Day of Dialogue

Professor Corner chairs the Maudsley Charity and AccessHE Steering Group and sits on the boards of University of London, London Higher, LAMDA, and Creative UK. A Council member of the All-Party Parliamentary University Group, she champions access to education.  Recognized for her contributions, she received an OBE in 2009 and the Freedom of the City of London in 2024.

 His achievements during this time include helping the Barbican navigate the pandemic and securing funding for the first stage of the Barbican Renewal programme to revitalise the Centre for the next generations of creatives. Tom sits on the City of London’s Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee and is an elected Councillor in the Square Mile. He is also Chair of Norwich Theatre, the largest group of theatres in the East of England and chairs the SouthBank Employers Group.

 Beyond broadcasting, Brenda is a sought-after host for major cultural events, having worked with organizations such as the National Theatre, the British Film Institute, Frieze Art Fair, and Sadler’s Wells. She is also a dedicated advocate for the arts, serving as Chair of the Board of Trustees for Sir Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Dance Company and Patron of The Black Women’s Network.

 He is the editor of Utopias, which was published in the MIT/Whitechapel Documents in Contemporary Art series, and has written numerous essays on contemporary artists, including Antony Gormley, Rachel Whiteread, David Batchelor, Mona Hatoum and Hannah Collins. He is currently working on a monograph about the public art works of Cristina Iglesias and an essay on Adrian Villas Rojas.

Professor Noble has been Head of the Art Department at Goldsmiths for 10 years, and was the driving force behind the building of the new Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art.

 Gormley’s work has been exhibited worldwide, including at the Royal Academy of Arts, Uffizi Gallery, The State Hermitage Museum, and Musée Rodin. His iconic public sculptures, such as Angel of the North and Another Place, have redefined the role of art in the landscape.

A Turner Prize winner (1994), Gormley has received numerous honours, including the Praemium Imperiale (2013) and a knighthood in 2014. He is an Honorary Fellow of RIBA, a Fellow of Trinity and Jesus Colleges, Cambridge, and has been a Royal Academician since 2003.  

As Deputy Director of the Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies, Dr. Edwin oversees daily operations and engages in research focusing on creolistics and oral literature. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is the Programme Convenor for Goldsmiths' unique MA in Black British Literature, which celebrates its 10^th anniversary this year. 

Special Interest grants are entirely Trustee-driven and cover a wide range of fields globally including health, humanitarian relief, education and the arts. Prior to joining Oak, Rachel was a Humanitarian Affairs officer with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva.

Her previous experience working for NGOs and UN agencies and in different countries including Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Bosnia Herzegovina gave her a good insight into the challenges of humanitarian response and a profound respect for the resilience of communities living with war, food insecurity, economic marginalisation and injustice.

Rachel qualified as a Barrister in the UK where she specialised in human rights law, asylum law and criminal defence (particularly for juveniles). 

Rahima has an undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Psychology, from KCL and UCL respectively. In 2023, she was awarded a BEM in the King’s Birthday Honours List for her services to young people.

As The Goldsmiths’ Company prepares for its 700th anniversary in 2027, Annie leads its mission to improve skills and vocational training and to advance the jewellery and silversmithing industries.

Peter has been a transformative force in philanthropy, including through the establishment of two endowed Chairs, academic scholarships and other major initiatives at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. These donations have not only supported world-class teaching and research but also reflect Peter’s deep commitment to fostering interdisciplinary learning and value of a liberal arts education. 

Peter has generously committed a major seven-figure donation to Goldsmiths, comprising a £2m cash donation and an art collection currently worth around £5m, both of which will be used to strengthen Goldsmiths’ Endowment, thereby further enriching the cultural and academic landscape of the College.