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Activities | Public Lectures

Lectures 2007

Wednesdays, 1.10 pm · Lecture Theatre
 except Lecture-recitals, Tuesdays, 1.10pm in the Concert Hall

Admission is free, but these events are extremely popular and places are limited, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Medieval Encounters in Art and Coinage

Lectures complementing Encounters: Travel and Money in the Byzantine World
  3 October Christians and Muslims in the medieval Mediterranean: Artistic Encounters Dr Eurydice Georganteli, University of Birmingham
10 October Vikings and the ‘Great City’: Scandinavia, Byzantium and the Islamic World Dr Gareth Williams,
The British Museum
17 October Lust in the Dust: Anthony, Cleopatra and Coinage Ted Buttrey, Emeritus Keeper, The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
24 October Pisanello and Benozzo Gozzoli: Byzantium and early Renaissance Italy Dr Eurydice Georganteli, University of Birmingham

Lecture-recitals: Piano Images of the British Isles

Further details in Barber Lunchtimes Concerts
  9 October Elgar and English Piano Music Kenneth Hamilton
16 October The Teutonic Take on the Celtic Fringe Kenneth Hamilton

In Conversation
31 October The new Director, Dr Ann Sumner, formerly Head of Fine Art at Museum Wales talks to the Barber’s Press Officer, former Birmingham Post journalist, Andrew Davies.

Exceptional Beauty and Outstanding Merit

To complement the exhibition of the same name, this series of illustrated talks explores the acquisitions programme of the directors of the Barber Institute to date.
  7 November Thomas Bodkin Paul Spencer-Longhurst
14 November Ellis Waterhouse Paul Spencer-Longhurst
21 November Hamish Miles Paul Spencer-Longhurst
28 November Richard Verdi Paul Spencer-Longhurst

Past Lectures 2007

National Styles in Art

Flags

Why is German art so often labelled ‘expressionist’? What is quintessentially British about British art? And to what national school does Picasso — a Spaniard working in France — belong? To accompany Italy versus the Netherlands, this series of lectures examines four of the other great traditions of European art in search of their national characteristics.
  2 May Frenchness Paul Spencer-Longhurst
  9 May Britishness Paul Spencer-Longhurst
16 May Germanness Richard Verdi
23 May Spanishness Richard Verdi

Medieval Encounters in Art and Coinage
  7 March ‘The Dollar of the Middle Ages’: Byzantine coinage in its international dimension Eurydice Georganteli
14 March Byzantium’s Eastern Neighbour: The Power and Splendour of the Sasanian Empire Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Curator of Islamic and Iranian Coins, The British Museum
21 March Bezants in the West: Images of the Emperor Barrie Cook
Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage, The British Museum
30 May Encounters in Late Roman Britain:
The Beaurains Treasure		 Richard Abdy,
Curator of late Roman and Byzantine coins, The British Museum
6 June Royal Encounters:
Marriages, Art and Politics in the Medieval World		 Eurydice Georganteli

Bird’s Eye Views

To complement the display The Parrot in Art, this series of lectures explores how birds — real and imaginary — feature as a subject in art from the Renaissance to the present day.
  7 February Biblical and Mythological Birds Richard Verdi
14 February The Bird Piece from Hondecoeter to Landseer Paul Spencer-Longhurst
21 February Birds as Surrogates and Symbols:
Tiepolo to Picasso		 Richard Verdi