Sensory Intoxication: Getting Drunk from Oxford to Iran

Between medieval Oxford and modern Iran, Sian and Jonathan will walk you through how drunkenness and intoxication play a big role in the visual culture of the senses and our understandings of how the body interacts with the outside world.

Date: 30 May 2019, 12:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2019)
Venue:
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
See location on maps.ox

Details: Meet in Gallery 41 (Floor 2)
Speakers: Sian Witherden (University of Oxford), Jonathan Lawrence (University of Oxford)
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organisers: Hugo Shakeshaft (University of Oxford), Helena Guzik (University of Oxford)
Part of: Talking Sense Gallery Talks
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Helena Guzik