This session will discuss the use of metaphor throughout Rope along with Hitchcock’s concurrently advanced and adverse representations of queer characters, which are simultaneously progressive for having centre- stage but also problematic for being villainous.
A history of queer’s women’s hairstyles is as varied and diverse as the people whose heads are crowned by them.
This talk attempts to explore the image and idea of the femme fatale in the art and popular culture fin de siècle Europe.
What can we learn from cities at the forefront of gender mainstreaming practices such as Vienna and Barcelona? And now, can the promises of a “smart” city contribute to reducing the existing inequalities and developing real gender-inclusive cities?
Dorothea Lange is one of the most well-known photographers of the Great Depression. This talk will explore her Depression era photographs, giving them historical context and developing their political content.
During this session, we will focus predominantly on a selection of contemporary artists from ethnic minorities who explore notions of ‘identity’ in their paintings.
This talk will explore the complex subject of motherhood by these unconventional female artists to get us to, perhaps, rethink contemporary sentiments associated with ‘motherhood.’
This talk explores the shifting image of the Virgin Mary, how She became the focus of art and prayer and how the humanity of motherhood set the standard, for better or worse, for women throughout Europe.
Join us for an exploration of the lives of two women who refused to conform to society’s expectations of them as women. We will be exploring the legacy of Mexican artist and writer, Nahui Olin and African American writer, Zora Neale Hurston to understand how these revolutionary women were highly celebrated in the 1920’s and yet ended up being ostracised and forgotten.
This talk will consider the representation of the gangster with regard to its manifestations in post-94 photography, literature, music and cinema. It will address the complexities at stake in the performance of the ‘urban hustler’ and masculine ‘anti-hero’ and explore the tropes of conformity, vulnerability and so-called ‘deviance’.
