Moving, Teaching, Inspiring: The National Trust & University of Oxford in the 21st Century - Oxford Talks

Moving, Teaching, Inspiring: The National Trust & University of Oxford in the 21st Century

Over the past three years the Humanities Division at Oxford has developed an exciting relationship with the National Trust, culminating in the Trusted Source Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

Celebrating our collaboration, this interdisciplinary lecture series will explore and interrogate the many challenges and opportunities facing the higher education and heritage sectors in the 21st century, and highlight the many points of connection between our two institutions from a number of perspectives; from caring for collections and landscapes, to gaining support through brand and marketing.

The lectures are FREE but spaces are limited – please RSVP to alice.purkiss@history.ox.ac.uk to reserve

Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Thursdays at 5.30pm

Thursday 9 February 2017 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

17:30 - History, Vision, Ambition
Open to Oxford University and National Trust Staff only
Dame Helen Ghosh (Director-General of the National Trust), Professor Karen O’Brien, (Head of the Humanities Division)

Thursday 23 February 2017 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

17:30 - Land, Outdoors & Nature
Open to Oxford University and National Trust Staff only
Peter Nixon (National Trust’s Director of Land, Landscape and Nature ), Prof Heather Viles (Head of The School of Geography & the Environment )

Thursday 9 March 2017 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

17:30 - Our Collections & Their Audiences
Open to Oxford University and National Trust Staff only
Simon Murray (National Trust’s Senior Director of Strategy, Curatorship and External Affairs), Dr Xa Sturgis (Director of the Ashmolean Museum)

Thursday 4 May 2017 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

17:30 - Heritage as Business
Open to Oxford University and National Trust Staff only
Hilary McGrady (Director of Operations & Consultancy at the National Trust), Dr Pegram Harrison (Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Said Business School )

Thursday 11 May 2017 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

17:45 - Supporting our Causes
Open to Oxford University and National Trust Staff only
Jackie Jordan (The National Trust’s Director of Brand and Marketing), Susan Foster (Trust’s Fundraising Director), Liesl Elder (Head of Development at Oxford University)

Thursday 1 June 2017 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

17:30 - Public Debate: The Future of Heritage
Dame Helen Ghosh (Director-General, National Trust), Carole Souter (Master, St Cross College, University of Oxford (formerly Chief Executive of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund)), Sandy Nairne (National Trust Trustee & Former director of the National Portrait Gallery), Professor Peter Mandler (Professor of Modern Cultural History, University of Cambridge )

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