WELCOME TO THE PAST
What can I expect?
During day one of the Voices conference we will focus on voices of the past, with talks and panel discussions on the rich history of spoken and written voices, and how we can study and appreciate them today.
SCHEDULE
24th November 2021: Past
9:45 am - 10 am
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO DAY 1
10 am - 11 am
‘HOMER TO HIP HOP: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF SPOKEN WORD
A performance lecture from author and poet, Pete Bearder.
As we enter the post-COVID comeback, meet the artistic revivals that have remade the world from the bottom up. Former National Poetry Slam Champion, Pete “the Temp” Bearder, brings to life the poetic movements that have shaped history. Find out why wordsmiths have always been vilified, feared, and revered, from the ballad singers and Beat poets, to the icons of dub, punk, and hip hop. Pete is an award-winning spoken word poet, author, and comic. His work has been featured on BBC Radio 4, The World Service, and Newsnight. This show follows the release of his ground-breaking new book Stage Invasion: Poetry & the Spoken Word Renaissance.
11 am - 11:15 am
BREAK
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
PANEL: ‘BRINGING MARGINALISED HISTORIC VOICES TO THE 21ST CENTURY, IN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
Panellists: Angela Clerkin, Lucy Phelps, and Ess Grange
This one-hour panel examines the importance of perspectives from historic people considered ‘marginalised’. It asks how we can recreate these voices in theatre and performance, and foregrounds the relationship between these voices and the modern audience: why are these voices relevant in the 21st century, and how can we make them accessible for modern audiences? Theatre practitioner Angela Clerkin, actor and writer Lucy Phelps, and Techne PhD candidate and theatre practitioner Ess Grange will all be sharing
their experiences of bringing marginalised historic voices to the 21st Century through performance. Collectively, their work foregrounds figures from the sixteenth through to the twentieth century, almost always with a queer and/or feminist perspective.
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
LUNCH
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
PANEL: ‘UNHEARD VOICES: CREATING INCLUSIVITY AND EQUALITY IN MUSEUMS AND ACADEMIC HISTORY'
Panellists: Dr Misha Ewen, Dr Hannah Young, and Donata Miller
This Panel will be exploring the idea of unheard voices from the past within museums and academia. It will ask how institutions are representing these voices currently and what more can be done on this matter to create more inclusivity and equality. With the contributions of Dr Misha Ewen, the curator of inclusive history at Historic Royal Palaces, Dr Hannah Young, a lecturer from the University of Southampton with research interests in gender and slave ownership, and Donata Miller, an assistant curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum with research interests in Black British history and contemporary collecting, and insightful and empowering conversation awaits.
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
BREAK
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
HOW CAN WE RECOVER THE LOST VOICES OF WOMEN?
Speaker Professor Suzannah Lipscomb
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb will be giving an exciting talk on her research into ordinary women in the early modern period and how we can access their lost voices. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster and holds positions as a Professor Emerita of History at the University of Roehampton, a Fellow of the
Royal Historical Society, and a columnist for History Today. She has contributed much research into the topic of the voices of ordinary women and will provide an exciting discussion on this topic.
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