Prof David Rowland opens the conference by welcoming delegates and introducing Lord Putnam's  keynote address. The conference was sponsored by Laurence King Publishing and Wiley-Blackwell.

Dr Carol Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Art History at the Open University at the time and one of the convenors of the conference gives a brief welcome to the conference.  The conference was sponsored by Laurence King Publishing and Wiley-Blackwell.

Alyce Mahon, Surrealism and Alchemy: Transform the World!

Part of the series 'Art & Alchemy: Transformation & Contemporary Art' A two day conference across Cambridge and Norwich exploring ideas of alchemy and transformation, and the role of crystals in contemporary artistic practice and theory from Graeco-Roman Egypt to Surrealism and contemporary art.

Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, Stranded

Part of the series 'Art & Alchemy: Transformation & Contemporary Art'. A two day conference across Cambridge and Norwich exploring ideas of alchemy and transformation, and the role of crystals in contemporary artistic practice and theory from Graeco-Roman Egypt to Surrealism and contemporary art.

Gill Perry, Gangs and Crystals at Home in South London: Roger Hiorns's Seizure, 2008

Part of the lecture series on 'Art & Alchemy: Transformation & Contemporary Art' A two day conference across Cambridge and Norwich exploring ideas of alchemy and transformation, and the role of crystals in contemporary artistic practice and theory from Graeco-Roman Egypt to Surrealism and contemporary art.

Urszula Szulakowska, Alchemy and Political Activism

Part of the lecture series on 'Art & Alchemy: Transformation & Contemporary Art' A two day conference across Cambridge and Norwich exploring ideas of alchemy and transformation, and the role of crystals in contemporary artistic practice and theory from Graeco-Roman Egypt to Surrealism and contemporary art.

Susie West, Nikolaus Pevsner, The Georgian and the neo-Georgian

Re-appraising the Neo-Georgian 1880-1970 An International Conference organised by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, English Heritage, The Open University and the Twentieth Century Society. From Day 2, Session 4

Julia Scalzo, Victorian Disguised: Picturesque 'Visual Planning' and the Post-War Reconstruction of London

Re-appraising the Neo-Georgian 1880-1970 An International Conference organised by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, English Heritage, The Open University and the Twentieth Century Society. From Day 2, Session 4

Elizabeth Darling, 'A live universal language': The Georgian as Motif in inter-war British Architectural Modernism

Re-appraising the Neo-Georgian 1880-1970 An International Conference organised by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, English Heritage, The Open University and the Twentieth Century Society. From Day 2, Session 4

Discussions from session 3 and 4

There are 2 parts to this video: 1. A discussion lasting about 2 minutes chaired by Prof Tim Benton on "Re-appraising the Neo-Georgian 1880-1970 with Stephen Hague, Paul Ranogajec, Ian Lochhead, Gerry Adler and Harry Charrington. 2. A discussion lasting about 22 minutes chaired by Dr Elizabeth McKellar on "Mediating the Neo-Georgian 1920-1970" with Elizabeth Darling, Julia Scalzo and Susie West