This House Regrets the Narrative of the Suffering Artist

17 April 2025 at 18:30:00
Lower Parliament Hall
Speakers

Miya Turner
Opposition
Miya is a first year History student. She has taken part in many competitive debates, and finds discussions of art and principles particularly interesting.

Dr. Alistair Rider
Proposition
Alistair Rider is Senior Lecturer in the School of Art History. His research and teaching centres on twentieth-century art, with a particular focus on abstraction, sculptural traditions and environmental themes in art.

Dr. James Fortuna
Opposition
James Fortuna is a cultural historian based in the School of History at the University of St Andrews. His work considers the transatlantic links between design, governance, and identity.

Lesley Franklin
Proposition
I was Principal of George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, and retired in 2021 after 26 years at the school. I then returned to my Alma mater, St Andrews University, to undertake an MLitt in Art History and I had a great year of masters study.