Marsha Meskimmon, 'The Precarious Ecologies of Cosmopolitanism'  The Open Arts Journal hosted a research seminar and reception at the OU Camden, London to mark the Journal’s launch this summer. Professor Marsha Meskimmon (Loughborough University), spoke about her article published in Issue 1, 'The Precarious Ecologies of Cosmopolitanism'. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion including: Professor Berthold Schoene and Dr Ellie Byrne (guest editors of our inaugural issue, and both at Manchester Metropolitan University) together with Open Arts Journal editor-in-chief Dr Leon Wainwright (OU Art History), and Q&A.

Berthold Schoene, Ellie Byrne and Leon Wainwright, panel discussion  The Open Arts Journal hosted a research seminar and reception at the OU Camden, London to mark the Journal’s launch this summer. Professor Marsha Meskimmon (Loughborough University), spoke about her article published in Issue 1, 'The Precarious Ecologies of Cosmopolitanism'. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion including: Professor Berthold Schoene and Dr Ellie Byrne (guest editors of our inaugural issue, and both at Manchester Metropolitan University) together with Open Arts Journal editor-in-chief Dr Leon Wainwright (OU Art History), and Q&A.

Diana Newall, 'Interactions on Rural Crete in the 14th century'  The workshop provided the Leverhulme Project team with an introduction to the context and issues associated to Crete, for the topic of their research. Speakers presented on a range of themes including social, economic, cultural, artistic and architectural aspects of Crete in the late medieval and early modern period.

Charalambos Gasparis, 'A Brief outline of the History of Crete during the first centuries of the Venetian rule'  The workshop provided the Leverhulme Project team with an introduction to the context and issues associated to Crete, for the topic of their research. Speakers presented on a range of themes including social, economic, cultural, artistic and architectural aspects of Crete in the late medieval and early modern period.

The workshop provided the Leverhulme Project team with an introduction to the context and issues associated to Crete, for the topic of their research. Speakers presented on a range of themes including social, economic, cultural, artistic and architectural aspects of Crete in the late medieval and early modern period.

The Open Arts Journal hosted a research seminar and reception at the OU Camden, London to mark the Journal’s launch this summer. Professor Marsha Meskimmon (Loughborough University), spoke about her article published in Issue 1, 'The Precarious Ecologies of Cosmopolitanism'. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion including: Professor Berthold Schoene and Dr Ellie Byrne (guest editors of our inaugural issue, and both at Manchester Metropolitan University) together with Open Arts Journal editor-in-chief Dr Leon Wainwright (OU Art History), and Q&A.

On 21st and 22nd May the Department of Art History and Department of Geography (Leon Wainwright and Clare Melhuish) hosted the international meeting ‘Caribbean Urban Aesthetics’, at The Open University’s Walton Hall campus in Milton Keynes. This was a preliminary workshop to bring together scholars and professionals from various disciplines and institutions, sharing a mutual interest in this field of studies both within and beyond the Caribbean itself, and to explore the possibilities for future collaborative research.

'On Bees, Hives and the Human' - Part 3 - Rebecca Chesney  This seminar 'On Bees, Hives and the Human' was chaired by Dr Helen Pheby, Deputy Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and was hosted by the University of Sheffield. Rebecca Chesney was artist in residence at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) in 2010. She used her time there to research the bees and other wildlife on the estate, with a view to producing work for an exhibition at the Park's galleries to be held in April 2011.

'On Bees, Hives and the Human' - Part 2 - Dr Clare Preston  This seminar 'On Bees, Hives and the Human' was chaired by Dr Helen Pheby, Deputy Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and was hosted by the University of Sheffield. This seminar included contributions from a scientist, a cultural historian and a practising artist. Common themes emerged regarding the relationship of bees to human social, cultural and environmental concerns. There were also differences in emphasis as the balance of creative, scientific and cultural concerns was different for each speaker.

'On Bees, Hives and the Human - Part 1 - Professor Francis Ratnieks  This seminar 'On Bees, Hives and the Human' was chaired by Dr Helen Pheby, Deputy Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and was hosted by the University of Sheffield. This seminar included contributions from a scientist, a cultural historian and a practising artist. Common themes emerged regarding the relationship of bees to human social, cultural and environmental concerns. There were also difference in emphasis as the balance of creative, scientific and cultural concerns was different for each speaker.