Saturday, 5 November 2011, 12.00 to 3.15 pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Programme 12.00 – 12.15 pm       Welcome and introduction 12.15 – 1.45 pm          Screening of Suely in the… Continue Reading →

Sandra Kogut Birkbeck Arts Week, Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 6.00pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Q&A sessions with award-winning filmmaker Sandra Kogut will follow the screening of Adieu Monde or Pierre and Claire’s Story (1998) and A… Continue Reading →

Valerie Fraser (University of Essex) Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 6.00 to 7.30pm, Birkbeck, Room 255, Malet Street, London  WC1E 7HX Under the government of Salvador Allende the visual arts enjoyed extraordinary popularity in Chile. Between 1970 and 1973 the Museo… Continue Reading →

Thursday, 22 March 2012, 7.30pm, Birkbeck, Room 153, Malet Street, London  WC1E 7HX (Entrance via Torrington Place) Cecilia will show the film “kon kon pi” for the first time in London. This 13 minute film was exhibited at MoMA New… Continue Reading →

Marjorie Trusted (Victoria and Albert Museum) Birkbeck Arts Week, Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 6.00 to 7.30pm, Room 101, Clore Management Centre, 25-27 Torrington Square, London WC1 In 1936 Picasso was appointed Director of the Museo del Prado. He was living… Continue Reading →

11-15 March 2013, Peltz Room, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD An exhibition of the photographic work in progress of the AHRC funded Traces of Nitrate project developed at the University of Brighton… Continue Reading →

23 April – 7 May 2013, Peltz Room, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD An exhibition of the photographic work by Agata Lulkowska Opening on Monday, 22 April at 6pm with a discussion… Continue Reading →

4-15 June 2013, Peltz Room, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Snow Star documents a mysterious, ancient Andean ceremony, Qoyllur Ritt’i (Quechuan for Resplendent Snow), which takes place annually hidden in the high… Continue Reading →

Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 6.00-7.30pm, Room G10, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD In this multimedia performance the artist Cecilia Vicuña weaves images, chants and stories of her life as a quipu maker,… Continue Reading →

When? 25/01/2013 10-5:30 Where? Keynes Library, Birkbeck School of Arts 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD A one-day workshop at Birkbeck in collaboration with the Global History and Culture Centre (Warwick) and the Centre for Overseas History (Lisbon) This one-day… Continue Reading →