Ian’s specialist subject field is the architecture, ivories, silk textiles, and other material culture of al-Andalus from the Moorish invasion of 711 AD to the surrender of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs in 1492 AD.

The schedule of the study day will be as follows:

Registration from 9.30am ; 1st lecture 10am ; coffee/tea 11am; 2nd

lecture 11.30; lunch break 12.45-2pm; 3rd lecture 2-3 pm; finish 3.15 pm

 

Venue - The Rougemont Room, Exeter Central Library.

Time - Registration from 9.30am ; 1st lecture 10am ; coffee/tea 11am; 2nd

lecture 11.30; lunch break 12.45-2pm; 3rd lecture 2-3 pm; finish 3.15 pm

Cost - £30 to include tea and coffee.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Ian Cockburn

Art historian with a BA (Birkbeck College) in art history and an MA (Courtauld Institute of Art) in medieval Spanish art history. Specialist in the nearly 800 years of Moorish occupation and Christian reconquest of medieval Iberia. 

Founder and director of an art tours company, specialising in guided cultural tours in Spain, plus lecturing in London at institutions such as the V&A, SOAS, Christies Education, and the London Art History Society. Formerly a Chartered Accountant and senior manager in multi-national IT companies, with extensive public-speaking experience.