Studium 2008 - Winchester College

Speaker
Session 1
9.15-10.20
Choices
Stephen Carter
Managing Director, Hawk-Eye Innovations
The value of trying to think differently
First developed in 1999, Hawk-Eye Innovations has used the expertise gleaned from years of
broadcasting to remain at the cutting edge of sports technology and broadcasting. Honours
include two BAFTAS and one Emmy. Since these initial accolades, Hawk-Eye has become
one of the leading vision processing companies within the sports sector. First used as a
broadcast tool for the leg before wicket decision in cricket, the company has since
revolutionised sports broadcasting, officiating and coaching across a number of sports. The
company is proud to be an integral part of many of the world's premier sporting events. These
include The Wimbledon Championships, the Cricket World Cup, Davis and Federation Cups,
World Championships snooker, the Indian Premier League cricket, and the Olympic Games.
Dougal Gray, Freddie Parker, Hugo Sever, Jamie Truell
The Ladakh Expedition
Dougal, Freddie, Hugo and Jamie will give an account of the expedition with some stunning photography.
Peter Krakenberger
The 15 Century Apocalypse of the Dukes of Savoy
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Peter Krakenberger is in his 40th and final year as a maths don at Winchester College, where
he is also lay chaplain and organiser of the Illuminated Manuscript Society. The Apocalypse
of the Dukes of Savoy is generally considered by experts to be the most beautiful of all the
medieval apocalypse books. It has 97 larger paintings, 91 smaller ones and profuse marginal
decoration. The first half took seven years to decorate, from 1428 to 1435; the artists involved
being Jean Bapteur and Peronet Lamy. The second half was completed in the years 14841490 by the outstanding French book artist Jean Colombe. The paintings are spectacular and
of great beauty, and because they refer to cataclysmic events due to happen as the end of the
world draws near, they are sometimes awe-inspiring.
Nick MacKinnon
Poetry reading
Nick MacKinnon was runner up in the 2009 Bridport Prize and a major prizewinner in the
2007 and 2008 McLellan Festivals and the 2009 Plough, Hippocrates, and tall-lighthouse
competitions. He has just won the 2012 Keats-Shelley prize.
Charlie Mauleverer and Colin Upton
From Canon St to Abbey Rd – a musical journey
Back in 2001 Charles Mauleverer (E, 1997-2002) and former maths don Colin Upton got
together to record their compositions in Colin’s home studio in Canon Street. Pop, rock and
classical were all explored, and many of the school’s best musicians – boys, old boys, and
dons – found themselves being roped in: Robert Bottone, Phil Nash, Malcolm Hebron, Adrian
Adlam, Leo Cairns, Will Keen, Tom Jesty and Harry Sever amongst others. Buoyed by some
radio play on Classic FM, the pair decided to make an album using a top class professional
orchestra to back the school’s musicians. Two memorable trips to Abbey Rd Studio 2
followed, and after years of overdubbing, editing and mixing, the album is finally ready for
release. Meanwhile Charles has graduated from Oxford with a degree in music, and from the
Royal College of Music as a Master of Composition. The Studium talk will include
recordings of some their early efforts through to excerpts from the album.
Dr Antonia Whitley
The Art of War
Teaching Fellow in the War Studies Department of Kings College London. Art historian and lecturer
with a particular interest in the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance- her PhD from the
Warburg Institute was an interdisciplinary study of Sienese society in the 15th century.
The war in question is WW1, of which Ernest Hemingway wrote that it had been: “...the most colossal, murderous,
mismanaged butchery that
has
ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise
had
lied.
So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up or fought.” Was the same true for painters? We consider some
notable examples and also how the Great War called for a new kind of art, while maintaining a tradition stretching
back to the Renaissance.
10.25-10.50
Break
(max 9)
Session 2
10.50-11.50
Antony Beevor
The Second World War
Antony Beevor, (K 1960-1964), is the author of The Second World War which has already
been a No 1 Bestseller in five countries. He will speak on the nature of the conflict, and why
historians have disagreed even over its duration. Was it the main part of the 'Long War of the
Twentieth Century'? Was it a clash between the great powers, or a conglomeration of conflicts
including an international civil war?
Dr Eliza Filby and Steven Clarke
(max 25)
Dr Eliza Filby, lecturer in modern British History, Kings College London
Speakeasy: Learn to be Heard (part 1)
Acting techniques as a way of improving confidence, conquering nerves and projecting
your voice. Public speaking is one of those key life-skills but we rarely receive training in it.
The world is full of bad communicators but what makes a good one? Are great orators born or
are they made? Drawing on acting techniques and academic know-how, Speakeasy is an
interactive workshop which will provide you with a tool kit of skills necessary to be an
effective communicator. This is not a lecture on the art of rhetoric, but an interactive
workshop; you will practise the exercises and will receive personal feedback. The course
includes how to conquer nerves, think on your feet, voice projection and the art of speech
writing. (Note: ideally, this is a double session – 2&3)
Julian Francis
Ethiopia – land of contrasts
Julian Francis is a highly successful city lawyer who is also an avid collector of private press
books and a serious ornithologist. His talk will be not just about the birds but also the
mammals, landscapes, music and people of Ethiopia.
