6 June 2014
The screening at Birkbeck Cinema of Dream Girls (1994 50 min), the documentary of the Takarazuka Revue, directed by British female documentary makers Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, will be followed by a discussion session led by Dr Nobuko Anan at Birkbeck College and a short performance by two former Takarazuka performers, each of whom used to be
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Hidden Pleasures, Public Lives: Introduction to Japanese Prints This exciting new course on Japanese art will be offered at the British Museum and Birkbeck in autumn 2013. Lectures will be taught by Dr Monika Hinkel, expert in Japanese prints, and contributor to the catalogue of the forthcoming British Museum exhibition, Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese
Read on13 November 2012
What an extraordinary event – Birkbeck’s Russell Celyn Jones, Professor of Creative Writing, was in conversation with Kazuo Ishiguro in a large theatre at Friends’ House (Euston Road NW1 2BJ). The Booker Foundation and Man Group are collaborating with Birkbeck, University of London to celebrate recent winners of the Man Booker Prize through a series of
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