What’s On 2014-15a guide to events at Royal Holloway

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I am delighted to introduce our programme of events at Royal Holloway for the year 2014-2015.

The original Royal Holloway and Bedford Colleges, which today form our College, were founded in the Victorian era, with a mission to reach out and educate women. Royal Holloway today retains the pioneering spirit of our founders and has become one of the UK’s leading universities, combining world-class research with a distinctive educational and campus experience.

The College is a powerful force in the region, building partnerships with the business community and playing a major role in economic success. An important part of our contemporary mission is to enhance the cultural and social life of our community, by providing a range of events that cover the arts and humanities, science and social sciences.

This year we continue our impressive keynote lecture series, providing everyone with the opportunity to hear directly from outstanding individuals. The Stevenson Science Lecture by Professor Ian Kinlock will launch our Science Open Day which will encourage young people into science, whilst providing new insights for all. Other highlights include the St Cecilia’s concert Hymns to St Cecilia with Dame Felicity Lott, the King’s Singers and the Choir of Royal Holloway concert, the London Mozart Players with Royal Holloway Musicians concert, the Magna Carta Lecture by the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, the Women in Science Lecture by Professor Lynne Frostick and the ever popular Garden Party, in aid of local charities.

Through the extensive programme of events, I am delighted to invite you to share in the life of the College and I look forward to welcoming you here.

Professor Paul Layzell Principal

Welcome Highlights

St Cecilia’s Evening Dame Felicity Lott and the Choir of Royal HollowaySaturday 15 NovemberConcert & Reception and FeastFor full details see page 11

Professor Bruce LincolnThe Werewolf, the Shaman, and the HistorianTuesday 3 MarchFor full details see page 20

London Mozart Players with Royal Holloway MusiciansSunday 1 MarchFor full details see page 20

The King’s Singers and the Choir of Royal HollowayWednesday 21 JanuaryFor full details see page 14

800 years of Magna Carta For more information visit: royalholloway.ac.uk/magnacarta

Celebrate 800 years of Magna Carta with us with a host of exciting activities and events. You can join us for a flower festival in the Chapel, a fascinating art exhibition, the Great Charter Festival or the last in the series of annual Magna Carta lectures.

The Rt Hon Jack Straw MPNational Security and the Rule of Law; competing interests or complementary priorities?Tuesday 16 JuneFor full details see page 23

Professor Lynne FrostickWhy do we need women scientists and engineers?Thursday 26 FebruaryFor full details see page 19

Steven Isserlis - CelloProfessional Masterclass SeriesTuesday 17 FebruaryFor full details see page 18

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Members of the public, students and staff are welcome to attend all events. Accompanied children are also welcome and are free of charge at most events. Admission to all lectures is free unless specified otherwise.All lectures are followed by a reception at a venue to be announced at the event. To register for a public lecture please visit our website.Doors open 15 minutes before lectures and 30 minutes before concerts.Wine and soft drinks are usually available for purchase before the concerts and during the interval. Additions, changes or cancellations to the programme may occur. The stated time of the end of an event is approximate. Please check our website for updates. royalholloway.ac.uk/eventsThe Main Lecture Theatre (MLT) and the Windsor Building Auditorium are fitted with facilities for the hard of hearing.For directions to the College, please see page 28.For more information on lectures, local, family and community events and tours of the College please contact:Events OfficeRoyal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX01784 443004 / events@royalholloway.ac.uk royalholloway.ac.uk/events

For more information on concerts and lunchtime recitals please contact:Concert Office (mornings only)Department of MusicRoyal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX01784 443853 / sue.geddes@royalholloway.ac.ukroyalholloway.ac.uk/music/events

Booking informationSeason ticket for the Department of Music concertsA season ticket from the Department of Music provides free admission for one person to most evening performances (exceptions being the St Cecilia’s Evening, the King’s Singers Concert and the London Mozart Players with Royal Holloway Musicians). A season ticket costs £60 which represents an excellent saving on full-price tickets. Please use the booking form on page 31 for your application. Tickets should still be obtained (for free) for admission to events.To book for the St Cecilia’s Evening, the King’s Singers Concert and the London Mozart Players with Royal Holloway Musicians Please complete the booking form on page 31.For further information on choral concerts visit chapelchoir.co.uk or contact 01784 414970.Concessions (where applicable) apply to senior citizens, staff and Royal Holloway students.

Essential information

Open Days 2014–15 for prospective studentsSaturday 4 October 2014 Saturday 25 October 2014 Wednesday 17 June 2015 Saturday 20 June 2015For further information and to book, please visit: royalholloway.ac.uk/opendays Term dates 2014–15

Autumn Term: Monday 22 September - Friday 12 December 2014Winter Graduation Ceremonies: 16-18 December 2014Spring Term: Monday 12 January - Friday 27 March 2015Summer Term: Monday 27 April - Friday 12 June 2015Summer Graduation Ceremonies: 13-17 July 2015

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Alumni Reunions 2015

Alumni Reunion Day – Afternoon Tea at the Garden Party – Sunday 7 June 2015Alumni are warmly invited to attend the Garden Party and the Alumni Afternoon Tea. This is your opportunity to meet up with friends and other alumni from all years and departments. Tickets for the Alumni Afternoon Tea will include a glass of wine, afternoon tea in Founder’s Dining Hall, a performance by the Choir of Royal Holloway, a tour of the Picture Gallery and access to the Garden Party. Please email alumni@royalholloway.ac.uk for more information and for help and advice on organising a reunion on this day.For full details of the Garden Party see page 23.

