{"id":4093,"date":"2018-12-12T14:43:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T14:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theartssocietyoxford.org.uk\/?page_id=4093"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:15:06","slug":"previous-study-days","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theartssocietyoxford.org.uk\/?page_id=4093","title":{"rendered":"Previous Study Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- take from the Word doc of the next study day\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 2026<\/strong> \u201cIstanbul: City of Faith, Power and Beauty.\u201d<\/strong> by Dr Antonia Gatward Cevizli\n--><\/p>\n<p><strong>These are the Study Days held in recent years:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jan 2026<\/strong> \u201cPhotography: the big picture\u201d<\/strong> by Roger Mendham\n<li><strong>Sep 2025<\/strong> \u201cCaravaggio and his contemporaries\u201d<\/strong> by Chantal Brotherton-Radcliffe\n<li><strong>May 2025<\/strong> \u201cMoorish Spain: history, architecture and material culture\u201d<\/strong> by Ian Cockburn\n<li><strong>Jan 2025<\/strong> \u201cUnravelling the Silk Road\u201d<\/strong> by Chris Aslan\n<li><strong>Sep 2024<\/strong> \u201cThe Paintings Conservation Roadshow\u201d<\/strong> by Sarah Cove\n<li><strong>May 2024<\/strong> \u201cTragedy and triumph: the story of polar exploration\u201d by Mark Cottle\n<li><strong>Jan 2024<\/strong> &#8220;Sicilian Splendours, Rome and Africa&#8221; by Paul Roberts\n<li><strong>Sep 2023<\/strong> &#8220;William Hogarth: Materials and Morals&#8221; by Lars Tharp\n<li><strong>May 2023<\/strong> &#8220;New York! 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