03.10.07
Guest lecture by Tom Shakespeare – Illustration, provocation, investigation: what happens when art and science collide?

Geneticist, sociologist, performer and writer, Dr Tom Shakespeare, is to deliver a lecture at University College Falmouth as part of a series of high profile public events.

His lecture, entitled 'Illustration, provocation, investigation: contemporary collisions between science and art', will take place at University College Falmouth's Woodlane Lecture Theatre on Tuesday 16 October 2007 between 6pm and 7.30pm, and members of the public are warmly invited to attend.

Dr Shakespeare is currently Chair of Arts Council England, North East and a research fellow at the Institute for Policy and Practice at Newcastle University, specialising in the fields of disability, bioethics and the arts.

As well as having authored an impressive number of academic books, Dr Shakespeare also has 12 years' experience as a performer and writer. Most recently, he devised and performed a one-man show, entitled 'No Small Inheritance', at Newcastle's Live Theatre and a live art piece, 'I Can't Stand up for Falling Down', at Platform 0005 in Gateshead. A regular contributor to UK print and broadcast media, he has a monthly column on Ouch, the BBC disability website.

His involvement in the UK disability movement dates from 1986, and he co-founded Disability Action North East and the Northern Disability Arts Forum. From 1999 to 2005, Tom was director of outreach for the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute, a project exploring bioethics and science engagement. He was instrumental in the development of the café scientifique network both in the UK and internationally. He is regularly deployed by the British Council as a visiting speaker in different countries. In 2003, RADAR awarded him their UK People of the Year award for furtherance of the human rights of disabled people.

Tickets for this lecture are free and can be collected from The Poly, Church Street, Falmouth or ordered by telephone on 01326 212300. Tickets can be posted at no extra charge.

If you have any special requirements regarding disability access (including parking) or require this information in an alternative format, please let us know.

For further information, please visit www.falmouth.ac.uk/events.

University College Falmouth is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through Higher Education. The CUC is 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 County Council.

For further information please contact Jilly Easterby, Head of Public Affairs, University College Falmouth on 01326 213792 or email jilly.easterby@falmouth.ac.uk.

The Objective One Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has invested in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) project, both Phase 1 and Phase 2, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). UniversityCollegeFalmouth is a partner of the CUC.

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