Other reunion opportunitiesWhy not get together with a group of fellow alumni before or after attending one of our lectures or concerts? If you would like advice about organising a reunion, please email alumni@royalholloway.ac.ukFor further details, please see events throughout the booklet marked with an asterisk*

International alumni eventsA series of international alumni events are planned for 2015 including Singapore, Hong Kong, China and the US. These evening drinks receptions are a great networking opportunity for alumni and will be hosted by representatives from Royal Holloway. To register your interest, please email rsvp@royalholloway.ac.uk

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October 2014 Page

8 Oct Piano Duet Recital 8

9 Oct Badke Quartet 8

13 Oct Dreams for Dinner: a natural history of the nightshade family 8

14 Oct Psychology Mini Lectures: Laughter and the Teenage Brain 8

22 Oct 7 Things you need to know about Prime Numbers 9

22 Oct Royal Holloway Chamber Orchestra 9

23 Oct Lunchtime Readings: Kei Miller 24

27 Oct Byzantine Valhalla: The Life and Death of the Church of the Holy Apostles 9

30 Oct Thomas Holloway’s College: a historical tour 9

30 Oct Choir of Royal Holloway with Acoustic Triangle 10

November 2014 Page

10 Nov Glamour in the Changing Room: Eduardo Mendicutti and the ‘Beckham Effect’ 10

12 Nov Royal Holloway Chorus Lest we forget: Music for Remembrance 10

13 Nov Climate Change: Can we rise to the challenge? 10

14 Nov James Kirby Piano Recital 11

15 Nov St Cecilia’s Evening 11

16 Nov EcoCentrix Online: A Digital Platform for Indigenous Performance 11

18-21 Nov Novemberfest 12

18 Nov Christian Immler – Professional Masterclass Series 12

19 Nov Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsal 12

20 Nov Lunchtime Readings: Jens Mühling 24

20 Nov Schubert’s Phoenix A lecture-recital with Shiry Rashkovsky 12

21 Nov Badke Quartet Open Masterclass 12

21 Nov German Beer and Food Festival 12

25 Nov Understanding Epilepsy –how amoebas help humans 13

26 Nov Royal Holloway Sinfonietta 13

December 2014 Page

3 Dec Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra 13

4-7 Dec Lessons and Carols Service 13

10 Dec Choir of Royal Holloway at Christmas 14

January 2015 Page

15 Jan Juliette Bausor – Professional Masterclass Series 14

21 Jan The King’s Singers and the Choir of Royal Holloway 14

27 Jan How Serpentinization during the Bending of Tectonic Plates plays a key role in Earth’s Carbon Cycle 14

29 Jan War Deaths: Knowledge, Pretence and Progress 15

February 2015 Page

2 Feb Location Innovation and Entrepreneurship 15

3 Feb The Restitution of Stolen Music 15

5 Feb Lunchtime Readings: Marianne Burton 24

5 Feb Sleeping with the enemy: Can employees and management unite in the eternal quest for profit maximisation? 16

9 Feb On the Musically Sentimental: from Chopin to Barry Manilow 16

10 Feb Public Service Broadcasting and the BBC Archive 16

11 Feb Music from the Andes 17

12 Feb Inside Children’s Peer Interactions 17

17 Feb At the Crossroads? Exploring Sindh’s Recent Past from a Spatial Perspective 17

17-20 Feb Bachfest 18

17 Feb Steven Isserlis – Professional Masterclass Series 18

18 Feb Royal Holloway Chamber Orchestra 18

19Feb Faith and Human Rights 19

19 Feb 'The Playoffs': Harpischord vs Piano 18

20 Feb Choir of Royal Holloway and Royal Holloway Early Music Ensemble 18

24 Feb Turning Art into History: the case of classical Athens 19

25 Feb Royal Holloway Chorus 19

26 Feb Why do we need women scientists and engineers? 19

28 Feb Choir of Royal Holloway with the Brandenburg Sinfonia 20

March 2015 Page

1 Mar London Mozart Players with Royal Holloway Musicians 20

2-31 Mar Runnymede Literary Festival 20

3 Mar The Werewolf, the Shaman, and the Historian 20

3 Mar Badke Quartet Masterclass 20

4 Mar Royal Holloway Balkan Ensemble 21

5 Mar Graphene: unexpected science in a pencil line 21

7 Mar Royal Holloway Science Open Day 21

9 Mar Treating Terrorism 21

12 Mar Lunchtime Readings: Neil D S Stewart 24

12 Mar Badke Quartet 21

16 Mar Sex, Violence, Art: framing the new American cinema 22

17 Mar From Greeks Abroad to the Greek Diaspora: Hellenism in a changing world 22

18 Mar Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra 22

20 Mar Royal Holloway Sinfonietta with CHROMA 22

27 Mar Chamber Music Competition 23

May 2015 Page

21 May Lunchtime Readings: E J Swift 24

June 2015 Page

7 Jun Garden Party 23

14 Jun 800 years of the Magna Carta, The Great Charter Festival 23

16 Jun National Security and the Rule of Law; competing interests or complementary priorities? 23

September 2015 Page

13 Sep Heritage Open Day 24

At a glance Concerts Lectures Recitals Family and community events At a glance Concerts Lectures Recitals Family and community events

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Emperor Constantine I and his successors and stood for a thousand years until the Ottoman conquest of 1453. This lecture will reconstruct the building’s appearance and trace its role both in imperial ceremonial and the very murky world of Byzantine politics.Inaugural Lecture

Thomas Holloway’s College: a historical tour

Thursday 30 OctoberWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmRichard Williams Tour GuideOpened by Queen Victoria in 1886, the Royal Holloway College was founded by Thomas Holloway, a wealthy entrepreneur and patent medicine manufacturer. It became part of the University of London in 1900, and later merged with Bedford College, another pioneering women’s college founded in 1849.With a keen interest in local history, Richard Williams has been associated with Royal Holloway for over 50 years, working in the Department of Chemistry from 1962-92, and from then as a Tour Guide. He joined the Egham-by-Runnymede Historical Society in 1982, specialising in the histories of Runnymede and Englefield Green.Richard’s latest book will be on sale at a special price.Special Interest Talk

7 Things you need to know about Prime Numbers*Wednesday 22 OctoberWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmDr Vicky Neale University of CambridgePrime numbers are fundamentally important in mathematics. Join Dr Vicky Neale to discover some of the beautiful properties of prime numbers, and learn about some of the unsolved problems that mathematicians are working on today.Coulter McDowell Lecture

Royal Holloway Chamber OrchestraWednesday 22 OctoberBoilerhouse Auditorium, 7.30–9pmRebecca Miller, ConductorMozart – Overture to The Abduction from the SeraglioMalcolm Arnold – Flute Concerto (Catrin Price, Royal Holloway Concerto Competition winner)Schubert – Symphony no. 5£11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Byzantine Valhalla: The Life and Death of the Church of the Holy Apostles

Monday 27 OctoberWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Jonathan Harris Department of HistoryThe Holy Apostles was the second largest church in Byzantine Constantinople. Consecrated in 370 CE, it housed the tombs of

