Stars
Science and the Arts Postgraduate Conference
Concert Room, Department of Music, Palace Green
4 July 2008, 10.00am to 6.00pm
A one-day postgraduate conference on science and the arts organised by the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University
Keynote speaker
Professor Anne Janowitz, Queen Mary, University of London:
Programme
9.30 am Registration
10.00 am Plenary lecture by Professor Anne Janowitz:
The Plurality of Worlds and the Cosmic Sublime
11.00 am Coffee
11.30 am Seminar 1
Alistair Brown
The Astronaut's Transistorised Fist: Rereading the Moral Space of 1969
Marc Botha
Charting Poiesis: Some Stars, Generating and Generated
Maebh Long
Derrida and Chancing the Stars
1.00 pm Lunch
2.30 pm Seminar 2
John Clegg
Black Fedora: Stars in the Imagery of Elizabeth Bishop
Edward Hadley
Ted Hughes: Astrological Conundrums
Trina-Hyunjin Byun
Visualisation of the Night Sky by Korean Artists
4.00 pm Tea
4.30 pm Professor Martin Ward, Head of Astronomy, Durham University
An Astronomer's View of the Stars
This conference is free of charge to postgraduates but you must register in advance by contacting Professor Stephen Regan