The Recovery of Beauty


'Stand up Straight': Posture, its History and the Meanings attributed to the Upright Body
Professor Sander Gilman, Distinguished Professor of the Arts and Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta and IAS Fellow, University of Durham.
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Beauty is in the Brain of the Beholder
Professor John Onians, Emeritus Professor of World Art, University of East Anglia.

The Pendulum of Tast: Architectural Protection and the Rise of a State Aesthetic
Dr. Simon Thurley, Chief Executive, English Heritage.

Bathing for Beauty in the Middle Ages
14th November 2011, 6.15pm, Lecture Room 201, Elvet Riverside, University of Durham
Professor Elizabeth Archibald, Professor of Medieval Literature, University of Bristol and IAS Fellow, University of Durham.

I ♥ Fake Beauty
28th November 2011, 6.15pm, Lecture Room 201, Elvet Riverside, University of Durham
Professor Ruth Holliday, Professor of Gender and Culture, University of Leeds.

'Elegant Surgery': The Beauty of Clinical Expertise
30th January 2012, 6.15pm, Lecture Room 201, Elvet Riverside, University of Durham
Professor Jane Macnaughton, Professor of Medical Humanities, University of Durham.

Beautiful Ideas: The Visibility of Truth
Professor Mark McIntosh, Van Mildert Canon Professor of Divinity, University of Durham.
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Mindful Beauty: Ideas and Ideals in Medieval Literature
13th February 2012, 6.15pm, Lecture Room 201, Elvet Riverside, University of Durham
Professor Corinne Saunders, Department of English Studies, University of Durham.

Poetry Reading
Kathleen Jamie. 27th February 2011, 6.15pm Senate Suite, Durham Castle
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Bloomsbury, Beauty and After: Idealist Aesthetics in Materialist Times
5th March 2012, 6.15pm, Lecture Room 201, Elvet Riverside, University of Durham
Professor Pat Waugh, Department of English Studies, University of Durham.

Violence, Pain and Beauty: Through Lessing to King Lear
12th March 2012, 6.15pm, Lecture Room 201, Elvet Riverside, University of Durham
Professor David Fuller, Emeritus Professor, Department of English Studies, University of Durham.

On Beauty
30th April 2012, 6.15pm, Lecture Room 201, Elvet Riverside, University of Durham
Professor Roger Scruton, Research Professor for the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, Washington and Oxford.
