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The Built Environment Lectures: |
| Simon Thurley is the Visiting Gresham Professor of the
Built Environment
www.gresham.ac.uk |
| 22 Oct 09:
The birth of Heritage and the fabrication of History. |
| Topic: |
This lecture will examine how
heritage protection began and went on to shape our attitudes
to our history and the past.
[more information] |
| Time: |
6:00pm at the Museum of London |
| 10 Dec 09: From
Bust to Boom: The politics of Heritage 1997 to 2009 |
| Topic: |
The politics of heritage and
preservation over the last ten years, with special reference
to London.
[more information] |
| Time: |
6:00pm at the Museum of London |
| 11 Feb 10: The
politics of architecture in Tudor and Stuart London. |
| Topic: |
How the Tudor and Stuart monarchs
used the buildings of London to boost their power and
influence.
[more information] |
| Time: |
6:00pm at the Museum of London |
| 11 Mar 10: Town
and Crown: Why London never became an imperial capital. |
| Topic: |
How London developed differently
from other great capitals of Europe, thanks to our
constitutional monarchy.
[more information] |
| Time: |
6:00pm at the Museum of London |