Colchester's Avatars - Professor John Gillies on new talk series
Colchester’s Avatars: the historical figures on Colchester’s Town Hall is a talk series at firstsite organised by Professor John Gillies from the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies. The talks are taking a fresh look at the town's history through the lives celebrated by statues on the exterior of one of the town's most iconic landmarks. bit.ly/firstsite_talks The first talk is on Thursday 24 January with architectural historian James Bettley and Colchester historian and Visiting Fellow at the Department of History Andrew Phillips. Future talks include ‘Thomas Audley and Samuel Harsnett’ with Professor James Raven and Professor Gillies, ‘Edward the Elder and St Helena’ with Andrew Phillips, ‘Boudicca and Eudo Dapifer’ with Philip Crummy and ‘William Gilberd’ with Professor David Tilley, Peter Noakes and Ken Rickwood.