Welcome to the June 2024 edition of CAMC Curates, the newsletter for the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities. CAMC Curates provides monthly updates from our postgraduate and staff researchers about recent news, events and
publications.
Juliet Simpson's co-edited book out now
Juliet Simpson's book, co-edited with Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff, Gothic Modern: from Edvard Munch to Käthe Kollwitz (Hirmer-University of Chicago Press) is out now (224pp +
140 illustrations + index). It accompanies the major exhibition of the same title which Juliet has Guest Curated as PI in partnership with Ateneum-Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, the National Museum, Oslo and the Albertina, Vienna, opening on 4th October 2024 in Helsinki for the first leg of its tour.
New Partnership on Frederick Douglass's visit to Coventry
CAMC has formed a new partnership with the Coventry-based community interest company, the House of Emanuel I&I C.I.C, to work on the project: ‘Unveiling the Reform Movement: Coventry’s Journey towards Social Justice at St. Mary’s Guildhall’. This has just received funding from the St Mary’s Guildhall Community Grant for a year-long project. In 1847 the former slave and leading anti-slavery campaigner, Frederick Douglass visited Coventry and delivered a lecture at St Mary’s Guildhall. This project will explore this fascinating story of black history and social justice with local Coventry roots, working with young adults to research this history and produce an immersive live performance with an audio-visual product in the very place where Douglass spoke. Ben Dew, Alice Leonard and Darren Reid are
leading the project for Coventry.
Veiled Cities Reloaded - Juliet Simpson runs international conference with Prof David Hopkin (Oxford)
Juliet Simpson partners with David Hopkin (Univ. of Oxford) to lead the second international conference on Veiled Cities - Haunted Urban Realities @ the Maison Francaise d'Oxford, coming up 26-27 September. A spin-off from Prof. Simpson's Gothic Modern exhibition and international project (opening Helsinki this October), the conference puts the spotlight on hidden histories and uncanny cultures of art and architectures making the 'Veiled City' a potent site of urban alterity and re-imagining. Featuring an international line-up of experts, we span the globe, from a secret Paris and Bruges to haunted Nancy and London, to the entangled colonial spaces of Berlin and Dui (India) to a ludic New Jersey and Mexico City. PGR Olivia Garro joins the Veiled Cities team as Conference Officer, bringing her wealth of PGR networking skills to
the lead up and event. Further details and full programme to follow in late August.
Publication of database developed by Victoria Leonard
The Connected Clerics in Late Antiquity Database has been published and is freely available online. The Database emerges from the CONNEC project (Horizon 2020, funded by an ERC-Starting Grant of €1,465,316) led by Dr David Natal at RHUL. CAMC Research Fellow Victoria Leonard developed the database as part of her role in the project, with colleagues Dr Becca Grose and Dr Alice Hicklin. The database shows the structures of relations that emerge from the connections and exchanges between actors and groups within the letter collections of Augustine of Hippo (d. 430), Paulinus of Nola (d. 431), and Gregory the Great (d. 604).
Sarah Turner presents at Cremation & Burial Communication & Education Conference
Sarah Turner attended the Cremation & Burial Communication & Education Conference, where she delivered a talk on effective and sensitive communication with parents and carers following the death of a child. The talk was attended by representatives from the cremation, burial and funerary industries.
José Dias guest PhD jury at Universidad de Valladolid
José Dias was guest PhD jury for the doctoral thesis 'Jazz in Galicia, from transition to democracy (1975-1999): cultural policy, identities and hybridisation', by Adrián Besada Figueiras. Adrián is the current director of Más Jazz magazine, he has been researching this subject for the last seven years and was awarded a PhD in Musicology.
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Anthony Luvera guest 2024 Peter Turner Memorial Lecture
Anthony Luvera has been invited to give the 2024 Peter Turner Memorial Lecture by the Whiti o Rehua / Massey University School of Art, in partnership with Te Papa Tongarewa / Museum of New Zealand, and Photobook/NZ. Each year, the Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University brings an internationally significant photographic historian, theorist or artist to Wellington, New Zealand to deliver the annual Peter Turner Memorial Lecture. Anthony has been at the forefront of socially engaged photography for over twenty years, working in concert with people who are marginalised, overly spoken for, and misrepresented. Through long-term collaborative projects, often embedded within the support services of health and social care organisations, Anthony’s practice is built on dialogue, trust,
participation, and co-creation, addressing issues such as homelessness, housing justice, and queer representation. His exhibitions take place in the public realm as often as they are seen in galleries or museums. His publications have been distributed freely to residents across cities, and sent directly to local and national policymakers in support of efforts to campaign for improvements to public services. Titled, 'In Concert With: Photography, Collaboration, and Social Action', Anthony will present a survey of past and recent projects, sharing his observations on some of the critical questions and creative strategies he uses in his practice, reflecting on working with photography, collaboration, and social action. The 2024 Peter Turner Memorial Lecture will take place in Wellington on Thursday the 8th of August, from 6.15pm to 8pm in the
Soundings Theatre at Te Papa Tongarewa / Museum of New Zealand.
