Lifelong Learning will be holding a one-day cultural event on 8th December 2012, consisting of a series of short talks led by experts from within the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute. This thought provoking and inspiring conference will provide you with the opportunity to learn and engage in discussion with academics of international distinction, and brings together many areas of our expertise into one exciting day.
Talks include:
”They Live by Trade’: British trade and empire in the great days of sail’- Dr John McAleer, History
‘Imagining Transatlantic Slavery’- Professor John Oldfield, History
‘Shakespeare’s Pirates’- Professor Claire Jowitt, English
‘Expanding horizons in maritime archaeology’ – Dr Lucy Blue, Archaeology
Venue:
Building 85, Highfield Campus
Price: £30 full rate, £20 loyalty rate (Harbour Lights Members, Friends of Parkes, English Teachers Network, university staff and alumni), £10 discount rate (students/sixth form & college students and those in receipt of income-based Job Seeker’s Allowance, Income Support, Working Tax Credit, Council Tax or Housing Benefit)
All prices include lunch and refreshments.