October Concerts Lectures Recitals Family and community events

Dreams for Dinner - a natural history of the nightshade family

Monday 13 OctoberWindsor Building Auditorium, 6-8pmDr Sandra Knapp Natural History MuseumThe nightshade family - Solanaceae - is a paradoxical group of plants. Not only does it have amongst its members the potato, tomato and aubergine - staples of many a kitchen table, but also some deadly poisons like mandrake, tobacco and deadly nightshade. Sandy will explore the taxonomy and history of these plants that are so interwoven in human society, touching on plant collecting in the Amazon and Andes, the use of DNA sequences to reveal surprising relationships and how taxonomic knowledge can be useful to other fields.Jack Pridham Lecture

Psychology Mini Lectures Laughter and the Teenage Brain

Tuesday 14 OctoberWindsor Building Auditorium, 6-7.30pmMembers of the Department of Psychology will deliver mini lectures covering topics including why people laugh, and what happens to the brain during the teenage years. There will also be interactive psychology demonstrations as schools arrive. This event is highly suitable for year 11 and 12 pupils, but will also appeal to others interested in psychology. Schools are asked to make their bookings as soon as possible on schools@royalholloway.ac.ukSchools Lecture

Piano Duet RecitalWednesday 8 OctoberWindsor Building Auditorium, 7.30–9pmBerendina Cook and Matthew StanleyThe acclaimed duo perform some favourite works.Liszt – Der, welcher wander (from Mozart’s The Magic Flute)Mozart – Sonata in C major, K.521 Czerny – Grand Rondeau Militaire et Brillant, Op.259 Lord Berners – Fantaisie Espagnole Bridge – Two English Folk Songs Liszt – Les Preludes – Symphonic Poem after Lamartine £11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Badke QuartetThursday 9 OctoberPicture Gallery, 7.30– 9pmRecently appointed artists in residence of Royal Holloway take you on a musical journey, visiting some of the String Quartet’s most popular repertoire. Haydn – String Quartet Op. 1 No. 1Ravel – String Quartet in FSchubert – String Quartet in D minor 'Death and the Maiden'£6 (£5 for senior citizens, £4 for staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

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EcoCentrix Online: A Digital Platform for Indigenous Performance

Sunday 16 November Victoria and Albert Museum, Learning Centre, Seminar Room 3, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL, 12-3pmThis event launches an experimental, online exhibition platform arising from a five-year ERC-funded research project, Indigeneity in the Contemporary World: Performance, Politics, and Belonging, led by Professor Helen Gilbert (Department of Drama and Theatre). Visitors are invited to test the innovative and interactive digital exhibition by creating their own virtual gallery experiences. The digital gallery features work by over 40 artists and collaborators from the Americas, Australia, the Pacific and South Africa, and has been designed to explore ways of exhibiting indigenous performance in London and beyond.Admission free.A short performance leading to a discussion of the challenges involved in curating the ephemeral art of performance for the digital universe will follow the open session (by invitation only). This event, supported by the Victoria and Albert Museum, is part of Being Human: A Festival of the Humanities.For more information, please contact: caroline.cornish@royalholloway.ac.uk

James Kirby Piano RecitalFriday 14 NovemberPicture Gallery, 7.30–9pmPianist James Kirby returns to Royal Holloway with a programme including Debussy Images Book 2 and Schubert Sonata in A D959.£11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

St Cecilia’s Evening Saturday 15 NovemberConcert and Reception, 6-7.30pmRupert Gough, ConductorDame Felicity Lott, SopranoChoir of Royal HollowayA concert to mark the launch of the Choir’s new CD recording Hymns to St Cecilia. Also featuring on the CD is Dame Felicity Lott who will join the Choir to perform a new work written for the recording by Gabriel Jackson. This celebration of music and musicians will feature a wealth of British composers.£15 (free to Royal Holloway students)Feast, 7.45pmFounder’s Dining HallA splendid three-course dinner, wine, coffee and petits fours served in the Founder’s Dining Hall. The Choir will perform between courses.£60Dress code: Black tieGuests are welcome to attend either or both parts of the St Cecilia’s Evening. Guests attending both concert and feast are required to pre-book their tickets using the booking form on page 31. Early booking is essential. Concert tickets only will be available on the door from 5.15pm. For further information please contact the Events Office (see page 5).

Royal Holloway Chorus Lest we forget: Music for Remembrance

Wednesday 12 November Chapel, 7.30pm -9pm Royal Holloway ChorusChoir of Royal HollowayBristol EnsembleRupert Gough, Conductor Vaughan Williams – Dona nobis pacemElgar – SospiriTarik O’Regan – Tryptych£11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Climate Change: Can we rise to the challenge? *Thursday 13 NovemberWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmThe Rt Hon Greg Barker MP MP for Bexhill and BattleGreg Barker MP was Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change between 2010 and 2014. In this Lecture he talks about the challenges and successes of promoting the green agenda in times of austerity, not least as a UK representative at all major international Climate Change negotiations. Now looking to a future in the private sector, he also reflects on his ongoing role to advise the Prime Minister on “Green” policies for the Conservative Party at the forthcoming general election.Sustainability Lecture

Choir of Royal Holloway with Acoustic Triangle Thursday 30 October Boilerhouse Auditorium, 9–10.30pm Regarded as one of the UK’s finest chamber jazz outfits, Acoustic Triangle blurs the boundaries between classical and jazz music. This is its fifth collaborative concert with the Choir of Royal Holloway but its first on campus in what promises to be an atmospheric late-night gig. “Adventurous, eclectic, frequently breathtaking... three undisputed masters of the game.” The Guardian £10 (£5 for senior citizens, staff and Royal Holloway students) available from the SU - 01784 276700

Glamour in the Changing Room: Eduardo Mendicutti and the ‘Beckham Effect’

Monday 10 NovemberMain Lecture Theatre, 6pm Please note the earlier time of this lectureDr Louise Johnson University of SheffieldThis lecture considers Spanish novelist and journalist Eduardo Mendicutti’s high camp fictional foray behind the scenes at Real Madrid, in possibly one of the queerest takes on football fandom and homophobia ever published: La Susi en el vestuario blanco (2003). Mendicutti’s satirical blurring of the boundaries between spectators and players for the purpose of heightened mutual identification (and crass commercial gain), teases at the ‘rancid myths’ of football masculinities and attempts to create new ones. The lecture questions whether this shameless and ebullient work in its particular mode of mocking might have more to say to the football establishment, and to society as a whole, compared with more high-brow approaches to intractable prejudice.David Vilaseca Memorial Lecture

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Royal Holloway Symphony OrchestraWednesday 3 DecemberWindsor Building Auditorium, 7.30-9.30pm Rebecca Miller, ConductorWeill – Suite from The Threepenny OperaWeber – Clarinet Concerto no. 2 (Chris Richards, clarinet)Brahms – Symphony no. 1London Symphony Orchestra’s Chris Richards, principal clarinet, joins the RHSO in a programme of German romantic music, the culmination of our term's focus on ‘Ideas in German Music’.£11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Lessons and Carols Service Thursday 4 DecemberChapel, 6.15pm (doors open promptly at 6pm)Saturday 6 DecemberSunday 7 DecemberChapel, 6pm (MUST be seated by 5.45pm)Admission free, by ticket only. To book please contact: lessonsandcarols@royalholloway.ac.uk from 9am on Monday 3 November giving your name, email address, telephone number, the number of tickets you would like (up to a maximum of four), and for which day. Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first-served basis.