Victoria Leonard elected as a Council Member for the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
CAMC Research Fellow Victoria Leonard has been elected to serve on the Council for the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies for a three-year term. The Roman Society was founded in 1910 to advance the understanding of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. Today the Roman Society has almost 2,000 members worldwide and is the leading organisation for those interested in Roman history, archaeology, literature and art. The Society offers a wide range of grants to support research and publications, provides training opportunities for young researchers, and promotes the teaching of Latin in schools.
Juliet Simpson Invited to be Visiting Full Professor in Brussels at the prestigious Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Juliet will take up her Visiting Professorship invitation in at ULB Brussels this October for a 10-day research intensive stay at the Maison des Sciences et des Arts. Collaborating with international colleagues in the Modernitas project (funded by the prestigious Flanders NWO), Prof Simpson will be guest lecturing and leading research workshops on alternative and hidden cultures of modernity and modernism in art and visual cultures of the early 1900s-1930s. Putting a spotlight on women as artists and networkers, alternative artistic communities and emotional modernities, Juliet sheds light on 'modernistas' in global contexts, and for a forthcoming publication on this theme.
Damian Sutton presents at Photography History Research Conference
Damian Sutton spoke recently at the Photography History Research Conference on his ongoing work into the Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner. Following closely the conference theme of 'assistantship', Damian looked at the changing nature of visible and invisible labour in photographic commerce at a time when the photographer as a romantic figure was yet to fully emerge. The paper looked at an assistant's diary, held in the US Library of Congress, and also looked at African Americans who appear only as traces in the records.
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Christopher Lillington-Martin receives International Medieval Congress Leeds conference awardChristopher Lillington-Martin was awarded the Medieval Congress Leeds conference award for his paper "Procopius' Belisarius: Parthicus Minimus?". Christopher's paper analysed the political/military identity of sixth century Belisarius in conjunction with his Persian exploits at the session: Roman and Sasanian Crises, II: Understanding Identity and Power through Military and Diplomatic Ventures. 2700 delegates attended the conference. Congratulations to Christopher on this achievement.
Christopher Lillington-Martin presents at Research Forum Ērān, Tūrān, and Hrōm
Held at the University of Lille, this research forum evaluates Ērān (Iran): history, archaeology, literature, art of the first millennium CE. Christopher presented the poster “Procopius’ Belisarius and Roman-Sasanian Borderland Topographies, and Archaeology: ὃ πρὸς αὐτοῖς ἐστι τοῖς Περσῶν ὁρίοις”.
David Beauchamp's succesful VIVA
David had a very successful PhD viva at the end of June. He passed with minor corrections. He conducted a corpus analysis of different forms of Covid Communication at times of Crisis. Many thanks to the chair, Marina Osini-Jones, the external David Oakey and the internal Sarah Turner from the supervisors: Sheena Gardner and Benet Vincent. And congratulations from us all at CAMC.
Adeola Eze presents at The Next Generation of Reception Studies at SACRA
Adeola Eze presented her PhD research, ‘The Reception of Ancient Book Formats in Contemporary Literature’, and how it is ‘next-generation’ at the workshop, ‘The Next Generation of Reception Studies’ organised by the St Andrews Centre for the Receptions of Antiquity (SACRA) and the Classical Reception Studies Network (CRSN). The workshop, which was held on the 30th and 31st of May 2024, provided opportunities for post-graduate researchers working in the field of classical reception studies to share their work and network, both nationally and internationally. Adeola spoke on how her research, which critically evaluates the awareness of the discovery, preservation, reception, and reuse of ancient book forms or the scholarly debate on them in contemporary literature, is novel, investigating a variety of
ancient book formats in one comprehensive study.
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