During February 2027 join us for 'Making Beauty: Science, Materiality and the Image of Aphrodite', being an exploration of ideas of beauty and the female body from different perspectives: archaeological, art-historical, material, scientific and aesthetic, concluding with a round-table discussion.
Taking place at the Ioannou Centre (66 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LU) on Saturday 27 February, confirmed speakers for this free seminar include Professor Tuna Şare Ağtürk (Oxford, ARCON), Professor Mark Wilson Jones (Cambridge), Professor Liz Prettejohn (York), and Dr Anja Ulbrich (Oxford).
The symposium is organised by Professor Tuna Şare Ağtürk and Professor Peter Stewart (Oxford: CARC), and is linked to the Ashmolean Museum's exhibition: Aphrodite: The Making of a Goddess. The objective is to create a dialogue between the Ashmolean's exhibition and current research.
Admission to the symposium is free. All are welcome, but please register in advance by emailing carc@classics.ox.ac.uk.
The 'Making Beauty' symposium will be filmed, and the recording will be hosted online. Please state when reserving a place (by emailing carc@classics.ox.ac.uk) whether you do not wish to be recorded.
