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A MACHINE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STORIESCreative Writing workshop based on ‘The Castle of Crossed Destinies’: Italo Calvino’s book inspired by the tarot  At Kingsgate Workshops  on Sunday May 12th Time: 2-6pm        Fee: £60 or £50 if booked by 28th April  Course tutor: Karen Whiteson  ‘The tarot cards are a machine for the construction of stories.’ Says Calvino. Taking our cue from this we shall explore the mysterious imagery of the tarot trump series and then use them as a basis for…See More

“The first beast of the West was Eros.”(Marina Warner)A creative writing workshop based on the story of  ‘Beauty & the Beast’Sunday March 3rd 2-6pm @Kingsgate Workshops, Kingsgate Road NW6Course Tutor: Karen Whiteson* Fee: £60 or £50 if enrolled by 17th FebruaryStarting with ‘Cupid and Psyche’, we will see how Apuleuis’ tale was transformed by the salon culture of the 18th and 19th centuries into the canonical version of the fairytale we know today.  We will  also look at two 20th century…See More

The Memory and Violence working group is a new interdisciplinary group, open to all with an interest in the relationships between collective memory, public history, trauma, violence, representation, and the politics of memorialisation and memory work. We will be reading some key texts in these fields, and will also be a space for postgraduate students and researchers to discuss their own work with each other. Based at the Birkbeck College School of Arts, we aim to meet once a month during term…See More

We meet in London museums and galleries to work directly with objects by means of 'slow looking'; discussing a single work of art through careful and attentive engagement.  See More

AU HASARDAu Hasard is a new cine-club in London. Our first season of screenings are thematic double-bills with a political resonance. All screenings are free and open to all. Bring friends. We will bring cake and wine.Screenings are held on alternate Saturdays from 1pm at Birkbeck (Main Building, Room B18)Full details of our first series of films can be found here:…See More