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SUMMARY:Jonathan Sumption & Catharine Titi – Pharos Conversations: The Elgin Marbles
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1731936866166{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 2rem !important;}” text_direction=”default”]\n\nIn the first ever Pharos Conversation\, a range of distinguished scholars\, intellectuals\, and commentators will debate the future of the Elgin Marbles. \nJonathan Sumption KC is a distinguished historian and one of Britain’s leading jurists\, serving on the UK Supreme Court (2012-2018) after a prodigious career as a barrister. He is also the author of a five volume history of the Hundred Years’ War\, and a prominent commentator on legal issues. His inaugural Pharos Lecture is available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiM1EYlQgzg . \nCatharine Titi is a professor at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. Her specialisms include public international law\, the settlement of international disputes\, international investment law\, international arbitration\, and cultural heritage law. Her latest book is The Parthenon Marbles and International Law\, which was published by Springer in 2023. \nTiffany Jenkins is a British sociologist and writer\, who currently serves as the culture editor for the journal Sociology Compass. She has written extensively on the controversies surrounding the Elgin Marbles and wider issues around the restitution of cultural heritage. Keeping Their Marbles: How the Treasures of the Past Ended Up in Museums – and Why they Should Stay There was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. \nAlexander Herman is the Director of the Institute of Art and Law. He has written\, taught and presented on an array of topics in relation to art\, law\, and cultural property\, often appearing in the national press and international journals. His most recent book is The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage\, Law\, Politics\, published by Hart in 2023. \nMario Trabucco della Torretta is a classical archaeoloist trained in Sicily and in Athens. His expertise covers classical Greek architecture and sculpture\, Ancient Athens\, and the Elgin Marbles. He is a prominent commentator and contributor to many journals\, and tweets at @Marrio_Trabucco. \nNigel Spivey is Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Classics at Emmanuel College\, Cambridge\, and a leading authority on Greco-Roman art – particularly of the Etruscans. He is the author many works\, including Etruscan Art (1997)\, Enduring Creation: Art\, Pain\, and Fortitude (2001)\, and Greek Sculpture (2013). \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding=”4%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”4%” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_cta btn_style=”arrow-animation” heading_tag=”h6″ button_color=”black” button_color_hover=”#d1b876″ text_color=”#ffffff” text_color_hover=”#000000″ button_border_color=”#000000″ button_border_color_hover=”#d1b876″ button_border_thickness=”1px” link_type=”new_tab” alignment=”left” alignment_tablet=”default” alignment_phone=”default” constrain_group_1=”yes” constrain_group_2=”yes” constrain_group_3=”yes” constrain_group_4=”yes” display=”block” display_tablet=”inherit” display_phone=”inherit” font_size_desktop=”1rem” link_text=”BOOK TICKETS” padding_top=”15″ padding_bottom=”15″ padding_left=”15″ padding_right=”15″ url=”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pharos-conversations-the-elgin-marbles-jonathan-sumption-catharine-titi-tickets-854122301797?aff=ebdsoporgprofile”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://pharos.foundation/event/pharos-conversations-the-elgin-marbles-jonathan-sumption-catharine-titi
LOCATION:To Be Confirmed\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Salons
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SUMMARY:Shaun Maguire – Refounding Democracy: Free Speech and Information Warfare
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LOCATION:To Be Confirmed\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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