1968 and all that | Sous les pavés, la plage

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Time	Room	Title
		Artistic Modernism as Reply to Mass Media	Speaker: Ben Watson and Didier Mervelet Artistic Modernism as Reply to Mass Media Frank Zappa versus the Banalifacation of Anniversaries "1968 & All That" Conference, Conway Hall, London 10-v-2008 Ben Watson & Didier Mervelet
11am	Bertrand Russell Room	Dada, Surrealism and their Influence on the Situationist International - a talk by Malcolm Hopkins	Speaker: Hopkins, Malcolm Room: Bertrand Russell Room Time: 11am The influence of the Situationist was not confined to the streets of Paris. Their influence can be seen in the works of King Mob in England and Black Mask in the USA.
11am	Small Hall	Essex University - then and now	Speaker: Wilson, David and Kavakeb Dominic Room: Small Hall Time: 11am Dominic Kavakeb is speaking, he is the President Elect of Essex Uni SU. He is a member of campaign Iran. Dear Andrew Burgin
12pm	Library	Art and Revolution: the legacy of May 1968	Speaker: Ron Heisler Room: Library Time: 12pm Why left artists should oppose the 'Young Brits': although Emin and Hirst claim to be the new avant-garde their work reflects their incorporation into the ideology of the ruling elite and its art comm
12pm	Tower Room 2	Guerrilla Universities—the student uprisings in 1960s Lebanon A talk by Simon Assaf	Speaker: Assaf, Simon Room: Tower Room 2 Time: 12pm Although the "May events" in Lebanon happened in 1969, the movement that first emerged out of the school strikes in 1966 filtered into the universities by the end of the decade.
12pm	Tower Room 3	The International Times and May 68	Speaker: Lesser Mike Room: Tower Room 3 Time: 12pm Mike Lesser was the youngest member of Committee of One Hundred. Sent, aged sixteen, to Wormwood Scrubs Prison London with most of the Committee.
12pm	Small Hall	May 1968	Speaker: Clare Doyle and Marie-José Douet Room: Small Hall Time: 12pm France 1968 – month of revolution. Brutal police repression of student demonstrations. Within days, 10 million French workers are on strike.
12pm	Artists Room	1968 and Africa	Speaker: Explo Nani-Kofi Room: Artists Room Time: 12pm Explo Nani-Kofi is an African solidarity and Pan African community campaign activist.
12pm	Tower Room 1	Mute -	Room: Tower Room 1 Time: 12pm
12pm	Bertrand Russell Room	The influence of Che Guevara on 1968 [and a little bit on Venezuela]	Speaker: Palser Rich and Lyons Brian Room: Bertrand Russell Room Time: 12pm Ernesto Guevara (May 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, el Che, or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, political figure, physician, author, military theorist
1pm	Tower Room 2	Italy 1967-1969 a talk by Dr Toby Abse	Speaker: Abse, Toby Room: Tower Room 2 Time: 1pm The student struggles in France in May 1968 were prefigured by those in Italy in 1967. Toby Abse will discuss those and the impact of 1968 on the 'hot autumn' of 1969 in Italy.
1pm	Artists Room	Art and Politics 1968 then and now a talk by John Molyneux	Speaker: Molyneux, John Room: Artists Room Time: 1pm John Molyneux is senior lecturer at the School of Art, Design and Media at Portsmouth University.