Daily Archives: 20 August 2013

USyd Free Public Lecture – John Bell on Shakespeare

University of Sydney – Free Public Lecture
“Shakespeare – up against the wall?”, John Bell
 
Date: 22nd August, 2013
Time: 5.30–7:00pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 351, Education Building A35, University of Sydney
RSVP: Booking is essential. Follow URL below to register.

This Thursday Bell Shakespeare co-artistic director John Bell will be appearing at an event at the University of Sydney to discuss the agony and the ecstasy of interpreting, teaching and performing the works of Shakespeare in our modern culture. Is there still a place for Shakespeare? What is the value of Shakespeare in our contemporary world (of celebrity and short attention spans!)? Why is Shakespeare simultaneously loathed and adored? Why teach Shakespeare to primary school students? John Bell will be addressing these issues and drawing on his vast experience of interpreting the Bard and working with Bell Shakespeare in schools and theatres across Australia and internationally.

For full details and to RSVP please visit the following link: http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/news_events/events/2013/Semester-Two/bell-lecture.shtml

Getty Musuem Lifts Restrictions On Use Of Digital Images

The following news will be of interest to scholars who are looking for freely accessible medieval and early modern images.

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has made available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required.

Initially, the images available through the Open Content Program are of works in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collections. Over time, images from the Getty Research Institute and the Getty Conservation Institute will be added.

For full details, visit: http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html