{"id":2011,"date":"2016-07-28T14:17:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T14:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn-marriage\/?page_id=2011"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:28:53","slug":"lectures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/presentations\/lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I lectured at the University of Surrey for seventeen years, moving from one department to another according to the changing fortunes of university financing at the time. Employed initially to teach Aesthetics, I went on to lecture also in Art History, the Arts in England, and English Poetry. My main areas of specialism in Art were: British art, Twentieth century art, the Philosophy of art, Mediaeval thought and art, and Religious art.<\/p>\n<p>For some of these years I also lectured in the Philosophy of Art at West Surrey College of Art and Design (now University College for the Creative Arts at Farnham).<\/p>\n<p>I have always given guest lectures on a wide variety of subjects, from academic presentations on philosophy or theology, to enabling dance. The list below gives an indication of some of the subjects I have covered over the years, and some of the groups to which I have lectured. See also the pages on Preaching and retreats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>External lectures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Recent presentations on my prose books<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Presentation on <em>The Elder Race<\/em> and <em>Rapeseed<\/em> at Words by the Water, Keswick: March 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I presented my novel, <em>The Elder Race<\/em>, at Broad Horizons, Guildford in June 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I presented my novel, <em>The Elder Race<\/em>, at the new Totnes and Bridgetown Festival in April 2022<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Talk entitled &#8216;A Writer&#8217;s Corona Variety Show&#8217; to the Society of Authors Southern Counties, October 2020. In this talk I shared some of the many ways in which I have been occupied as a writer through the pandemic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Presentation on &#8216;Rapeseed&#8217; to Society of Authors Southern Counties, March 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Launch\u00a0 of &#8216;Rapeseed&#8217; at the International Women&#8217;s Festival in York,\u00a0 March 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Philosophy, aesthetics and the arts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Victoria and Albert Museum, London<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Eidos of Art: International Conference on Aesthetics<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cracow, Poland; 1985<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Royal Schools of Church Music<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Guildford Philosophical Society<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Modern History Group, University of Surrey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Music Department Special Lecture Series, University of Surrey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Open Lecture Series, University of Surrey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kingsbridge History Society<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">W.E.A. Haslemere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Corona Group<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As well as teaching poetry at the University of Surrey, I have also given guest lectures on individual poets, including T S Eliot, R S Thomas and Jack Clemo, and on religious poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Th<span style=\"color: #000000;\">eology and spirituality<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Advent reflection on <em>Elizabeth<\/em> at St Mary&#8217;s, Guildford, November 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Julian of Norwich<\/em> in the <em>Practical Aspects of Spirituality<\/em> series, St Mary&#8217;s Church, Guildford, 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Freedom<\/em> in the <em>Open lecture<\/em> series, Sisters of the Church, Ham Common, 2010<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session in Provincial Chapter, Sisters of the Church, 2010<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session on <em>The People of God<\/em>, Ways with Words, Dartington, 2010<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sexuality and spirituality<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8216;Festival 81&#8217;: Bishop&#8217;s conference at Guildford Cathedral and University of Surrey; 1981<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Birmingham University Visiting Lecture<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Royal Foundation of St Katharine, London<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Westminster Pastoral Centre, Meeting Point and University of Life<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haslemere and Alton Pastoral Centres<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Environment and climate change<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Continuous Professional Development Programme, Scottish Police College, Tulliallan Castle<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sustainable Science Symposium,Bracknell Probus, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">King Edward\u2019s School, Witley<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">St Catherine\u2019s School, Bramley<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kingsbridge Peace Group<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Surrey County Councillors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Guildford Geographical Association<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Epsom and Ewell Energy Group<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">George Abbot Sixth Form<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/writing\/books\/\"><strong>My theology books (priesthood and laity, and the Holy Spirit)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/presentations\/dance\/\"><strong>Dance<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I lectured at the University of Surrey for seventeen years, moving from one department to another according to the changing fortunes of university financing at the time. Employed initially to teach Aesthetics, I went on to lecture also in Art History, the Arts in England, and English Poetry. My&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/presentations\/lectures\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lectures<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2047,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2011","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4769,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2011\/revisions\/4769"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}