Richard Fuller
Fuller’s
Fuller's has been around for over 165 years. Whilst we may be best known for brewing London Pride,
there is a lot more to Fuller's than first meets the eye. We are proud of our heritage and manage to
successfully combine it with a thriving, modern retail business. With our iconic brewery and head office
in West London and our portfolio of 364 pubs, inns and hotels, it is a multi-faceted operation.
Peter Krakenberger (repeat of Session 1)
(max 9)
Tom Pakenham & Hugh Knowles
Six ways to die
A trained solicitor, Tom (G, 1990-95) launched greentomatocars in 2006 as the first in the greentomato
group of companies of which he is CEO. In the last five years he has grown greentomatocars to a fleet of
120 vehicles and launched greentomatoenergy and the greentomatokit.
http://www.greentomatocars.com/
Hugh (I, 1989-94) is Principal Sustainability Advisor at Forum for the Future. ‘Working with pioneering
partners, we transform the essential systems of food, energy and finance to secure a more fulfilling life
for us and future generations.’ http://www.forumforthefuture.org/
A slightly irreverent tour of 'The six ways you can die' and why the world is a becoming a more
complex and dangerous place. We will have a conversation about the many ways you can help society
through some tricky times.
Dima Yeremenko
Russian Dog Training instructor and behaviourist
http://goodboydogschool.com/
Dima is often called a Dog Whisperer because of his extraordinary rapport with dogs and gentle
approach in training. This can be seen in the award winning film by Michael Slowe ‘The Leader of the
Pack’ (accessed on the homepage of his website). A large number of dogs, all with different owners,
harmoniously follow Dima around Hampstead Heath. In this first session, Dima will do a demonstration
with his own two dogs, one of whom, George, has appeared in the Harry Potter films. He will explain
his philosophy and take questions.
Session 3
12.00-1.00
Ben Heason
Climbing workshop 1
(max 20)
This will be the first of two climbing workshops (repeated in Session 5) with one of the UK’s
leading professional climbers. (See Session 3 talk by Ben for details)
Dr Eliza Filby and Steven Clarke
Speakeasy: Learn to be Heard (part 2)
The art of good speech making. Content will include speech writing and impromptu
public speaking.
Samvit Kanoria (on Skype from Dubai)
Samvit (A. 2001-3) went to Stanford and then to McKinsey in Dubai.
Global Forces
This is a seminal work done by our strategy practice that lays out some of the biggest macroeconomic trends (e.g. rise of the middle class) that are affecting our world.
(max 25)
Session 3
12.00-1.00
(continued)
Dr Iain McGilchrist
Two brains, two minds, one person
Dr Iain McGilchrist (Coll 1966-1971) is a former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, a
Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and former Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical
Director at the Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospital, London. His latest book, published by
Yale in November 2009, is The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making
of the Western World.
Why is the brain divided? Why does it matter? What can it tell us about our experience as
human beings, what we are like, what sort of thing the world is, and how we relate to it? How
might understanding this even help us stop destroying it? http://www.iainmcgilchrist.com/
Ed Parker
Co-founder Walking with the Wounded
Walking with the Wounded
– from battlefields to the North Pole, Everest and beyond ….
In 2011 our team set a World Record by taking four wounded servicemen to the Geographic
North Pole, our first expedition. In 2012, the charity set its sights even higher and on the new
challenge, and aimed to put five wounded servicemen on the summit of Mount Everest, the
worlds’ highest peak standing at 8,848m. Charity Co- Founder Ed Parker will tell of the epic
experiences from both The North Pole and from Everest. Whilst the Everest summit attempt
was sadly cancelled in May due to unprecedented conditions, Ed will speak of their journey
from the battle field to the final selection process for joining the summit and base camp teams,
including their summits of Manaslu, the world’s 8 th highest peak, Lobuche, 6145m, and finally
their attempt on the world’s highest mountain. Ed will also speak of the next expedition, our
largest yet, which is currently in the planning stages for 2013. This has been named as the
largest modern day expedition. http://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk/
Dima Yeremenko
Training session with College dogs
This will be an outdoor session where Dima will work with a group of College dogs involving
both the owners and the boys attending.
1.00-2.00pm
2.00-3.30pm
Session 4
4.00-5.00pm
Lunch
Corps/CS
Ben Heason
First Free Climbed Ascent of Angel Falls
Ben Heason is one of the UK’s leading climbers, having been climbing full time for over 15
years. He is world-renowned for his bold climbing on routes at the cutting edge of the sport
including his impressive exploits on big wall expeditions around the globe.
