How can illustrators ‘give voice’ to people and communities? How do heritage practitioners utilise the practice of illustration? How is the process of heritage-making practised by illustrators around the world?
How can illustrators ‘give voice’ to people and communities? How do heritage practitioners utilise the practice of illustration? How is the process of heritage-making practised by illustrators around the world?

Programme

14th Annual Illustration Research Symposium

On 22 and 23 November 2024, the symposium will explore the role illustration plays in cultural heritage.

See programme below

Day 1: Friday 22nd November

9.00 – 10:00 Registration and coffee

10:00 – 10:30

Chairs Introduction:
Rachel Emily Taylor (Banqueting Hall)

Welcome Address:
Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange, Maria Chatzichristodoulou

Opening Statement:
Rachel Emily Taylor

10:30 – 11:20

Keynote: Dan Hicks (Banqueting Hall)
Chair: Rachel Emily Taylor

11:30 – 12:50

Panel (Banqueting Hall) - Archives
Panel (Red Room) - Learning

1:00 – 2:00

Lunch

2:00 – 2:50

Keynote: Yeni Kim (Banqueting Hall)
Chair: Luise Vormittag

3:00 – 4:20

Panel (Banqueting Hall) - Resistance
Panel (Red Room) - Architecture

4:30 – 5:50

Panel (Banqueting Hall) - National Story
Panel (Red Room) - Institutions

6:00 – 7:30

Poster session + wine and canapes (Triangle Space).
The Poster exhibition will be open for the duration of the event

Day 2: Saturday 23rd November

9.00 – 10:00 Coffee

10:00 – 10:15:

The Journal of Illustration: Nanette Hoogslag

10:30 – 11:20

Keynote: Chris Lee (Banqueting Hall)
Chair: Peter Hall

11:30 – 12:50

Panel (Banqueting Hall) - Heritage-Making
Panel (Red Room) - Technology

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 3:20

Panel (Banqueting Hall) - Community
Panel (Red Room) - Biography
Workshop (Triangle Space)

3:30 – 4:00 Coffee (Green Room)

4:00 – 5:20

Panel (Banqueting Hall) - Voice
Panel (Red Room) - Materiality

5:30 – 6:00 Closing statement

Optional Day 3

Sunday 24 November
Site visit to Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration

Please note this will be dependent on the progress of the building works

The full programme, including presenter information and paper titles, will be released shortly.