Arne Jacobsen and St Catherine’s College: a conference
On 27 August, St Catherine’s College will be hosting a one-day conference in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the College’s opening. The conference will look at Arne Jacobsen’s work at St Catherine’s both in its 1960s context and from the present-day perspective of both the UK and Denmark.
Central to the day’s talks will be an opportunity to hear from the members of Arne Jacobsen’s studio about their working relationship with the architect and their role in the design and construction of the College.
The event also provides a platform for launching two projects of great importance to the College and those who have an interest in its history:
- During the course of this year, the College Archives are overseeing the digitisation of Arne Jacobsen’s drawings and plans of St Catherine’s. This is the first stage of a longer-term project to digitise all the drawings and plans held in the College’s physical archives. The aim is to provide an online resource for architectural researchers, students and practitioners.
- This year also sees the start of research and writing on the part of René Kural of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, of a book about St Catherine’s College.
Schedule for the conference
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
SATURDAY 27 AUGUST | ||
| 10am | Registration | The Lodge, Arumugam Building |
| 11am | Morning coffee | Bernard Sunley Building foyer and gardens |
| 11.30am | Kersti Börjars, Master of St Catherine's College A welcome to St Catherine’s College | Bernard Sunley Building Lecture Theatre |
| 11.40am | Alistair Fair, University of Edinburgh St Catherine’s in the context of 1960s UK architecture - Modernism and building for the new universities | Bernard Sunley Building Lecture Theatre |
| 12.15pm | Geoffrey Tyack, Kellogg College, Oxford The Commissioning of Arne Jacobsen | Bernard Sunley Building Lecture Theatre |
| 1pm | Lunch | Hall |
| 2.15pm | Teit Weylandt and Peter Denney Working with Arne Jacobsen: a discussion with visuals chaired by Stephen Hodder | Bernard Sunley Building Lecture Theatre |
| 3.00pm | Tobias Jacobsen Personal memories of Arne Jacobsen | Bernard Sunley Building Lecture Theatre |
| 3.30pm | Afternoon tea | Bernard Sunley Building foyer and gardens |
| 4pm | Stephen Hodder, Hodder + Partners, Manchester The challenges of adding to St Catherine’s | Bernard Sunley Building Lecture Theatre |
| 5.15pm | René Kural, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen A view from present-day Denmark about St Catherine’s and an introduction to the book project (video presentation) | Bernard Sunley Building Lecture Theatre |
| 5.30pm | Archive Exhibition/Digital Archive Launch: An opportunity to look at a selection of Arne Jacobsen’s plans and drawings for St Catherine’s as an introduction to the archive digitisation project. Further viewing opportunities will be available after dinner and after breakfast on Sunday morning. | College Archive, the Wolfson Library |
| 6.30pm | Reception | The Long Dining Room, Senior Common Room |
| 7.15pm | Gala dinner | Hall |
SUNDAY 28 AUGUST | ||
| 8am | Breakfast | Hall |
| 9am | Tours of the College |
The programme might be subject to changes, please return to this page to learn of updates.
Booking
Please note that booking for the conference has now closed. For further information, please contact the conference organiser, James Bennett, on james.bennett@stcatz.ox.ac.uk
Date
27 August, 2022
Time
All day
Venue
St Catherine's College, Oxford