In his presentation Ben describes the first free climbed ascent of the 1000m Angel Falls wall,
the world's highest waterfall, in 2005. The team's successful expedition, with climbing at the
highest level, in an incredibly remote region of the planet, has been praised as 'one of the
finest achievements by British rock climbers on foreign soil'. Situated in the heart of the
Venezuelan jungle, this is not merely a story about an audacious rock climb on one of the
Natural Wonders of the World, but the emotions and experiences encountered along the way.
http://www.benheason.com/index.htm
Ralegh Long
In concert
Ralegh Long (I, 1999-2004) is an English Singer-Songwriter, guitarist and pianist. He mixes a
love of classic song writing with improvisational tactics. Ralegh has recently supported
Darren Hayman (ex-Hefner) and Thomas White (Electric Soft Parade) on tour. 'Placing the
enigmatic within the classically melodic'.(Sweeping The Nation)
http://raleghlong.bandcamp.com/
Professor Christopher Sachrajda FRS
Professor of Physics, University of Southampton
Prof Sachrajda’s research continues to be focussed on the development and exploitation of
Quantum Chromodynamics, the quantum field theory of the strong nuclear force. He obtained
his Ph.D. from Imperial College (London) in 1974. After periods of research as a Harkness
Fellow at Stanford University in California (1974-76) and in the Theory Division at CERN in
Geneva (1976-79) he was appointed to a faculty position in the Physics Department of the
University of Southampton. There he has held most senior roles including Head of
Department. In recognition of his research, Prof Sachrajda was elected to the Royal Society in
1996.
The Higgs Boson – Prediction, Discovery and Significance
On July 4th 2012, experimenters at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) announced the
discovery of an elementary particle which is likely to be the anticipated Higgs Boson, the last
missing ingredient in the Standard Model of particle physics. In this lecture Prof Sachrajda
will explain the reasons behind its prediction in 1964 and discuss its discovery at the LHC and
the implications for the future of particle physics.
Session 4
4.00-5.00pm
(continued)
Will Sharpe & Tom Kingsley (Note: double session 4&5)
Black Pond screening
http://www.blackpondfilm.com/
Will Sharpe (ex-Coll), aged 25, wrote, co-directed and acted in Black Pond which was
BAFTA nominated Outstanding Debut film, Winner of the Evening Standard Best Newcomer
award and nominated for a Raindance award. He and his co-director, Tom Kingsley, will take
questions following the screening of the film.
Geoffrey Tibbs
Why look at social movements?: The case of Southern Mexico
(and a bit of magic) (Note: this is repeated in Session 5)
Geoff Tibbs (B, 2003-8) took three sciences early, leaving plenty of time for Art and Art
History in his final year. He studied Fine Art at Oxford and has just completed a Masters at
the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He was recently accepted as a member of
the Magic Circle. His talk will be split between his academic work in Mexico and some ‘How
did he do that?!’ magic. It is amazing.
Session 5
5.10-6.00pm
Dr Thomas de Wesselow
Making Sense of the Turin Shroud
Dr Thomas de Wesselow (G, 1984-89) is an independent art historian and the author of The
Sign: the Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection. He gained his PhD from the
Courtauld Institute of Art in 2000, worked for a year in the curatorial department at the
National Gallery and was then a post-doctoral fellow at King’s College, Cambridge. Eight
years ago he took on the challenge of researching the most controversial, enigmatic object in
the world: the Shroud of Turin. A long linen sheet, bearing an extremely faint image of a
crucified man, the Shroud is traditionally supposed to be the burial-cloth of Jesus but is now
generally dismissed as a medieval fake. In this talk Thomas tells the story of his investigation
of the Shroud and explains why it has led him to a radical conclusion regarding the birth of
Christianity. http://thesignbook.wordpress.com/
Ben Heason workshop Climbing workshop 2
(max 20)
Ralegh Long
Song writing workshop
(max10)
Join Ralegh for a song writing workshop and jam – bring your own music and instrument.
Will Sharpe & Tom Kingsley (continuing from Session 4)
Black Pond screening and Q&A
Peter Tatchell
Economic democracy - Power to the people
Peter Tatchell is an Australian-born British political campaigner best known for his work with
LGBT social movements. He was selected as Labour Party Parliamentary candidate for
Bermondsey in 1981, and was then denounced by party leader Michael Foot for supporting
extra-parliamentary action against the Thatcher government. The Labour Party subsequently
allowed his selection when he ran in the Bermondsey by-election in February 1983. In the
1990s, he became a prominent LGBT campaigner through the direct action group OutRage!,
which he co-founded. He has worked on a wide variety of issues, such as Stop Murder Music,
which campaigns against music lyrics that incite violence against LGBT people, and is a
frequent contributor on human rights and social justice issues in print and through broadcast
media, authoring many articles and six books. In 2006, New Statesman readers voted him
sixth on their list of "Heroes of our time". He attracted international attention when he
attempted a citizen's arrest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1999 and again in
2001.
In his email to LCW he wrote: ‘I have several very simple, achievable ideas on how to make
the economy more participatory and accountable. I think the pupils will find them interesting,
challenging and may well wonder why no government has bothered to put them into effect.’
Geoffrey Tibbs – (Repeat of Session 4)