Understanding Epilepsy –how amoebas help humans*Tuesday 25 NovemberWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Robin Williams School of Biological SciencesEpilepsy is a common condition that can have a devastating effect on people’s health and quality of life and research is urgently needed to understand what happens in epilepsy and to develop better, safer treatments. Our laboratory has pioneered the development of a non-animal model for epilepsy research - a simple amoeba called Dictyostelium. This lecture will introduce our current and developing understanding of epilepsy and how we study it, using Dictyostelium, and how this has led to an improved understanding of what happens during an epileptic seizure, how current treatments and epilepsy-control diets work, and the discovery of potentially better treatments. Inaugural Lecture

Royal Holloway SinfoniettaWednesday 26 NovemberWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.30-7.45pm Please note the earlier time of this concertStuart King, ConductorThis concert features music by Oliver Knussen, Ligeti and Charlotte Bray.£6 (£5 for senior citizens, £4 for staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Schubert’s Phoenix A lecture-recital with Shiry Rashkovsky

Thursday 20 NovemberBoilerhouse Auditorium, 7.30– 8.30pmRoyal Holloway’s viola tutor Shiry Rashkovsky explores the revival of Schubert’s sonata for Arpeggione, D821, including a discourse on Schubert’s relationship with the obsolete Arpeggione, the history of the sonata’s performance and the issues of authenticity surrounding its transcription for the modern viola. This lecture will be followed by a performance of the Sonata by Shiry on viola and Robin Green on piano.Admission free

Badke Quartet Open MasterclassFriday 21 NovemberPicture Gallery, 2-4pmOur new resident ensemble The Badke Quartet coach Royal Holloway Chamber ensembles in a public masterclass, focusing on German chamber music. Quartet members will be around afterwards for Q&A and chat. This event has been generously supported by the Royal Holloway Alumni Office.Admission free

German Beer and Food FestivalFriday 21 NovemberThe Beehive, 34 Middle Hill, Englefield Green, Surrey TW20 OJQ, from 8pmNovemberFest concludes with a social event surrounding German beer, food and music. Kindly hosted by the German-owned pub The Beehive.

NOVEMBERFEST 18 -21 NovemberIn an effort to tie together our academic and performance offerings, two ‘mini-festivals’ will be initiated this year. The first of which, NovemberFest, ties in with Royal Holloway lecturer Mark Berry’s course, ‘Ideas in German Music’.

Christian Immler – Voice Professional Masterclass Series

Tuesday 18 NovemberBoilerhouse Auditorium, 7–10pmWe are delighted to welcome Christian Immler back to Royal Holloway – he is an alumnus, holding a Masters degree in Musicology, and is a world-renowned baritone highly in demand, particularly for his work in German lieder and Baroque oratorio. He will coach Royal Holloway singers in a masterclass focusing on German romantic songs. Admission free but tickets should be reserved in advance (please contact the Concert Office, page 5).This event has been generously supported by the Royal Holloway Alumni Fund.

Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra Open RehearsalWednesday 19 NovemberBoilerhouse Auditorium, 5–8pmEver wondered what happens in an orchestral rehearsal? Join us for an open rehearsal - observe and gain insight into the detailed work that our orchestras engage in, with spoken interludes from RHSO conductor Rebecca Miller. Admission free

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Nokia for $8billion to his most recent location venture with Ordnance Survey International through to a start-up called what3words, which is working on the language of location. Thomas Holloway Entrepreneurial Lecture

The Restitution of Stolen Music Tuesday 3 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmMichael Haas Director of Research of the International Centre for Suppressed Music and co-Chair of ExilArte, Vienna’s Music UniversityThe restitution of art is a subject that now employs entire provenance departments in auction houses, but what about ‘stolen music’? This lecture intends to address the following questions: Can music be stolen and if so, how can it be restored to its original owner? Careers of composers and performers were interrupted, but who was the victim? The people deprived of their livelihoods, or their public? Once in exile, how and who has the responsibility of restoring their legacies and should their musical estates be repatriated, or should they remain in the countries where they found refuge?Holocaust Lecture

War Deaths: Knowledge, Pretence and Progress*

Thursday 29 JanuaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Mike Spagat Head of the Department of EconomicsDuring the summer of 2014 headlines proclaimed more than 191,000 violent deaths in Syria and 2,100 in Gaza. Where do these numbers come from? Are they accurate? What do they mean? Over the last decade estimates of “excess deaths” in the Iraq war started at 100,000 and rose quickly to 655,000 before falling back to half a million five years later. Yet even these huge numbers pale in comparison to 5.4 million estimated excess deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the “deadliest conflict since World War II”. What are excess deaths? Are such numbers credible? A display stands in Srebrenica containing the names of 8,372 massacre victims. What is the meaning of this form of memorialization and where might it lead? Inaugural Lecture

Location Innovation and Entrepreneurship*Monday 2 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmSteven Ramage Managing Director, Ordnance Survey InternationalSteven Ramage started working in the location sector in the early 90s when GPS was an emerging technology and he was involved with hydrographic survey services firm Oceonics, which was acquired by Fugro. The remainder of his career has revolved around start-ups and acquisitions involved in geospatial innovation and entrepreneurship. This talk will provide examples from Steven’s professional life in the location sector from Navteq, bought by

The King’s Singers and the Choir of Royal Holloway

Wednesday 21 JanuaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 7pmA concert to mark the beginning of a residency at Royal Holloway for the King’s Singers - one of the world’s most celebrated vocal ensembles. Every year the King’s Singers delight audiences all around the globe with music in a huge variety of styles and languages. This programme will also feature the King’s Singers performing with our own Chapel Choir. Early booking is essential, booking form on page 31. For further details please contact the Events Office (page 5).£20 (£5 Royal Holloway students)

