FRANCES YATES: THE ART OF MEMORY ROSE THEATRE: KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES SATURDAY APRIL 30 2016 The great Renaissance and Shakespeare scholar Frances Yates lived for over half a century in Kingston-upon-Thames, and to mark the 50th anniversary of her great book The Art of Memory, Kingston Shakespeare Seminar will host a one-day conference on her life and work at the Rose Theatre: a playhouse inspired by her theories of the ‘memory theatre’ and the ‘theatre of the world’. Close to where Yates wrote her books, a range of international scholars will evaluate their enduring influence, and reflect on her ideas about memory, Europe, empire, occult philosophy, academies, architecture, performance, intellectual history, and the place of a scholarly community in the modern world. Programme: Time Activity Location 9.00 Registration and coffee (refreshments provided) The Rose Cafe 9.30 Richard Wilson (Kingston): ‘Yates and Shakespeare’ Dilwyn Knox (UCL): ‘ Frances Yates on Giordano Bruno’ 10.30 Roy Eriksen (Agder): ‘Mission Impossible: Bruno in London’ The Gallery Anne-Valérie Dulac (Paris 13): ‘Frances Yates’s Alhazen’ 12.00 Sajed Chowdhury (Galway): ‘Hermeticism and Women’ Marjorie Jones: ‘Daring Spiritual Adventures’ 1.00 Break for lunch* 2.00 Margaret McGowan (Sussex): ‘Frances Yates: Phantom of Empire in a Season of Violence’ The Gallery 3.00 Felix Sprang (Munich): ‘The Art of Memory’ Claudia Wedepohl (Warburg): ‘Warburg, Yates and Memory’ 4.00 Break for tea* 4.30 Kenneth Pickering (Kent): ‘Memory Theatre’ Ildiko Solti (Kingston): ‘Theatre of the World’ Tommi Kakko (Tampere): ‘Yates and Psychedelic Shamanism’ The Gallery 5.30 Svenn-Arve Myklebost (Volda): ‘Yates and Shakespeare Adaptation’ Corin Depper (Kingston): ‘Yates, Cinema, and The Tempest’ The Herbal Bed: 7.30 English Touring Theatre/Royal & Derngate Northampton Main Production ** Auditorium *not provided but please see map for local cafes and eateries on the day **tickets can be purchased from The Rose Box Office or www.rosethreatrekingston.org in advance Please register for this free event by visiting: www.francesyates.eventbrite.co.uk Further information: [email protected] or kingstonshakespeareseminar.wordpress.com.