This lecture is a RECORDING ONLY - after purchasing your Pay What You Can ticket you will be able to access the link to the recording of this class via the ticket page. Please reach out to hello@feministlectureprogram.com if you run into any issues.
After purchasing, you will have until Monday 3rd February to watch this recording.
We hope you enjoy the class!
FLP welcomes back the wonderful Verity Babbs with her crucial lecture exploring female neurodivergency through both its representation and lack thereof in art history…
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Join Verity Babbs as she explores female neurodivergency through art history (and, of course, its lack of representation). Following this line of inquiry, Babbs will provoke a conversation around how contemporary gallery practices and arts education systems can and should do better to accommodate neurodiverse audiences and students. Babbs herself received an ADHD diagnosis in 2022, which of course made her reflect on her own experiences in education and as a woman working in the arts industry. With examples and statements from contemporary artists and literature, this class will be a discussion on what happens when you don't fit the industry mould, how the art world reacts to this divergence, and how the art world in turn needs to change.
ABOUT OUR LECTURER
Verity Babbs (she/her) is an art historian, presenter, and comedian. She holds a History of Art degree from the University of Oxford and tries to make conversations about art history more accessible through her “1 Sentence Answer” videos online and her live art-themed comedy events, Art Laughs. She has worked on filmed projects for Tate, London Art Fair, and Soho House and Art Laughs has performed at the National Gallery, Royal Museums Greenwich, and Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. She has appeared on BBC News and BBC Radio 4, and has written for The Guardian, Artnet News, and Hyperallergic. HistoryExtra named her one of their “30 Under 30” in 2024 and she was shortlisted for the National Community Radio Awards’ Newcomer of the Year in 2023.
INSTAGRAM: @veritybabbsart
WEBSITE: www.veritybabbs.com
SPRING TERM 2025
Monday 20th January
Margot Mifflin (she/her)
Beauty Pageants and National Identity
Monday 27th January
Verity Babbs (she/her)
Divergent Minds: Female Neurodiversity in Art and Art History
Monday 3rd February
Vex Ashley (she/her)
The Body And The Screen - Sexuality Against The Machine
Monday 10th February
Luisa-Maria MacCormack (she/her)
Holy Hags: Sinners and Sheela Na Gigs - RECORDING ONLY
Monday 17th February
Dr. Kimberley Baltzer-Jaray (she/they)
Women Who Kill: Gender Bias And Murder
Monday 24th February
Alekszandra Rokvity (she/her)
Endometriosis: A Feminist Issue
Monday 3rd March
TBC
Monday 10th March
Jennifer Anyan (she/her)
The Madonna Whore Dichotomy: Motherhood And Sexual Agency
Monday 17th March
Alyssa Velazquez (she/her)
Spawn: The Fantasy Of Women's Right To Choose
Monday 24th March
Leanne Yau (she/they)
Radical Connection Through Relationship Anarchy
Monday 31st March
Dr. Noam Yadin Evron (she/her)
Abortions: A Complicated History From The Middle Ages To Today
Monday 7th April
Lucy Cooke (she/her)
Bitch: On The Female Of The Species
Monday 14th April
Anna Souter (she/her)
Plant Parenthood: A Potted History Of Vegetal Reproduction And (M)Otherhood
Monday 21st April
Luisa-Maria MacCormack (she/her)
Feminism And The Ice Age - RECORDING ONLY
Monday 28th April
Elora Shehabuddin (she/her)
Feminism And Islam: A History Of Muslim Feminism
RECORDING
A recording of the lecture will be sent out by The Feminist Lecture Program after the event finishes, within 2 hours of the end of the class. This email will also contain any resources/reading list the lecturer shares.
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Please note that the recording will expire 7 days after sending.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Everyone is welcome to join this Pay-What-You-Can class. We suggest a donation of £20, however, we understand that may not be possible for everybody. Please be honest and pay what you can afford so that we can continue to offer our sessions on a donation basis.
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