The St. Clare's Seminar Series has provided an opportunity for students to explore a stimulating range of issues and ideas. Each semester the series is linked by a common theme. Themes in previous years have included: Death and Love; Dreams and Nightmares; Creation and Inspiration; Tragedy and Love; Cultural Contests; The Sense of Place; Representing Childhood; The City and Modern Life; Boundaries and Borders.
This semester the Seminar Series is focussed on 'The 1960s and Pop Culture'. The 1960s are often conceived of as a time of great social, political and cultural change. As John Lennon remarked (in his last ever interview), ‘The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility'. What were these possibilities and responsibilities? Were any of these promises fulfilled, or is the legacy of the sixties merely a nostalgic myth? This interdisciplinary series will explore these questions from a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives.