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June 19th 2024: Lecture by Diego Tamburini via Zoom 18.00
Changes in the production of Burmese textiles in the long 19th century – a focus on dye and fibre characterisation of Karen garments from...
May 15th 2024: Lecture by Penny Oakley at the University Women's Club 18.00 for 18.30
'Suzanis: A New Light on an Old Story' Despite being created in a well-documented period, surprisingly little is known about the suzani...
April 17th 2024: Lecture by Coryn Greatorex-Bell at the University Women's Club 18.00 for 18.30
'A glimpse at Guatemalan dress 1820-2020.' Coryn Greatorex-Bell first visited Guatemala as an undergraduate reading French and Spanish at...
March 20th 2024: Lecture by Chris Aslan via Zoom at 18.00
May the eye not strike: magical protection in Islamic textiles and jewellery Belief in the Evil Eye is still widespread, including across...
February 21st 2024: Lecture by Martin Conlan at 18.00 for 18.30
Tribal wedding blankets of South West China Wedding blankets are often intricately woven, embroidered or resist-dyed decorative panels...
January 17th 2024: Lecture by Avalon Fotheringham at 18.00 for 18.30
Linen Day, Roseau, Dominica - A Market Scene, by Agostino Brunias, c.1780. Yale Centre for British Art. Connecting Threads: New...
December 20th 2023: Lecture by Peter Lee at 18.00 via Zoom.
Changing hybrid fashions in 19th- and early 20th-century Singapore. Singapore might be a relatively new metropolis, but it inherited a...
November 22nd 2023: Lecture by Stefan Ionescu at 18.00 via Zoom.
Tuduc or not Tuduc - that is the Question! Tuduc forgeries in European, American and Middle Oriental collections Half of the fun would go...
October 25th 2023 at 18.00 for 19.00: Lecture by Hadi Maktabi at the University Women's Club
‘The Persian Carpet, the Forgotten Years 1722-1872.’ Hadi Maktabi holds a PhD in Islamic Art from Oxford University and is a specialist...