How Serpentinization during the Bending of Tectonic Plates plays a key role in Earth’s Carbon Cycle*

Tuesday 27 JanuaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Jason Morgan Department of Earth SciencesIn this time of climate change linked to increasing carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, it is increasingly important to understand how carbon is outgassed from and regassed into Earth’s interior. Jason Morgan will present an important recently discovered player in this cycle, namely the carbonation that happens when tectonic plates bend before they sink into the Earth beneath the ‘Ring of Fire’ volcanic arcs. Serpentine is not only a beautiful building stone and industrial material, it may also help us solve the problem of ridding our atmosphere of excess man-made carbon dioxide.Inaugural Lecture

Choir of Royal Holloway at Christmas Wednesday 10 December Chapel, 7.30-9.30pm Rupert Gough, Conductor A seasonal celebration of Christmas through music and readings with the Chapel Choir or Royal Holloway. £11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Juliette Bausor – Flute Professional Masterclass Series

Thursday 15 JanuaryBoilerhouse Auditorium, 7pmJuliet Bausor, principal flute of the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the London Mozart Players, will coach some of our very talented flautists in a public masterclass. Admission free but tickets should be reserved in advance (please contact the Concert Office, page 5).This event is generously supported by the Royal Holloway Alumni Office.

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At the Crossroads? Exploring Sindh’s Recent Past from a Spatial Perspective

Tuesday 17 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Sarah Ansari Department of HistoryFrom a ‘sleepy backwater’ under the British Raj to the political heart of a new state, Sindh’s location vis-à-vis centres of power seemed to change dramatically with the creation of Pakistan in 1947. But this over-simplistic picture ignores the extent to which the province (and particularly Karachi – now a ‘mega port-city’ on a par with Shanghai or London in their imperial heyday) was already entangled with places and people – Indian, imperial and international – beyond its boundaries. This lecture, accordingly, explores the interconnected spatial processes that, from the mid-19th century onwards, helped position and arguably redefine, Sindh’s place in the world. Inaugural Lecture

Music from the AndesWednesday 11 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 7.30-9.30pm Authentic music of the Andes featuring Kausary, directed by Johnny Rodriguez and the Royal Holloway Andean Band, directed by Henry Stobart. £11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Inside Children’s Peer Interactions*Thursday 12 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Patrick Leman Department of PsychologyChildren often regard adults as infallible sources of knowledge. However, in discussions with their peers children can be freer to question, discuss and explore the world for themselves. Psychologists have often regarded peer interaction as one of the fundamental building blocks of development. This lecture describes research examining how children interact with their peers, and how these interactions are affected by social identities such as gender and ethnicity. It will also consider why children can often learn better through peer interactions than from adult instruction across a range of topics from morality to understanding of science.Inaugural Lecture

On the Musically Sentimental: from Chopin to Barry ManilowMonday 9 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Stephen Downes Head of the Department of MusicSentimentalism has been a neglected, even derided notion in romantic music but this talk argues that it is a crucial aspect of some of the finest music of the 19th century. This will be exemplified, at the piano, by extracts from Chopin. The talk will also demonstrate an aspect of the legacy of romantic sentimentalism through considering Barry Manilow’s 1970s power ballad, Could it be Magic.Inaugural Lecture

Public Service Broadcasting and the BBC ArchiveTuesday 10 FebruaryManagement Building Lecture Theatre, 5.15pmTony Ageh, Controller of Archive, BBC and Visiting Professor, Department of MusicThe BBC’s charter is due for renewal soon after the General Election. Licence fee funded public service broadcasting is again being questioned. Tony Ageh, BBC’s Controller of Archive, will outline how the BBC’s huge archive of programmes can be used to enhance the BBC’s public service role.HARC/Special Interest Lecture

Sleeping with the enemy: Can employees and management unite in the eternal quest for profit maximisation?

Thursday 5 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Sukanya Sen Gupta School of ManagementThe lecture focuses on role of context in explaining the Human Resource Management (HRM) and performance relationship. The context debate has an impact on our understanding of employment relations in small firms, especially in the knowledge economy. The overarching theme of the lecture is to emphasise how context shapes key performance and employment relations outcomes within two perspectives: a micro perspective which focuses on individual practices (employee share ownership and performance related pay) and a macro perspective encompassing different facets of employment relations within a workplace context. The lecture highlights the complementarities between seemingly contrasting perspectives: contingent and universal, qualitative and quantitative, formal and informal. The lecture considers how these perspectives come together in facilitating a deeper understanding of the world around us. An argument is made to view research as a continuum rather than as consisting of conflicting paradigms competing for greater credibility. Reflections on the future of employment relations/ HRM research are offered.Inaugural Lecture

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Royal Holloway ChorusWednesday 25 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium 7.30– 9pmBerendina Cook and Matthew Stanley, Piano Rupert Gough, ConductorBrahms – Ein deutsches Requiem £11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Why do we need women scientists and engineers?Thursday 26 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Lynne Frostick University of HullIn the century since Marie Curie did her pioneering work in physics many things have changed for women in the in tertiary education . Women can now go to any University and read any available subject , including the whole range of sciences and engineering. In some subjects which were the preserve of men throughout the 20th century, such as medicine, women now make up more than half the undergraduate population. Yet this has not meant that women are rising to fill more than half the senior positions in this area. In some subjects numbers of female undergraduates are still pitifully low- notably computer science and engineering. Across science and engineering there are still few women role models in senior positions, particularly in Universities and industry. So why are women not attracted to some subjects? Why do they not rise to the top of their professions? What can we do to change things? And indeed why does it matter? Women in Science Lecture

Faith and Human RightsThursday 19 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmRubab Medi H Rizvi Human Rights LawyerRubab Medi H Rizvi, of Pakistani origin, trained as a barrister. She lives in London. She chairs the International Imam Hussein Council which works for inter-faith understanding in Pakistan and she contributes to working for human rights in the UK. She will speak on human rights and faith from an Islamic point of view.Chaplaincy Lecture

Turning Art into History: the case of classical Athens *

Tuesday 24 FebruaryPicture Gallery, 6.15pmProfessor Robin Osborne University of CambridgeAthenian painted pottery offers many scenes that relate to daily life, but what sort of a history do they enable us to write? By focusing on the ways in which the scenes of aspects of daily life change over time, Professor Robin Osborn argues that we can see something of the complex ways in which aesthetics and politics interact in a society.Dabis Lecture

