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Institute for the Study of the Americas

Terra Foundation for American Art

The Long Road to Peekskill: Will Kaufman sings Woody Guthrie's Freedom Songs

Battle of the Atlantic 70th Anniversary Commemorations

 

Forthcoming events at the Institute for the Study of the Americas

Institute for the Study of the Americas

The Institute for the Study of the Americas cordially invites you to attend the following events. 

 

The Institute for the Study of the Americas cordially invites you to attend the following events. 

Friday 24 May, 10:00 - 17:00

The State of the Union: Policy Consensus and Division in the US Administration

Programme
Registration form
In collaboration with De Montfort University
For further information please contact cmharrington@dmu.ac.uk
Venue: British Library

 

Friday 14 June, 09:30 - 17:30

American Conservatism: Rethinking the US Right

Professor Richard Pious - 'American Executive Power in Conservative Thought'
In collaboration with The Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library
Venue: The Senate Room (Senate House, First Floor)

Venue addresses:
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Map and directions
For further information, please contact chloe.pieters@sas.ac.uk

 

 

Institute for the Study of the AmericasInstitute for Advanced Studies
School of Advanced Study
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
E: americas@sas.ac.uk
W: www.americas.sas.ac.uk

 

 


Forthcoming events at the Terra Foundation for American Art

Terra Foundation for American Art

MAY 18, 10:00 AM–6:45 PM / SYMPOSIUM

Historical Displacements and Vital Narratives after the American Century

The Courtauld Institute of Art
Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre
Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 0RN, London

Organized by William McManus, Terra Foundation for American Art Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art, this symposium will cover topics such as the continuing development of art history as a contemporary discipline; the shifting relations between particularities of language and vision in the twentieth century; oppositions between scientific advances and counter-cultural tendencies in performance and film; and the present legacies of radicalism. More


MAY 29-30 / SYMPOSIUM

Art Across the Black Diaspora: Visualizing Slavery in America

This two-day symposium will adopt an international perspective to examine the sculpture, paintings, photography, digital art, mixed-media installations, and performance art produced by artists of African descent on both sides of the Atlantic as they come to grips with visualizing slavery both within America and across the black diaspora. More

EXHIBITIONS OPENING IN MAY


MAY 11–SEPTEMBER 8

Through American Eyes: Frederic Church and the Landscape Oil Sketch

Scottish National Gallery
The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL, United Kingdom

This exhibition brings together approximately 25 oil sketches drawn from the collections of the Terra Foundation for American Art; the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York; and Olana, Church’s picturesque estate along the Hudson River, now a New York State Historic Site. More

TERRA FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN ART

29 rue des Pyramides, 75001 Paris, France
w: www.terraamericanart.org   
e: information@terraamericanart.eu
t: +33 1 43 20 67 01

 


The Long Road to Peekskill: Will Kaufman sings Woody Guthrie's Freedom Songs

Saturday 19th October 8:00 p.m. (doors open 7:30)
St. Anthony of Padua Parish Centre, Queens Drive Mossley Hill, Liverpool L18

THE LONG ROAD TO PEEKSKILL presents the story of Woody Guthrie's personal transformation from a youthful Oklahoma racist to the ardent anti-racist champion who, along with many others, risked his life holding the line against American fascism during the notorious Peekskill riots of 1949. Conventionally known for his championing of the poor white Dust Bowl migrants, Guthrie also left an extensive body of songs condemning Jim Crow segregation, lynching and race hatred. Most of these songs were never recorded, but they are the legacy of this remarkable journey that eventually brought Guthrie into the fellowship of Lead Belly, Josh White, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Paul Robeson. The Long Road to Peekskill is both a harrowing and uplifting presentation, showing through the example of Woody Guthrie that racists are not born, but made - and that they can be unmade.

Tickets £10.00 or £6:00 for students and benefit claimants available from wegottickets.com
in aid of Windows for Peace (UK) registered charity no.1108358.
helping towards dialogue and understanding in the Middle East


Battle of the Atlantic 70th Anniversary Commemorations

Friday May 24

Academic Conference with Prof Eric Grove – ‘Battle of Atlantic Remembered’.

To book your ticket call 0151 707 3402.

Saturday 25 May

12:00-17:00 BOA 70 Community Participation Programme begins

11:00-17:00 Pier Head/ Albert Dock/ Princess Parade area open to visitors (public displays)

11:00-17:00 selected ships open to the general public

12:00-16:00 Veterans Welcome Centre@ Port of Liverpool Building - Battle of the Mersey (Capability demonstration on the River, PM)

19:30 Charity Concert featuring RM Band Portsmouth@ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Tickets available online or by telephone from Box Office: www.liverpoolphil.com or 0151 709 3789.

Sunday May 26

10:30-11:45 Commemorative Service@ Liverpool Anglican Cathedral (invited guests only)

12:30 March around the Anglican Cathedral (route TBC) led by Veterans and includes Merchant Navy, RFA in addition to Regulars, Reservists and Cadets from RN, Army and RAF.

11:00-17:00 Pier Head/Albert Dock/Princess Parade area open to visitors (public displays)

11:00-17:00 selected ships open to the general public

12:00-16:00 Veterans Welcome Centre@ Port of Liverpool Building

Battle of the Mersey (Capability demonstration on the River, PM)

Monday May 27

11:00-17:00 Pier Head/Albert Dock/Princess Parade area open to visitors (public displays)

11:00-17:00 selected ships open to the general public

12:00-16:00 Veterans Welcome Centre@ Port of Liverpool Building

13:00-13:45 Raft Race organised by 156 Transport Regiment @ Salthouse Dock

Battle of the Mersey (Capability demonstration on the River, PM)

14:00-17:00 40’s Themed Veterans Event @ St Georges Hall, Liverpool: Tickets have now sold out.

Tuesday May 28

Visiting Ships Coordinated Departure from Liverpool (between 14:00-17:00)

See a full programme of events here


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From Isolationism to World Power: the Changing Nature of US Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century Schools Conference 2009

The Depression, Roosevelt and the New Deal. A one-day conference for A-Level and Access students of American Government and Politics, American History and Media Studies. Wednesday 24th January 2007. 

History, Politics and the Presidential Election of 1996. A major student conference took place at the Merseyside Maritime Museum on 16th October 1996. Speakers included representatives from both the Republican and Democrat Parties.

American Foreign Policy and The Cold War A one day conference for A-Level and Access students was held on Wednesday, October 22nd 1997 at the Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Teaching American History in Schools a one-day conference on Teaching American History in Schools held at the University of Nottingham on July 15, 1998

An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of American Government and Politics, held at the Maritime Museum in Liverpool on October 21st, featured lectures by Niall Palmer (Brunel University) on the Presidency, Esther Jubb (Liverpool John Moores University) on the Supreme Court and Ian Scott (University of Manchester) on the Congress.

Muhammad Ali: Living Mythically; the American Hero A one-day conference for lecturers, teachers and under/postgraduate students Venue: Central London, jointly organised with the University of Westminster Monday March 29th, 1999.

American Studies Teachers’ Conference Puritanism and The Crucible
School of American and Canadian Studies University of Nottingham Wednesday, June 21, 2000

American Classic Film
A one-day conference at the London University Institute of United States Studies on Tuesday 22nd May 2001, reviewed four landmarks of American Cinema: Raging Bull; Chinatown; Dr Strangelove; On the Waterfront.


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