Gresham Lecture: Peacebuilding through the Visual Arts

St John's Principal Jolyon Mitchell  will be delivering a lecture for Gresham College: 

 How can the visual arts be used to promote peace? Professor Mitchell investigates how the visual arts can not only incite violence, but also bear witness, reveal dangerous memories, transform violence, contribute to healing trauma and imagine more hopeful futures. Examples are taken from both current conflicts (Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Palestine) and past wars (Paul Nash and Otto Dix in the First World War, local artists in the Iran-Iraq War and the 1984 Rwandan genocide). Professor Mitchell analyses the ambivalent role of the visual arts in building peace.

You can find out more here:

Peacebuilding through the Visual Arts | Gresham College