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The Look of the Past

Charles Edeard 
Stuart dressed as a woman c.1746. Image courtesy of the Lewis Walpole 
Library, Yale University

The School of Historical Studies presents a symposium on the role of visual and material culture in historical practice. Guest speaker is Ludmilla Jordanova, Professor of Modern History at King's College London. Fellow speakers from Monash University are Graeme Davison, Pauline Nestor and Jamie Agland. Refreshments will be served.

Programme

2.00pm

Introduction: Barbara Caine

2.05pm-3.15pm

Ludmilla Jordanova - 'The Look of the Past'

3.15pm-3.45pm

Afternoon tea

3.45pm-4.15pm

Graeme Davison - 'The Panorama and the Printing Press: Interpreting prints of Colonial Sydney'

4.15pm-4.45pm

Pauline Nestor - 'Photography and Mirrors: Reflections of the Self in Victorian England'

4.45pm-5.15pm

Jamie Agland - 'The Agreeable Contrast: Satirical Images of Charles Edward Stuart and the Duke of Cumberland 1745-49'

5.15pm-close

Drinks

 

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