BA Taster: English, Humanities, Theatre Studies, or Creative Writing
Event Date: 14 May 2012
Birkbeck College
Room 415, Malet Street,
Bloomsbury,
London WC1E7HX
Birkbeck Arts Week
Department of English and Humanities
Are you interested in taking an undergraduate degree in English, Humanities, Theatre Studies, or Creative Writing?
Then come to this taster evening, run by the Department of English and Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London, to hear brief talks from academics about their exciting approaches to art, literature and theatre. Lively discussion and wine will follow!
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Introduction by Dr Adam Smyth .
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Career prospects with Katie Dellison (University of London Careers Service)
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Four contemplations about ‘The City’
Dr Adam Smyth (English)
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Dr Loiuse Owen (Theatre Studies)
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Richard Hamblyn (Creative Writing)
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Dr Heike Bauer (Arts and Humanities)
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A brief word about money and closing comments
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We spend much of our lives at work, but surprisingly little gets written about what makes work both one of the most exciting and most painful of all our activities. Alain de Botton comes to the Runnymede Literary Festival to present his new, ninth book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. This is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, evoking what other people get up to all day – and night – to make the frenzied contemporary world function. With a philosophical eye and his characteristic combination of wit and wisdom, Alain de Botton leads us on a journey around a deliberately eclectic range of occupations, from rocket science to biscuit manufacture, accountancy to art – in search of what makes jobs either fulfilling or soul-destroying.
