THE ART OF THE HERO: COMMEMORATING SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC

Captain Scott and his four companions died in the Antarctic in 1912. Although they had

lost the race to the South Pole to Norwegian Roald Amundsen, their deaths unleashed an

astonishing wave of tributes not only in Britain but around the world. This lecture will

examine the different ways in which artists represented death in the polar wasteland and

portrayed failure as heroic sacrifice.

Dr. Max Jones

Formerly a Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Christ's College, Cambridge, Max

now teaches at the University of Manchester and has previously won the university’s

‘Teacher of the Year’ award. He specializes in the cultural history of war and heroism, and

is currently writing a new history of British heroes. Public lecturing is Max’s passion.

Alongside lectures at Manchester and other universities, he has spoken about his

research to public audiences throughout the UK and beyond, from the Isles of Scilly to

Hobart, Tasmania.