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Benjamin Franklin House
Burgh House
Dr Johnson's House
Freud Museum
Handel House Museum
William Morris Society
14 January - 08 April 2010
Other

Introducing Freud

In the unique setting of the Freud Museum, learn about Freud's childhood, education and training, and personal life; the intellectual and cultural background from which psychoanalysis emerged; how Freud arrived at the method of psychoanalysis and the central ideas and theories underpinning his view of the human mind; the development of psychoanalysis over the course of Freud's later career.

The course is intended for non specialists who would like to learn more about this fascinating subject in the special surroundings of the Freud Museum.

Dates: 12 sessions on Thursday evenings, 6.30 – 8.30pm, starting 14 January 2010

Fees:  £180, Friends of the Museum £150, f/t students and unemployed £120

Booking: For further details and to book a place please call ++ 44 (0)20 7435 2002, or email info@freud.org.uk

 

Freud Museum
27 January - 02 March 2010
Other

Course:Recording Life Stories, Capture the Hidden Past

An introductory course on collecting oral histories led by oral historian Verusca Calabria.  Learn how to capture people’s memories for posterity, become familiar with digital recording methods, and how to preserve the recordings.  At the end of the course you will have gained experience of the theory and practice of life history interviewing and will have the confidence to carry out your own interviews.

 

Time: 6-9pm for six weeks from 27th January 2010

Cost: Standard rate £180, concession rate £140.

For queries and bookings contact:

Verusca Calabria

e. verusca@oralhistorymatters.co.uk,

t. 0779 1092850.

 

Burgh House
25 February - 02 May 2010
Exhibitions

Andy Hope 1930 at the Freud

 

Andreas Hofer has created a new series of works for Sigmund Freud’s house that includes paintings, collages, sculptures and site-specific installations. The exhibition’s title relates to the name and date Hofer often signs his work. The name is a kind of alter-ego, while 1930 is a significant date since it was during the major economic and political crises in twentieth century Europe and marked a shift in the history of modern art with its avant-garde movements.

That same year Sigmund Freud was living in Vienna, and wrote the book, ‘Civilization and Its Discontents’. This argues that violence is inherent in human nature, what Freud calls "the inclination toward aggression". After Hitler invaded Austria, Freud and his family, who were Jewish, witnessed violent anti-Semitism and eventually fled to London in 1938.

Curated by James Putnam.

Freud Museum
02 March 2010
Talks

Shared Churches, Private Chapels, or Regular Commutes: Arrangements for Dissenting Worship in Early Modern Europe

One of the most pressing questions for religiously mixed communities in the early modern era was where different religious groups would be allowed to worship.  This talk by Dr Ben Kaplan of UCL explores the various physical arrangements made for dissenting worship in England and Europe in the wake of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. 

Time: 7pm

Tickets: £8/ £6 Friends of Burgh House

Booking: 0207 431 0144, info@burghhouse.org.uk

Burgh House
04 March 2010
Talks

Lifelines with Andrew Sachs

7pm for 7.30pm


Born in Berlin, Sachs family moved to England when he was eight to escape the Nazi persecution and settled in North London.  He made his screen debut in 1959 in the film The Night We Dropped a Clanger. He then appeared in numerous TV series and is perhaps best known for his role as Manuel, in Fawlty Towers for which he was BAFTA-nominated. He is now frequently heard as a narrator of television and radio documentaries


£12, Friends of BH £10.  Add £18 for the delicious supper afterwards inc wine
Advance booking essential. T. 0207 431 0144, E. info@burghhouse.org.uk
 

Burgh House
10 March 2010
Talks

Lady Reid Lecture- Franklin in Portraiture

During his long years in London, Franklin sat for many portraits including the famous likeness painted by David Martin in 1766, commissioned by Scottish merchant and Franklin friend, Robert Alexander.  The talk will look at what this portrait and others of the period 'say' about Franklin and encompass Franklin's connection to 18th century London art - including as a member of the Royal Society of Arts, Commerce and Manufacture - and artists like Benjamin West, who himself had ties to Pennsylvania.

 

Time: 6.30pm-7.30pm

Tickets: £5/£3.50 Friends and concessions, includes refreshments

Booking: Email info@benjaminfranklinhouse.org or phone +44(0)20 7839 2006

 

 


 

Benjamin Franklin House
18 - 19 March 2010
Other

The Famous Fanny Burney

 

Performed by Karin Fernald
Frances Burney (1752-1840), Jane Austen's most admired authoress, is best known to later generations for her journals, letters and her first novel EVELINA. Her journals offer a witty, perceptive and highly personal view of life in late l8th-century London. 

"Full of lively humour and much graced by the personality of the actress" 
Harold Atkins, Daily Telegraph

The performance lasts approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes

£15/£13 concessions, includes a glass of wine following the performance 
For more information click here or email us here or phone 020 7353 3745

 

Dr Johnson's House