If you knew Time as well as I do,’ said the Hatter, `you wouldn’t talk about wasting IT!
I am thrilled to have been invited to give a free lecture at Oxford’s Bodleian Library entitled “Timeless Alice: From the fourth dimension to climate change” on the 6th of July.
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland remains popular, indeed “timeless” – but what does this really mean? Follow Alice on a journey through Lewis Carroll’s contemplation of time, in an age of railways and theories of the fourth dimensions, and find out why that, to this day makes Carroll’s most famous novel the perfect vehicle for modern scientists to explain complex phenomena such as quantum physics, climate change and the unconscious.
I will be joining three fantastic speakers on the day:
- 10am: Alice’s Nightmare in Wonderland: an innovative adventure gamebook with a dangerous twist – Jon Green
- 11am: Alice in Guinness-time: a 1960s’ advertising campaign using Lewis Carroll’s characters – Brian Sibley
- 1pm: Alice in Fashion-land: over a century of changing trends and designs inspired by Wonderland – Kiera Vaclavik
- 2pm: Timeless Alice: From the fourth dimension to climate change – Franziska Kohlt
The talks are free, and will take place at the Lecture Hall of the Weston Library – seats are limited, though, so better arrive in time!
Dr Franziska Kohlt 