Professorial Lecture Series
Our aim is to produce an engaging and challenging public programme that stimulates the intellectual curiosity of our staff, students and alumni, our research collaborators, our industry partners, our local communities and other supporters.
All the lectures are free and open to the public. As space is limited, however, your free ticket must be reserved in advance through our online payments site secure.falmouth.ac.uk where they will be listed as they become available.
We hope you have enjoyed the lectures from our distinguished Visiting and Resident Professors - all leaders in their respective fields. Videos of these lectures can be viewed by following the links below. The dates of upcoming lectures will be listed below, as soon as they are confirmed.
Professorial lectures
Emily Bell
Back To the News Future: Journalism 10 Years from Now
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Director of Digital Content for Guardian News and Media, Emily set up www.mediaguardian.co.uk in 2001. www.guardian.co.uk has won multiple awards, including the prestigious Webby for Best Newspaper on the web in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Oxford graduate, Bell is one of the rising stars coming through from a younger, more web-focused generation of senior media figures.
A video of Emily Bell's lecture can be viewed online here
Edward Barber
Process - craft meets technology
Thursday 21 May 2009
Founding partner of BarberOsgerby, Edward and his partner, Jay Osgerby, were recently named Royal Designers for Industry by the Royal Society of Arts and their work is in permanent collections at the Design Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Since forming their company in 1996, Barber and Osgerby have collaborated on designing products and furniture as BarberOsgerby and architectural projects for clients such as Stella McCartney as Universal Design Studio.
A video of Edward Barber's lecture can be viewed online here
Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner)
How to make art from life (with the help of a few ghosts)
Tuesday 2 June 2009
British sound artist who has received critical acclaim and won admiration from the likes of Bjork, Aphex Twin and Stockhausen. Scanner has worked with Bryan Ferry, Radiohead and Laurie Anderson, The Royal Ballet, Merce Cunningham and Random Dance companies, composers Michael Nyman and Luc Ferrari, and artists Mike Kelley, Derek Jarman, Carsten Nicolai and Douglas Gordon, and performed in many of the world's most prestigious spaces.
A video of Scanner's lecture can be viewed online here
Jason Whittaker
What Blake did next: 200 years under the influence of William Blake
15 October 2009
Despite dying in relative obscurity in 1827, William Blake has emerged as one of the most important artists and writers ever to have worked in Britain, one who has influenced a wide range of figures since the late nineteenth century. In this lecture, Jason Whittaker, Resident Professor of English and Media Arts at Falmouth, will concentrate on two of Blake's most popular texts, the poem "The Tyger" and the hymn "Jerusalem". The lecture will explore some of the ways in which that influence has been used and abused to provide a fertile ground for new creative developments, as well as arguing that a study of such poetic and artistic reception is the way forward for Blake studies.
A video of Jason Whittaker's lecture can be viewed online here
Michael Grandage
A conversation with Michael Grandage
29 October 2009
Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse in London, Michael has won every major theatre award and ranges from the European classical repertoire to new plays and musicals. Michael has worked with many of the UK's leading actors, such as Kenneth Branagh, Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes.
A video of Michael Grandage in conversation can be viewed online here
Andrew Chitty
Seven myths that drive the digital economy
11 November 2009
Andrew has been a pioneer in the converging worlds of TV and digital media since the mid 90s when as Editor of BBC2's The Net he was responsible for the BBC's first website and virtual world. Since 1998 he's built Illumina Digital into the UK's leading cross platform production company winning a raft of awards including 4 BAFTAS, 8 RTS Awards, The UN award for e-learning and even a Golden Ladle for the world's best cookery site. In 2008 Illumina joined All3Media, the UK's largest independent production group.
Andrew has been active in policy and industry groups, co-authoring OFCOM's paper New Options for Public Service in the Digital Age and has advised Lord Stephen Carter as a member of the ministerial steering board for the Digital Britain Report. He is a council member of PACT, trustee of TRC Media in Glasgow and a past board member of Skillset. Andrew is currently Chair of the National Skills Council for Digital Media.
A video of Andrew Chitty's lecture can be viewed online here
Download the transcript of Andrew Chitty's lecture (175.81 KB)
Alan Male
26 November 2009
Alan Male is an international authority on illustration and his most recent book, Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective (AVA Academia, 2007), has been critically acclaimed, translated into 30 languages and is the acknowledged textbook for students of visual communication.
A recipient of a number of international awards, Alan's professional practice focuses on the interpretation of scientific research that has never before been visualised. He has also illustrated more than 30 complete books during his career and has been instrumental in turning Falmouth's BA(Hons) Illustration degree into one of the most respected in the country.
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