Pop culture, social and political change
The St. Clare's Seminar Series this semester 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.| Seminar title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Cinema and the 1960s | Keith Hopper - Kellogg College, University of Oxford |
| How ‘Pop' was Pop Art? | David Chaplin - St. Clare's, Oxford |
| Bret Easton Ellis, the 1960s, and Youth Culture | Alison Lutton - St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford |
| High Culture in America: The Other Side of the Sixties | Karen Heath - St. Anne's College, University of Oxford |
| Silent Spring and the Summer of Love: Green Shoots of the Sixties |
Alasdair Clayre - St. Clare's, Oxford |
| The Rise of Pop Psychology | Niamh Moriarty - PPC Worldwide, Oxford |
| John Lennon's Jukebox: Soul, The Beatles and the Transformation of Popular Music in 1960s Britain |
Paul Sinclair - St. Clare's, Oxford |
| Psychedelia, Psychoticism and Psychopharmacology: Psychology in the 60s | Anna Scarna - Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford |
| The Mona Lisa of Popular Culture: The Beatles and the Making of the Sgt. Pepper Album Cover |
John Rolfe - St. Clare's, Oxford |