Night of 100 Objects - Creating histories through Objects

Public Lecture | Updated 1 decade ago

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Ife head, made of brass between 1200 - 1400 CE, found at Ife, Nigeria, in 1938 CE.

A public lecture by Dr Jeremy Hill, Head of Research, The British Museum
Followed by private viewing of the current exhibition and a reception
 
6.00pm - 7.00pm 8 November 2012
WA Museum - Perth
Tickets: $30
 
Following the internationally successful British Museum & BBC Radio 4’s History of the World in 100 Objects, JD Hill offers a rare behind the scenes look at the making of this series.
 
JD led the team who helped Neil MacGregor write this landmark BBC Radio 4 history. As well as looking at how the project grew, he will explore the challenges of writing history aimed at a very wide audience, and how telling this through objects is both harder and easier than writing more conventional history.
 
JD Hill PhD, MPhil, BA, FSA is Head of Research for The British Museum and is responsible for all the research at the Museum across a wide range of disciplines. From 2007 to 2010 he was the lead curator the British Museum/BBC project A History of the World in 100 Objects. A visiting lecturer at the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southampton, where he previously was based, he is also a member of the executive of the Nautical Archaeology Society. His own research has included studies of the archaeology of religion, social change and foodways in Iron Age and early Roman Britain. His current interests concentrate on interface between archaeology, world history and the sea.
 
To register visit: www.ias.uwa.edu.au/conf
Enquiries: ias@uwa.edu.au or 6488 1340
 
For information about the Day of Ideas on 9 November 2012 where Jeremy is also speaking, download the information brochure [PDF 357kb].