Dr Susan Valladares, Hazel Tubman, Dr Ruth Scobie, Dr John Moores, Caitlin Gale, Emily Knight
The Ashmolean University Engagement Programme presents two free study days, presenting a series of cross-disciplinary talks which draw connections between the Ashmolean's collections and academic research in the humanities. Spaces are limited, so please email public.engagement@ashmus.ox.ac.uk to reserve a space.
Session 1 (1.30-2.30)
Dr Susan Valladares: The other woman: Gillray’s actresses and adulteresses
Hazel Tubman: Pockets, the public and the private in the eighteenth century
Dr Ruth Scobie: A New Pantheon: How to spot a celebrity in Georgian Britain
Session 2 (2.45-3.45)
Dr John Moores: Gillray and the French Revolution
Caitlin Gale: The Importance of Pirates: the short and long term effects of 1798 and 1808 to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic War
Emily Knight: Reading faces: Physiognomy in Gillray's caricatures
3.45-5 - Get the chance to chat to the speakers in the Gillray exhibition
