Silk Roads Talk at Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral will be welcoming Dr Sue Brunning, Curator at the British Museum to deliver a fascinating talk based on the current Silk Roads exhibition later this month (29th January).
Silk Roads explores the cultural exchanges along the network of routes linking Asia, Africa and Europe from about AD500-1000. The Lichfield Angel is on loan to the exhibition at the moment. As part of her talk, Dr Sue Brunning will explore the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia and Lichfield’s links to the silk roads.
How could The Lichfield Angel, discovered in 2003 and dated to around AD800, be linked to these ancient international trade routes?
Canon Gregory Platten at Lichfield Cathedral said: “We are delighted to welcome Dr Sue Brunning to the Cathedral to talk about this groundbreaking exhibition and Lichfield’s place on the silk roads. Having visited the exhibition and seen our Lichfield Angel on display, I was fascinated by the profound impact these trade routes have had on art and culture, and reminded of the pivotal role faith played on these roads. Sue is an excellent and engaging speaker; it’s a real treat to have her come and talk to us.”
Tickets for the talk are £10 and are available from the Cathedral’s website: www.lichfield-cathedral.org. The talk is hosted in Lichfield Cathedral at 14:00 on Wednesday 29 January.
About Dr Sue Brunning
Dr Sue Brunning is Curator of the European Early Medieval Collections in the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at the British Museum. She specialises in early medieval material culture, with a particular research focus on the Sutton Hoo ship burial, cross-cultural connections and multidisciplinary methodologies. Sue completed her PhD at UCL Institute of Archaeology in 2013. She joined the British Museum as a volunteer in 2007, before becoming Project Curator (2010) and then Lead Curator (2012) on the refurbishment of Room 41, the Sir Paul and Lady Ruddock Gallery of Sutton Hoo and Europe 300–1100 (opened 2014). In 2019, Sue curated Sutton Hoo 80: Discovery, Destiny, Donation in Room 2, a mixed archival and artefact display which marked the 80th anniversary of the Sutton Hoo ship burial’s excavation. She is currently co-curator of the Silk Roads exhibition and co-author of the associated book.
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