Here you will find a list of our events and activities over the course of the project and beyond. Please also see the ‘Events’ category of our blog for more details.
Date |
Location |
Activity |
| Monday 24 – Thursday 27 August 2015 | Lotherton Hall | Old Science Week: a themed week at Lotherton Hall with workshops for children based around the history of electricity in the home (read more here). |
| Thursday 17 September 2015 | Standen | Public lecture by Dr. Abigail Harrison Moore: ‘Webb and the aesthetics of electric lighting’. |
| Friday 9 October 2015 | University of Leeds | Light Night performance in the Brotherton Room (read more here). |
| Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10, 11, 12 December 2015 | University of Leeds | Musical theatre production ‘Electrified’, considering the history of domestic electricity; devised by 24 School of Performance and Cultural Industries students and supervised by Dr. George Rodosthenous and Dr. Tony Gardner (read more here). |
| Monday 1 February 2016 | University of Leeds | Workshop to discuss the outputs and achievements of the project – see here for the invitation. |
| Wednesday 13 April 2016 – 6pm | Newcastle Lit & Phil | Public lecture by Professor Graeme Gooday and Dr. Michael Kay: ‘Electrifying the country house: Armstrong’s electrical innovations at Cragside’ – see here for the event listing. |
| Thursday 14 April 2016 – 6:15pm | Standen | Public lecture by Dr. Michael Kay: ‘Standen and the history of electricity in the Victorian home’ – see here for the event listing. |
| Wednesday 20 April 2016 – 2pm | Lotherton Hall | Public lecture by Dr. Michael Kay: ‘Electrifying Lotherton: the history of electricity in the home’. |
| Sunday 19 June 2016 – 2pm & 3pm | Nostell Priory | Public lecture by Dr. Michael Kay: ‘The first electrical houses: electricity in the Victorian home’ – see here for the event listing. |
| Thursday 17 November 2016 – 6-7:30pm | University of Leeds, Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building | Public lecture by Professor Graeme Gooday and Dr. Michael Kay: ‘Electrifying the Country House’ – the talk is free and includes refreshments. See here to sign up. |