About this event

  • Date and time Thu 21 Nov 2024 from 10:45am to 12:45pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Senior Fellows Forum

Please note that registration will take place between 10:45am and 11:30am, and you are welcome to register at any time within this period. To allow sufficient time for event preparations and to minimise waiting, we kindly ask that you do not arrive before 10:45am.

We are pleased to host Professor Alan Silman, Professor of Musculoskeletal Health at Oxford University and Senior Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, for a fascinating lecture about the Swiss German artist, Paul Klee.

With a very distinctive art style, Paul Klee was a key member of the “Blauer Reiter” (Blue Rider) school of expressionism which included famous members such as Kandinsky and the composer Arnold Schoenberg. He developed scleroderma when in exile from Nazism in Switzerland and documented his deteriorating health in his art.

Through his distinguished research record in scleroderma, our expert speaker will review what is known about Klee’s life and, with ample illustrations from his portfolio, describe what is possibly a unique example of a world famous artist using his own health as the backdrop to his work.

Registration, tea and coffee: 10:45am
Welcome and introduction: 11:30am
Lecture: 11:40am
Close of meeting: 12:45pm
Optional lunch: 1:00pm

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Key speakers

Professor Alan Silman

Professor of Musculoskeletal Health at Oxford University

Senior Research Fellow at Green Templeton College

Speaker's biography

Alan is Professor of Musculoskeletal Health at Oxford University and Senior Research Fellow at Green Templeton College. Prior to that he was head of the Arthritis Research Unit at Manchester University and subsequently the Medical Director of Arthritis Research UK (ARUK). He has a particular interest in chronic disorders and has advised government on these.

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close on Wednesday 20 November 2024 at 1:00am (GMT) for the in-person event and 30 November for the live stream. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time.

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