Speakers
Ranging from museum directors to academics and curators, our speakers address why art history and culture matter.
ERIC DE VISSCHER + CAROLINE DEVINE
Musical Instruments in Museums: Can we hear these?
CAROLINE RAE
Is the woman in the hidden portrait really Mary Queen of Scots and why/ when was she painted over?
STACEY MCGILLICUDDY (ROUTLEDGE)
Digital art history publication, who is it good for?
KATHLEEN BURTON (ROUTLEDGE)
Digital art history publication, who is it good for?
MELANIE KEEN
Can I be me?
SONNET STANFILL
Fashion exhibitions: scholarship vs spectacle?’
RACHEL ARA
(Holographic) Nuns on the Run
RACHEL FELDMAN
Can you project-manage research?
ROSALIND MCKEVER
In the future, will everybody wear onesies?
SIMONA VALERIANI
People’s vote? Art, public buildings and politics
JOANNA CANNON
Why is the Virgin’s face so large?
ZEHRA JUMABHOY
Black, brown or just British?
ESTHER CHADWICK
What’s Haiti got to do with British art?
MATTHEW PARTINGTON
‘Scholars or minions?’ Oral History at the V&A.
JENNIFER STURROCK
Occupy! The art of dwelling in cultural spaces
ROBERT ROSE
How does the Courtauld legacy shape community identity in 21st century Braintree?
ARTACTIVISTBARBIE (HudCRES University of Huddersfield)
Creative subversion with ArtActivistBarbie: what’s the point?
KIRSTEN SIMISTER
City of Culture – Good for local galleries?
RICHARD PALMER AND LUCA CARINI
The Life Changing Magic of Interoperable Images
LEAH GOUGET-LEVY
Why does fashion have such a bad reputation?