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| Pioneering A New World: The Industrial Revolution and the Arts 1760-1860 The Industrial Revolution, which transformed the world in the nineteenth
century, had its origins in the scientific discoveries, technical
advances and innovative commercial enterprises that developed in
eighteenth-century Britain. |
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| Tuesday 27 January 2009 | ||||
| 10.30 am | ||||
| Industry
and Enlightenment in Provincial England, c 1760-1820 Peter M. Jones, Professor of French History, School of History and Cultures, University of Birmingham |
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| 12.00 noon | ||||
| Joseph Wright
of Derby: Painter of Science and Industry Allan Reynolds, University of Birmingham |
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| 1.00 pm | ||||
| Lunch | ||||
| 2.00 pm | ||||
Sir Richard
Arkwright’s Cromford Mills |
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| Tuesday 3 February 2009 | ||||
| 10.30 am | ||||
| The Pottery
Industry: An Architectural and Technological Enigma Dr. Malcolm Nixon |
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| 12.00 noon | ||||
| Erasmus Darwin:
The Lunar Society and its Impact on his Literary Work Stuart Harris, Formerly Tutor in English literature, University of Sheffield |
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| 1.00 pm | ||||
| Lunch | ||||
| 2.00 pm | ||||
| Josiah Wedgwood:
The Arts and Sciences United Gaye Blake-Roberts, Director, The Wedgwood Museum Trust |
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| Tuesday 10 February 2009 | ||||
| 10.30 am | ||||
| Matthew Boulton:
Selling what all the World Desires Chris Rice, Head of Heritage Services, Birmingham Museums and Art gallery |
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| 12.00 noon | ||||
| Searching
for Trevithick’s London Railway of 1808 John Liffen, Curator of Communications, The Science Museum |
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| 1.00 pm | ||||
| Lunch | ||||
| 2.00 pm | ||||
| Steel Rails,
Copper Wires and Electric Seconds David Rooney, Curator of Time Keeping, Royal Observatory, Greenwich |
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| Tuesday 17 February 2009 | ||||
| 10.30 am | ||||
| Isambard
Kingdom Brunel: The Greatest Engineer? Dr Steven Brindle, Senior Properties Historian, Properties Presentation Department, English Heritage |
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| 12.00 noon | ||||
| Sir Joseph
Bazalgette and the Transformation of London’s Main Drainage Ben Nithsdale |
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| 1.00 pm | ||||
| Lunch | ||||
| 2.00 pm | ||||
| Visit to the British Museum’s Watch Collection with David Thompson, Curator of Horology, British Museum | ||||
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The cost
of the full course is £236. The cost of the morning lectures
only (lunch not included) is £136. The lectures will take
place at The Medical Society of London, To apply, please contact us. |
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