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The topic of how to ‘treat’ heritage (decisions about conservation, restoration, or reconstruction) is currently the subject of heated debate. At least some of the principles underlying these decisions are aesthetic; the history of the discussion, going back to the Renaissance, features work from thinkers and practitioners such as Petrarch, Alberti, Viollet-le-Duc, Morris, Ruskin, and Riegl.
Co-hosted by Creative Interactions and Contemporary Cultures of Writing at The Open University, together with colleagues from Falmouth University and Northwestern University in Qatar, this event will be held at the Foundling Museum in London on the 20th and 21st of June, with online pre-sessions on the 10th and 19th of June. Registration is now open. Spaces are free, but limited in person.
A one-day symposium on the ways writers create worlds, real and imagined, featuring award winning novelists and non-fiction writers.
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From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.
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From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.
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From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.
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From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.
Join The Open University (OU) from Monday 24th March to celebrate and promote open research, showcasing examples of our open practices across many disciplines. Throughout the week, you’ll hear about the real world applications and engagement of our openly available data, outputs and citizen science platforms.
Admirers of the novelist Xiaolu Guo will be excited to learn that her latest work, Call Me Ishmaelle, responds to Herman Melville’s great American novel, Moby Dick.
This FREE 3-day online international conference, Literature Matters, encourages participants to interrogate the importance (or not) of literature and writing in the 21st century.
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