[Commlist] Scandal ’63 Revisited: Symposium

To close our acclaimed exhibition ‘Scandal ’63 Revisited: Reframing the 
Profumo Affair via Art and Artefact’ (chosen as ‘Exhibition of the Week’ 
by the/Guardian/), you are warmly invited to attend an in-person, 
inter-disciplinary symposium on Friday 14^th April 2023 at De Montfort 
University, Leicester. The event includes a visit to the exhibition, 
talks from artists, creative writers, film academics and cultural 
historians, and a Q&A with Christine Keeler’s son, Seymour Platt. The 
symposium and exhibition are curated by artist Fionn Wilson and 
historian of visual culture, Professor Steve Chibnall.

Admission is*free*via this Eventbrite link:

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Admission is limited to 150 persons, and the scheduled programme for the 
day is below

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*_Scandal ’63 Revisited: Symposium_*

*_14 April, 2023, 10:20–19:00,_*

*_De Montfort University, ViJay Patel Building, Room 4.05_*

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10:20 WELCOME*:*Steve Chibnall and Hugo Worthy (DMU)

10:30 Steve Chibnall (De Montfort University):/Portraits of a Scandal: 
The Art of Stephen Ward/

11:15 Creative writings:/Christine Keeler in the Court of Public 
Opinion/by Caroline Collett, and/Christine Keeler Poetry/: Sarah 
Caulfield, Guinevere Clark, Mari Ellis Dunning, Gemma June Howell (all 
via MS Teams to those attending in-person only)

12.15 Melanie Williams (University of East Anglia):/Christine Keeler and 
Sixties Fashion/

1.00 LUNCH (not provided)

1:40 Gallery visit and informal meet the curators (Steve Chibnall and 
Fionn Wilson)

14:15 KEYNOTE: Carol Dyhouse (University of Sussex):/Girl Trouble: Panic 
and progress in the history of young women/

15.00 Richard Farmer (University of Bristol):/The Affair in popular culture/

15.45 Q&A with Christine Keeler’s son, Seymour Platt (via MS Teams to 
those attending in-person only)

16:15 COFFEE BREAK

16.35 Sue Tate (University of the West of England):/Pauline Boty and the 
lost ‘Scandal ’63/’/painting/

17:10 Caroline Coon:/I AM WHORE/

17.50 Artists’ Panel (hosted by Hugo Worthy): Marguerite Horner, Cathy 
Lomax, and Dameon Priestly

18.40*FINISH*

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*Please send any enquiries to Steve Chibnall at*

*(schib /at/ dmu.ac.uk)***


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