Friday 9 March 2007, 10.30–17.30

This conference examines the allure of the city from William Hogarth's day to the present. Among the topics to be discussed are: satire and the affectations of city life; theatre and popular entertainment; street culture; politics and protest; anonymity and the crowd; suburbia and the city; and surfing the city.

The speakers include Clare Brant King's College, London, Vic Gatrell, University of Essex, Alan Morrison, University of Westminster, Lynda Nead, Birbeck and Toby Litt, Novelist.  

Tate Britain  Auditorium
£40 (£25 concessions), booking required
Price includes refreshments. Lunch not included.

    

Programme

10.00–10.30   
Tea, coffee, biscuits and registration

10.30–10.35   
Welcome and Introduction

10.35–11.25    
‘Subjects I consider’d as Writers do’: Hogarth, John Gay’s Trivia and London
Clare Brant

11.25–12.15     
‘Virtue... is very near alley’d to vice’: Hogarth’s Modern Moral Subjects
Alan Morrison

12.15–12.20    
Break

12.20–13.10   
City of Laughter
Vic Gatrell

13.10–14.20   
Lunch (not included)

14.20–15.10    
Visual Seductions: The Victorian Metropolis
Lynda Nead

15.10–16.00    
Panel Discussion
London and Modernity
Mark Clapson, Steven Barfield and Clare Brant

16.00–16.20   
Tea, coffee and biscuits

16.20–17.10
‘Here is London, giddy London': Some Drawing Lessons  from Hogarth
Toby Litt

17.10–17.40    
Final discussion

17.40–18.30   
Drinks reception 

18.30–21.00   
Private View of Hogarth exhibition as part of Education Open Evening

This event is related to the Hogarth exhibition