‘The Playoffs’: Harpsichord vs PianoThursday 19 FebruaryBoilerhouse Auditorium, 7.30-9.30pmOne of the world’s foremost harpsichord soloists, Iranian Mahan Esfahani joins together with widely-acclaimed British pianist Danny Driver for a stimulating lecture-recital debating the pros and cons of playing the same music on the harpsichord vs the fortepiano. The evening will focus on the music of CPE Bach, who straddles the span of both instruments, and whose music both players have recently recorded and for which they have both won Gramophone awards. £6 (£5 for senior citizens, £4 for staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Choir of Royal Holloway and Royal Holloway Early Music Ensemble

Friday 20 FebruarySt Paul’s Church Egham TW18 3HJ, 7.30pm-9.30pm A programme of music by Bach and his contemporaries. St Paul’s Church is now the home of a new Royal Holloway organ dedicated to the study of music from this period and will feature in this concert.£6 (£5 for senior citizens, £4 for staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Steven Isserlis – Cello Professional Masterclass Series

Tuesday 17 FebruaryBoilerhouse Auditorium, 7.30–9.30pmOne of the foremost cellists in the world today and acclaimed worldwide for his technique and musicianship, British cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician and educator. The event will be an intellectually and musically stimulating Masterclass on Bach’s Cello Suites with our cello students. Note: this event is likely to sell out very quickly. Admission is free but tickets should be reserved in advance (please contact the Concert Office, page 5).This event has been generously supported by the Royal Holloway Alumni Office.

Royal Holloway Chamber Orchestra Wednesday 18 FebruaryWindsor Building Auditorium, 7.30-9pm Rebecca Miller, ConductorRoyal Holloway Chamber Orchestra will perform works by J S, C P E, and J C Bach, as well as Handel’s arias featuring two of our concerto competition winners – singers Jessica Kinney and Ralph Williams. £11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

BACHFEST 17-20 February The second of our ‘mini-festivals’, ‘BachFest’ which ties in with Royal Holloway Reader Dr Steven Rose’s course on J S Bach; will feature a masterclass with Steven Isserlis on the Bach Cello Suites, a symposium on the Harpsichord vs. the Piano with Mahan Esfahani and Danny Driver, and a performance of Bach predecessors in Leipzig featuring Dr Rose’s new editions of Johann Kuhnau and Sebastian Knüpfer.

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Presented by staff and students in our science departments along with guest presenters, our packed programme includes activities for all ages throughout the day.Admission free. For further information please visit: royalholloway.ac.uk/science

Treating TerrorismMonday 9 MarchWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmSir Sherard Cowper-Coles KCMG LVO Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary and former British Ambassador to Israel, Saudi Arabia and AfghanistanBased on his experience as a diplomat, including British Ambassador to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, and in business, Sir Sherard will offer a personal view of what constitutes terrorism, and how best to tackle it.Runnymede Literary Festival Lecture

Badke QuartetThursday 12 MarchPicture Gallery, 7.30-9pmThe critically acclaimed Badke Quartet returns to perform some of the most popular string quartet repertoire from the 20th century.Haydn – Quartet op 77 no 2Webern – 6 bagatelles Stravinsky – 3 pieces Schubert – String Quartet in A minor 'Rosamunde'£6 (£5 senior citizens, £4 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Royal Holloway Balkan EnsembleWednesday 4 MarchWindsor Building Auditorium 7.30-9.30pmKim Burton, DirectorThe Royal Holloway Balkan Ensemble, now in its fifth year, explores the music of the Balkans and Eastern Europe. £6 (£5 senior citizens, £4 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Graphene: unexpected science in a pencil line

Thursday 5 MarchWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Ian Kinlock, The University of ManchesterGraphene has caused much excitement since its first isolation in 2004 due to the extraordinary properties that occur when a material is taken down to a 2-dimensional sheet just one atom thick. We will look at ways to make graphene from using bits of sticky tape through to mass production, the properties of this material, its potential applications and the new generation of functional materials which are being built atomic layer by atomic layer.Stevenson Science Lecture

Royal Holloway Science Open Day Saturday 7 MarchDiscover, celebrate and be inspired by science at Royal Holloway. Local residents, schools and other groups are welcome to take part in hands-on activities, demonstrations, talks, live experiments and more.

The Werewolf, the Shaman, and the Historian*

Tuesday 3 MarchWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmProfessor Bruce Lincoln University of ChicagoThe lecture centres on the 1691 trial of a self-confessed Livonian werewolf, Matthias “Old Thiess”, and engages with the eminent Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg, who thought the case was comparable to the Benandanti, members of a north Italian agrarian cult who refused the accusations of witchcraft and claimed to have undertaken ecstatic journeys each year to battle witches for the coming year’s harvest. The argument touches on the relation of the religious imaginary to social dynamics, the problems of comparative method, and the way a scholar’s life history can condition both his interests and his perspective.Hayes-Robinson Lecture

Badke Quartet MasterclassTuesday 3 MarchBoilerhouse Auditorium, 7.30-9pmThe Badke Quartet coaches Royal Holloway chamber ensembles in their second of two public masterclasses. Admission free but tickets should be reserved in advance (please contact the Concert Office, page 5)This event has been generously supported by the Royal Holloway Alumni Office.

Choir of Royal Holloway with the Brandenburg SinfoniaSaturday 28 FebruarySt Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ, 8pmRupert Gough, ConductorVivaldi – GloriaTickets available from St Martin-in-the-Fields Box Office: 020 7766 1100 stmartin-in-the-fields.org/music/

London Mozart Players with Royal Holloway Musicians*Sunday 1 MarchWindsor Building Auditorium, 3-5pmRoyal Holloway musicians will join with the London Mozart Players for a unique and unprecedented side-by-side performance, as part of our developing orchestral studies programme.Early booking is essential, booking form on page 31. For further details please contact the Events Office (page 5).£25 (£5 Royal Holloway students)

Runnymede Literary FestivalMonday 2 - Tuesday 31 MarchThe Runnymede International Literary Festival (2015) will feature a series of lectures as part of the celebration of the sealing of Magna Carta in Runnymede in 1215. Speakers will include Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles , former British Ambassador to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, Professor Peter Hennessy, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield and Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London, and more. See website for details.For further information please contact: r.hampson@royalholloway.ac.uk

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800 years of the Magna Carta The Great Charter Festival

Sunday 14 JuneJoin in our exciting celebrations to find out more about the legacy of Magna Carta. Get involved in hands-on activities and performances, sample medieval food and drink, or try your hand in our crafts market place and gaming area – there will be something for all the family. Organised in partnership with Surrey County Council, our day-time family activities are free of charge. There will also be sessions for adults in the evening.For more information visit: royalholloway.ac.uk/magnacarta

National Security and the Rule of Law; competing interests or complementary priorities?

