The illustrated evolution of life: inaugural professorial lecture by Professor Alan Male
Thursday, 12 November 2009
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In the year of Darwin, an evolutionary procession of life on earth through his own illustration practice, research and authorship will be the focus of Professor Alan Male's inaugural lecture on Thursday 26 November at the Tremough Campus as part of University College Falmouth's high-profile Professorial Lecture series.
Professor Male is the Course Leader on BA(Hons) Illustration, one of the most respected illustration degree courses in the country. 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, Professor Male's professional practice focuses on the interpretation of scientific research that has never before been visualised. He has illustrated more than 30 complete books during his career and has been instrumental in the success and esteem that illustration at Falmouth is held.
Entitled The Visualisation of Species: A natural selection of original expositions into the evolution of life through illustration, Professor Male will share his insights and evaluations of illustrative concepts communicating new and original knowledge from the world of natural science.
"The aim of UCF's Professorial Lecture series 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," explains UCF's Deputy Rector, Professor Geoff Smith. "We are delighted to provide our creative community with the opportunity to hear resident and visiting professors share their insights, provoke debate and redefine creative excellence in the process, and hope that as many people as possible will attend."
Everyone is welcome to the event and will take place at 6.30pm on Thursday 26 November in the Chapel Lecture Theatre at the Tremough Campus in Penryn. Tickets are free and are available from The Poly in Falmouth's Church Street either by collection from the Box Office or by calling 01326 212300 to reserve.
For further information about University College Falmouth's Professorial Lecture Series, visit www.falmouth.ac.uk/events
University College Falmouth is the only independent Higher Education institution in Cornwall with the powers to award degrees in its own name. It has two campuses in Cornwall - at Woodlane in Falmouth and Tremough in Penryn (which it owns, and jointly manages with the University of Exeter) - and a third campus at Totnes in Devon, following its merger with Dartington College of Arts in 2008.
This merger created a new institution focusing on the expansion of Falmouth's expertise in Art, Design and Media and Dartington's expertise in Choreography, Music, Theatre, Art and Writing. The Devon-based courses will relocate to a new, high-specification Performance Centre at Tremough in 2010, paving the way for a new specialist Arts University in Cornwall by 2012/2013 that will be unique to the South West.
The College is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through Higher Education, funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall Council.
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