|
|
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Anthony Lewis (Chief curator, Museums of Glasgow)
Anthony Lewis was born, raised and educated in Edinburgh, but found his work in Glasgow. He has worked in Glasgow Museums for 26 years, and has been curator of Scottish History for the service since 2006.
He has studied Edinburgh’s first New Town since 1990, and from these studies has published numerous articles on the architect of the plan, James Craig, and the tradesmen who built the New Town. The builders of the New Town became the subject of his doctoral research at Edinburgh University, which was completed in 2006, and then his book on the same subject in 2014. He continues to research Edinburgh architects and tradesmen of the period 1767 – 1795. 2017 has been a busy year as it has marked the 250th anniversary of the launch of the New Town, and so presentations, and talks in Edinburgh and elsewhere have followed.
In this same year, in Glasgow, he curated an exhibition on Georgian Glasgow for Kelvingrove Museum called How Glasgow Flourished, 1714-1837, which ran from April to September. Since then, he has also curated a smaller display on Georgian Glasgow for the same venue which touches upon slavery. The theme of Glasgow’s historic links with slavery continues to occupy him with new displays commenting on the subject are expected to appear in all of Glasgow’s museums over the next five years.
Prof. Murray Pittock (Bradley Professor of Literature, University of Glasgow, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh)
Murray Pittock FRSE is Bradley Professor and Pro Vice-Principal of the University of Glasgow. He was previously Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Arts (2010-15), where he secured agreement and designed the governance process for the first national graduate school in Arts and Humanities (http://www.sgsah.ac.uk/ :16 HEIs), and has also held leadership positions at the universities of Manchester, Edinburgh (as head of Scottish policy) and Strathclyde.
Outside the University, Murray is Scottish History advisor to the National Trust for Scotland and an advisor to the National Galleries as well as other organizations. He has strong international links including standing assessor roles on overseas research councils and has worked closely with government, including convening a national champions group for the Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland. He has held visiting appointments in History, English, Languages, Celtic, Equality and Diversity and Irish Studies at Yale, New York University, Notre Dame, Trinity College, Dublin, Charles University, Prague, South Carolina and other institutions.
Murray has made around 1400 media appearances in 55 countries on culture, politics, history and society. His recent work includes Material Culture and Sedition (2013), shortlisted for Saltire research book of the year and Culloden (one of History Today’s top ten History books of 2016). He is currently working on an infrastructure and network based study of ‘Edinburgh in the First Age of Enlightenment: how the City Changed its Mind, 1680-1750’ and on ‘Occupation: the British Army in Scotland, 1746-60’. He is general editor of the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Allan Ramsay and a co-editor of the Oxford Burns.
| Online user: 1 |
|