Tuesday 16 JuneWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmThe Rt Hon Jack Straw MP Former Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Justice MinisterSince 9/11 there has been much discussion about the perceived ‘competing’ interests of the rule of law and national security. In light of recent events in Syria and Iraq, these issues continue to be highly topical. In this lecture Jack Straw will reflect on his time in government and how the last Labour government sought to ensure the safety of the UK, while also upholding the rule of the law. He will then consider recent developments, post the 2010 election, and whether the balance of these two factors has shifted in recent years. This is the final lecture in the series, hosted by Royal Holloway in association with the Magna Carta Trust.Admission free, by ticket only on a first-come first-served basis. To book, please contact: events@royalholloway.ac.uk from Monday 19 January 2015.Magna Carta Lecture

Chamber Music CompetitionFriday 27 MarchPicture Gallery, 7.30-9.30pmAs the culmination of our chamber music programme, the Badke Quartet will adjudicate the first Chamber Music competition at Royal Holloway. Chamber groups who have been working together all year and coached by the quartet will compete for a prize of £200 and a recital platform during the PLAY! Festival in June. Admission free but tickets should be reserved in advance (please contact the Concert Office, page 5)

Garden Party Sunday 7 JuneSouth Quad and Founder’s Building, 1-5.30pmOur fun-filled annual event for our nearest neighbours, in aid of local charities. Join us for craft and local community stalls, children’s activities, shows, talks, music, and our fantastic raffle. Take a tour of the Picture Gallery and campus, and enjoy the BBQ or a cream tea. Followed by a Thanksgiving Service in the Chapel at 6pm.Donation £1, children under 5 free, guide dogs only.Don’t forget the Alumni Reunion Day – Afternoon Tea at the Garden PartySee page 4 for full details.

Royal Holloway Symphony OrchestraWednesday 18 MarchWindsor Building Auditorium, 7.30-9.30pm Rebecca Miller, ConductorRimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter OvertureShostakovich – Cello Concerto no. 1 (Carwyn Jones, Cello)Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an ExhibitionRoyal Holloway’s principal Concerto Competition winner Carwyn Jones performs Shostakovich’s epic First Cello Concerto. In a programme exclusively devoted to Russian music, Rebecca Miller will speak at the concert about the different orchestrations of Mussorgsky's renowned Pictures at an Exhibition. £11 (£9 senior citizens, £5 staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Royal Holloway Sinfonietta with CHROMAFriday 20 MarchPicture Gallery, 6.30-7.45pmPlease note the earlier time of this concertStuart King, Rebecca Miller, Mark Bowden, ConductorsJoseph Phibbs – Ritual Songs and BlessingsPierre Jalbert – Icefield SonnetsRoyal Holloway postgraduate composers – New works£6 (£5 for senior citizens, £4 for staff, free to Royal Holloway students)

Sex, Violence, Art: framing the new American cinema*

Monday 16 MarchProfessor Barry Langford Department of Media ArtsIn 1967 Time Magazine hailed the birth of a “New American Cinema”. This lecture will examine how a multi-faceted US film culture, emerging during the 1960s, contributed to and helped shape that cinema’s distinctive sensibility: formal ambition and innovation, challenging and topical content, and a reinvigorated awareness of film’s artistic and social significance or as Time summarised it, “Sex, Violence, Art”. Inaugural Lecture

From Greeks Abroad to the Greek Diaspora: Hellenism in a changing world

Tuesday 17 MarchWindsor Building Auditorium, 6.15pmDr George Prevelakis Sorbonne University and Permanent Representative of Greece to OECDDuring the last three centuries the world has been dominated by the Nation-State ethos and its territorial configuration. Diasporas have lost importance and suffered severe persecutions. However, new trends, such as globalisation, multi-polar organisation, global problems, network economy and information society, have shrank state territoriality; as a result, Diasporas regained significance. This lecture will explore concepts and aspects of Greek Diasporas in wider geopolitical, socio-economic, cultural and ideological contexts in an attempt to respond to important questions concerning Hellenism and its place in the new emerging geopolitical conditions and challenges in Europe and the world.Hellenic Lecture

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Midweek MusicWednesdays, 1.15-1.45pm Come and relax in the beautiful setting of the Chapel on Wednesday lunchtimes and hear the renowned Choir of Royal Holloway. The 30-minute performances are free of charge and informal, allowing people to come and go as their schedule allows. Programmes will be varied with different themes each week featuring both sacred and secular music. More information, and details of programmes, can be found on the Choir website: chapelchoir.co.ukAdmission free

Lunchtime Readings 2014-15Our annual series of lively in-person readings from established novelists and poets, run by the Department of English, continues with an outstanding range of writers. All the lunchtime readings are held in the Students’ Union Main Hall between 1-2pm.Thursday 23 October The Cartographer Tries to Map

a Way to Zion – Kei MillerThursday 20 November A Journey into Russia – Jens MühlingThursday 5 February She Inserts the Key – Marianne BurtonThursday 12 March Glasgow Coma Scale – Neil D S StewartThursday 21 May The Osiris Project (series) – E J SwiftFor further information please contact: royalholloway.ac.uk/english

Heritage Open DaySunday 13 SeptemberNorth Quad, Founder’s Building, 11am-5pmRoyal Holloway, University of London, welcomes the public to explore its spectacular Grade 1 Listed Founder’s Building, Picture Gallery, Chapel, refurbished Boilerhouse and extensive grounds.The Founder’s Building, founded by entrepreneur, Thomas Holloway and opened by Queen Victoria in 1886, is modelled on the Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley. Its flamboyant architecture makes it one of the most impressive university buildings in the world.The Picture Gallery will be open between 11am-5pm and guided tours will start at 11.30am. Campus tours (45 minutes) will start at 11.15am. Tours of the Archives and Founder’s Library (free). Picture Gallery tours £2, campus tours free.Refreshments available; guide dogs only, all welcome.

