broad view of the topic and will demonstrate the close conceptual links between royal and private practice during the period. The day will have two principal foci, the architecture and decoration of the funerary monuments themselves and the contents of their subterranean chambers, exploring developments throughout the period. Location: Reading RISC. Date: 28 Nov 2009. For booking arrangements see: www.tvaes.org.ukMummification in Ancient Egypt: Methods and Messages - Joyce Filer.
Have you ever wondered why the ancient Egyptians
adopted and maintained mummification? Have you always wanted
to know how they made these mummies? Also what lessons about
Ancient Egyptian society and its members health and living
conditions can we learn from investigating these mummies?, These and
other intriguing questions will be answered in this fascinating,
fully illustrated day school.
Using unique information from archaeological excavations and
modern technological examinations we will explore the ancient
Egyptian embalming process and the remains it has left us. Location:
Reading RISC. Date: 30 Jan 2010. For booking arrangements see:
www.tvaes.org.uk
An Invitation to an Ancient Egyptian Celebration
. Celia Henderson. Everyone enjoys a good party and the ancient Egyptians were no different. This ayschool will look at aspects of their celebrations; from food, drink, party outfits, the excesses and the reason for these celebrations.This course aims to introduce the students to a social aspect of the ancient Egyptians. During the day we will examine the visual and textual evidence in order to identify the requirements for a celebration and the reason for it. The topics covered will include: the types of food and drink which were consumed, the style of the party outfits of the host/hostess and their guests and the reasons for holding a celebration. Location : Reading RISC. Date: 10 July 2010. For booking arrangements see: www.tvaes.org.ukThames Valley Ancient Egypt Society- three evening classes
Art in Ancient Egypt.
Charlotte Booth (a freelance Egyptologist with a BA and MA in Egyptian Archaeology from University College London). This 10 class course will introduce you to the art of the ancient Egyptians, enabling you to identify characteristics and themes of tomb, temple art and private art giving you the wherewithal to date statues and paintings to the reigns of particular kings. By the end of the course you will be able to read Egyptian images and statues and look at familiar objects in a new light. Location: Reading RISC. Date: From 11 Jan 2010. Ten Mons 7.15->9.15. For booking arrangements see: www.tvaes.org.ukGreat Egyptologists
. Rosalind Janssen. (Senior Honorary Research Fellow, UCL Collections, University College London. She was previously Lecturer in Egyptology and before that a curator at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL. She now teaches Egyptology for Birkbeck, Oxford, and the WEA.) This course aims to increase awareness of the development of Egyptology through an introduction to great archaeologists, philologists, and travellers. We begin with Herodotus and other Classical writers, plus the Shelley connection. The Medieval Arab scholars: did they discover the key to hieroglyphs? Subsequent highlights of the course include the following. Carving up the Nile post-Napoleon: decipherers, diplomats, adventurers and early Egyptologists. Emerging Egyptology: Lepsius, Mariette and Maspero, and the paintings of David Roberts. 'Father of Pots' and 'Father of Skulls': Petrie and Budge. Great Twentieth Century Projects: the contribution of German, British, and Dutch Egyptologists. Great Discoveries: the work of Breasted, Reisner, Carter, and Schiaparelli. Women Egyptologists: Amelia Edwards, Mary Brodrick, and Natacha Rambova. Archaeology at Amarna and philology at Deir el-Medina: Pendlebury and Černý. We conclude with Twenty-First Century Egyptology and the potential use of archival and oral reminiscences in reconstructing a history of the discipline. Location: Reading RISC. Date: From 11 Jan 2010. Seven Mons (excl BHs) 7.00->9.30. For booking arrangements see: www.tvaes.org.ukVal Pretlove- City of London 1901-1939
Dr Wendy Bird - History of Art
Wendy is interested in offering a course, probably in summer 2010. She specialises is Spanish art and the long 18th century, optical devices and study tours. She may also offer Saturday schools. Venue to be decided. Email (spelled out) bird dot wendy at btinternet dot com
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