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AT THE RUSKIN SOCIETY 2 February 2011 Brantwood’s Director, Howard Hull, talks about Ruskin as an artist in the setting of the Blue gallery exhibition “Living Waves: Form and Rhythm in the Art of John Ruskin” 12 April 2011 "’I cannot compliment them on common sense in their choice of nom de guerre’: Ruskin and the PreRaphaelites” Illustrated talk by Colin Harrison, Assistant Keeper, Department of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum,
University of Oxford The Athenaeum, 107 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ER 30 April 2011 “John (George) Hobbs – Adventurer” from Ruskin’s valet to pioneer Australian Settler. Talk by Paul Dawson 14 June 2011 “Ruskin at Brantwood” Talk by Freddie Harris 18 June 2011 “Ruskin in Europe: re-living the Ruskin Journey” Talk by James Spates, Professor of Sociology, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, New York. 9 August 2011 “Ruskin at Brantwood” Talk by Freddie Harris 24 September 2011 “Ruskin, Wilde and the Doctrine of Work” A talk by Professor Bernard Richards, Emeritus Reader, Brasenose College, Oxford A joint event with the Oscar Wilde Society and Friends of North Hinksey Lunch and talk on Ruskin’s Road to Hinksey project. Lunch at The Fishes, North Hinksey, Oxford, to be followed by talk and visit to The Road. MUSÉE D'ORSAY March 08-29, 2011 John Ruskin (1819-1900) et le nuage noir du 19e siècle: A cycle of three conferences Robert Hewison, Professeur, City University, Londres, March 08