Henley DFAS

Forthcoming lectures

	19th October 2023 at 10.45am and 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club Lecturer: Angela Findlay The Art of Atonement: How Germany Commemorates WW2 In the context of our World War centenaries, anniversaries and the current debate about statues and monuments, the subject of this talk is hugely relevant. In this country, relatively little is known about Germany’s complex post-WW2 process of ‘coming to terms with’ the atrocities of its recent past and the counter memorial movement that started in the eighties and continues to this day. (Please click on the blue print above to continue reading)
	Wednesday 8th November at 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club Lecturer: John Benjamin President's Welcome Talk: Carl Fabergé Following the Annual General Meeting and lunch there will be a special ‘President’s Welcome Talk’. John Benjamin will start his Presidency with a talk on Carl Fabergé. The talk will start at 2.15pm and is open to all TASH members. Again, this talk will be held in the main (larger) room in the Rugby Club. (Please click on the blue print above to continue reading)
	Wednesday 8th November 2023 at 10.30am. Annual General Meeting followed by the lecture. Please note morning only. At Henley Rugby Club Lecturer: Barry Venning With a Little Help from their Friends : The Beatles and their Artists This is a journey through the 60s in music and images, following the Beatles from the Hamburg Reeperbahn in 1960 to Abbey Road in 1969. The Beatles in Hotorgscity, Sweden, in 1963 (Please click on the blue print above to continue reading)
	Thursday 7th December 2023. Our Christmas lectures at 10.45am and 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club Lecturer: Jane Tapley Dickens and Christmas: Dickens was the first novelist to use the phrase ‘Merry Christmas’ A Christmas version of his life and times. Dickens was often referred to as Jolly Old Christmas because of his highly popular short stories especially written for the festive season. He was also the first novelist to use the words Merry Christmas thus starting a trend that is still popular today. (Please click on the blue print above to continue reading)
	18th January 2024. 10.45am and 2.15pm. Lecturer: Keith Bonser Caravaggio Painter Extraordinaire, a Flawed Genius and… a murderer! How I became a Caravaggisti My presentation is a very personal account of how Caravaggio came into my life.
	15th February 2024 10.45am and 2.15pm Lecturer: Simon Rees Theatre Illusions Theatre has always been known for its capacity for creating illusion and suspending disbelief.
	Thursday 21st March 2024 at 10.45am and 2.15pm Lecturer: Sandy Burnett Exploring Bach’s St Matthew Passion 21 March Sandy Burnett - Exploring Bach’s St Matthew Passion
	Thursday 18th April 10.45am and 2.15pm Lecturer: Will Korner Art Crime: Myth & Reality
	Thursday 16th May 2024 at 10.45am and 2.15pm Lecturer: Mary Alexander Dazzling Dufy: An Invitation to a Luminous Feast with Raoul Dufy Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) was a key player in early twentieth century avant garde art, design and literary
	Thursday 20th June 2024 1045am and 2.15pm Lecturer: Graham Jones The Art of State Ceremonial Music The UK provides some of the biggest Ceremonial Events in the world and arguably the best in the world b
	Thursday 19th September 2024 10.45am and 2.15pm Lecturer: Jane Angelini The Glories of Byzantium The importance of the role played by Byzantium as a link in the great chain of world history is an impo
	Thursday 17th October 10.45am and 2.15pm Lecturer: Emily Chappell ‘I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth’ (Rev 21) : The Gothic Cathedral as the Heavenly Jerusalem This lecture will consider the aims and motivations of the master masons who built the great Gothic cat
	Thursday 21st November 2024 (post AGM) at 10.30am. Please note earlier time. Lecturer: Dr Caroline Levisse The Invention of Photography and its Impact on Early Modern Painting Invented at the end of the 1830s, photography triggered a visual revolution.
	Thursday 12th December 2024 10.45am and 2.15pm Lecturer: Sarah Ciacci The Christmas Story in Art In this talk we will look at works of art that depict episodes from the story of Christmas.