Events Archive

Building on the breadth and wealth of research activity at Goldsmiths around aspects of the body, one of the initial main objectives of the Centre is to nurture synergies between colleagues working in different disciplines. During spring and summer 2013 we will run a series of events including:

Exploring the Body: Interdisciplinarity in Practice:

Exploring the Body: Interdisciplinarity in Practice will present a series of dialogues and performance-presentations, which will inaugurate the activities of Goldsmiths' Centre of the Body. True to the interdisciplinary nature of Goldsmiths, this series will focus on exploring the body through diverse approaches, bringing together scientists, artists, historians, philosophers, social scientists and others to explore how their different disciplines and practices dealing with the body can not only illuminate, but also inform each other. This timely endeavour will explore some of the most promising areas of multidisciplinary approaches dealing with the human body.

This series is supported by the Wellcome Trust.

All events take place at 6pm in the Small Cinema, Richard Hoggart Building. ( centreofthebody_WEB PDF).
Bookings: centreofthebody@gold.ac.uk

Thursday 24 January 2013

Crossing neuroscience and the humanities
Nikolas Rose (King's College) and Lisa Blackman (Goldsmiths)

Thursday 7 March    

Science and philosophy
Sir Tim Hunt (Nobel Prize-winner) and Samir Okasha (Bristol)

Thursday 21 March   

Disability and the artist's presence
Jenny Sealey MBE and Noemi Lakmaier with Danny Braverman

Thursday 2 May        

Neuroarthistory
John Onians (University of East Anglia) and Adam Zeman (Exeter)

Thursday 9 May        

Imagination, the door to identity
Nicola Clayton (Cambridge) and Clive Wilkins with Anna Furse (Goldsmiths)

Thursday 16 May     

Visions of cancer
Sander Gilman (Emory and Birkbeck) and Yulia Egorova (Durham)

Thursday 23 May     

Charles Coombes (Imperial) and Janis Jefferies (Goldsmiths)

Thursday 6 June      

Illness - stories and experience
Arthur Frank (Calgary) and Havi Carel (UWE)

Bodystorming: 

Building on the breadth and wealth of research activity at Goldsmiths around aspects of the body, one of the initial main objectives of the Centre is to nurture synergies between colleagues working in different disciplines. 

Bodystorming is a day of sharing of research across Goldsmiths on Saturday 9 March 2013, 10am-5pm, Small Cinema (Richard Hoggart Building). This event invites postgraduates and researching staff to share their work and ideas in very brief presentations/actions/performances. The idea is to open the door on what is actually going on here and draw researchers together in an inclusive, interdisciplinary day of exchange and interaction. Contributors will present 10 minutes (maximum) on their research or a short performance/action. To find out more contact centreofthebody@gold.ac.uk

Events Summer 2014

This series is supported by the Wellcome Trust.

Monday 28 April, Richard Hoggart Building, George Wood Theatre, 6.15pm 

Dance and Mirror Neurons
Steve Paxton and Dan Glaser
Tickets available @ http://cob-28april.eventbrite.co.uk

Wednesday 7 May, Richard Hoggart Building 154, 11am-1pm    

Disability, Corporeality & an Aesthetics of Otherwise
Workshop for Beyond Technique symposium in collaboration with the Centre for the Arts and Learning
Tickets available @ a.hickey-moody (@gold.ac.uk)

Thursday 15 May, Richard Hoggart Building 137a, 5pm 

Subtle Body
Geoffrey Samuel and Vivienne Lo
Tickets available @ http://cob-15may.eventbrite.co.uk

Wednesday 21 May, Richard Hoggart Building,  Small Cinema, 6.15pm        

Disability Performance: Making Publics
Anna Hickey-Moody, Danny Braverman and Louise Coleman
Tickets available @ http://cob-21may.eventbrite.co.uk

Wednesday 28 May, Richard Hoggart Building, Small Cinema, 6.15pm        

CANCELLED - The Art of Heroin: In and Out of Paris and Berlin
Andrew Hussey

Wednesday 4 June, Richard Hoggart Building, Small Cinema, 6.15pm       

Anatomy Theatres and Performer Training
John Matthews and Dawn Kemp
Tickets available @ http://cob-4june.eventbrite.co.uk