Category Archives: Collaborations

The Faculty of Arts works in collaboration with a number of organisations around the world.

The Place of Hell: Topographies, Structures, Genealogies

Posted on 09/04/2013 by admin

Conference: The Place of Hell – Topographies, Structures, Genealogies, 31st May-1st June 2013 at King’s College London and The Warburg Institute. The aim of this conference is to explore the place Hell occupied within society and art as well as the way Hell was envisaged as a physical place. This conference is part of the Leverhulme International Network Project ‘Damned in Hell in the Frescoes of Venetian-Dominated Crete’ (13th- 17th centuries) managed by Dr Angeliki Lymberopoulou (The Open University) and Prof. Vasiliki Tsamakda (The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz). Continue reading →

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Rest is Noise at Southbank explores roots of American music

Posted on 22/03/2013 by admin

A line-up of Arts Faculty speakers will be participating in ‘America – A new world discovers its voice’ at London’s Southbank Centre Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March as part of the Rest Is noise festival Continue reading →

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Easy listening?

Posted on 26/02/2013 by admin

The final episode of The Sound and the Fury broadcast on BBC Four on Tuesday 26 February 2013. Following the turmoil of totalitarianism and war, “Easy Listening” looks at how post-war composers began to bring back elements of rhythm, metre and harmony to music. The Rest Is Noise year long music festival is a major collaboration between the Open University, the Southbank Centre, BBC and London Philharmonic Orchestra. Continue reading →

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