The Language of the Jazz Age
Friday 13 July, 1-2pm
Ashmolean Museum, Lecture Theatre, Beaumont Street
Student tickets £6
Professor Sarah Churchwell of the University of London explores the ‘cool; language of American modernism, revealing the surprising history of familiar terms that bridge the 1920s and today, including slang words like cool and jazz, but also apparently current words that preoccupy our culture, from robot to post-feminist.
Find out more and book tickets at www.ashmolean.org/event/the-language-of-the-jazz-age.