Finals recitalsThese free daytime performances by students in advanced performance take place over several days at the end of May. Please see our website: royalholloway.ac.uk/music/events

Friday lunchtime recitalsStudents from the Department of Music will perform in the Picture Gallery on Fridays at 1.15pm.Admission free

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Picture Gallery and CampusThe paintings give an insight into scenes of contemporary Victorian life and romanticized history. In addition to pre-arranged tours at the Garden Party and the Heritage Open Day, we organise tailor-made guided visits for groups of 30 or more. College tours include a guided tour of the Chapel, North Quad, Founder’s Dining Hall, South Quad, Founder’s Library, Victorian Corridor and the Picture Gallery. The Founder’s Building, opened by Queen Victoria in 1886 and founded by entrepreneur Thomas Holloway, is modelled on the Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley. Its flamboyant architecture makes it one of the most impressive university buildings in the world.To discuss your tour requirements please contact: Sue Heath, 01784 443004 / sue.heath@royalholloway.ac.uk or Marta Baker, 01784 443824 / m.baker@royalholloway.ac.uk

Picture Gallery Public Opening HoursCome and see Royal Holloway’s world class paintings housed in our Grade I listed Picture Gallery. The Gallery is open every Wednesday 11am-4pm in the autumn and spring terms (except 29 October).

Open DayThe Picture Gallery will be open 11am-4pm on Sunday 23 November with guided tours from the Curator. This event is free but to register please visit our website: royalholloway.ac.uk/events

Tours of the College and Public Opening Hours

The Babylonian Marriage Market by Edwin Long18 November and 3 December, 1-1.45pm, Picture Gallery To many contemporary viewers this painting seems a strange choice for a women’s college. This talk explores why Thomas Holloway was so keen to buy the picture that broke the record for the highest sum ever paid at auction for a contemporary artist and sets the painting within the context of the 19th century struggle to improve the status of women and their education.

Art TalksRoyal Holloway’s art collection includes works by famous Victorian painters including John Everett Millais, William Powell Frith and Edward Burne-Jones as well as sculptures, drawings, watercolours, prints and contemporary art. Over the year there will be talks looking at a different work of art. All are free but please visit our website to register:royalholloway.ac.uk/events

The dates for the talks in the spring term will be announced on the art collection website: royalholloway.ac.uk/artcollections

Introduction to the Collection8 October, 1-1.45pm, Picture GalleryFind out about the treasures in the Picture Gallery, when they came to the College and who collected them.

The Railway Station by William Powell Frith 21 October and 6 November, 1-1.45pm, Picture GalleryIn the 19th century this was one of the most iconic paintings in England. It toured the country and almost every home had an engraving of it. This talk examines why the picture was so popular and explores the life of the artist who painted it, including the secret life that he kept from his wife.

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By roadThe College is on the A30, 19 miles from central London and about a mile south-west of the town of Egham. It is two miles from Junction 13 of the M25 (London Orbital).Directions from the M25 1 After leaving the M25, follow the A30 west (signposted Bagshot and

Camberley); this is the Egham by-pass.2 At the end of the Egham by-pass, continue on the A30 up Egham Hill

(a petrol station is on your left).3 The main College entrance is on the left immediately after the second

footbridge.Directions from the west 1 From the west leave the M3 at Junction 3 and follow the A30 towards Staines

and London.2 Continue on the A30 past Wentworth Golf Course on your right and Virginia

Water Lake on your left. Go straight through the first major set of traffic lights and you will see the Founder’s Building and the College entrance on the right.

By trainThere are frequent services from London Waterloo to Egham (40 minutes); Reading to Egham (40 minutes); and Woking to Egham (35 minutes; change at Weybridge). Services at weekends, especially those on Sunday, are less frequent than on weekdays.For local train timetables, visit South West Trains’ website: southwesttrains.co.ukFor national rail enquiries, visit: nationalrail.co.uk

By taxi from EghamThere is a taxi rank at the station. Otherwise, turn right out of the station onto Station Road and there is a taxi office on the left, next to the Build Center. The fare is about £5.On foot from EghamThe College is about a mile from the station, approximately 20 minutes walk.Directions from Egham station 1 Turn right out of the station along Station Road and walk about 100 yards

to the junction and the traffic lights 2 Turn left at the junction and follow the road to the large roundabout;

go left up Egham Hill3 The main College entrance is on the left immediately after the second

footbridge By busThe following buses stop outside the College: Travel Surrey 441 (Heathrow to Englefield Green) and First 71 (Heathrow to Slough). For local bus information, visit Surrey County Council’s website: surreycc.gov.uk and select Roads and transport, buses and trains.

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College BooksThomas Holloway’s College – The First 125 YearsA Pictorial History by Richard WilliamsA fascinating pictorial record of the first 125 years of the College. The book, first published in 1993 under the title A Pictorial History has been redesigned and reprinted with new material added to cover the years up to 2011.

Thomas Holloway, Victorian Philanthropistby Anthony Harrison-BarbetA biographical essay on the Founder of Royal Holloway College.

The Holloway SanatoriumGuy BlythmanA new and comprehensive book of photos and history about the former Holloway Sanatorium in Virginia Water, founded in 1885 by Thomas Holloway.

Palaces, Patronage & Pillsby John ElliottThomas Holloway, the Sanatorium, the College and the Picture Collection. The book, first published in 1996, was redesigned and reprinted in 2006 and in 2010 with new spectacular photographs both of the College and of the former Sanatorium, now Virginia Park.

Victorian Taste – The Complete Catalogue of Paintingsby Jeannie ChapelThomas Holloway, who founded this collection, has several claims to fame; not only did he purchase his pictures in the short space of two years and built the College in which they are housed, but his preferences for the work of living artists of his own day ensures that this catalogue represents and comments at length upon some of the most famous academic paintings of the 19th century.

The Price of Beauty: Edwin Long’s Babylonian Marriage MarketThis publication was produced to accompany the exhibition of the same title at Leighton House Museum in October 2004–January 2005.

Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in SurreyThe Public Catalogue FoundationThis Surrey volume brings together 1,538 paintings from 58 collections in the county.

Pre-Raphaelite Treasures at National Museums LiverpoolDr Laura MacCullochThe Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood heralded an exciting new direction in British art, and the works of Dante Gabriel, Rossetti, John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and their contemporaries remain some of the most popular, evocative and recognizable Victorian art.

Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway CollectionDr Mary CowlingThis volume accompanied the exhibition organised by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia 2008.

Mailing list and book order formBook title Quantity £ each £ p+p each Total £Thomas Holloway’s College: The First 125 Years £10 £2 £Thomas Holloway, Victorian Philanthropist £2 £1 £The Holloway Sanatorium £20 £5 £Palaces, Patronage & Pills £8 £2 £Victorian Taste £5 £2 £The Price of Beauty £2 £1 £

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