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08.01.2020
London WS to initiate the The Wagner Society Young Lecturer Prize 2020
This innovative new prize is aimed as young academic scholars of Wagmer. The public are invited to attend the finals.
THE WAGNER SOCIETY
2020 YOUNG LECTURER PRIZE

Tues 21st Jan 2020, 6pm for 7-9pm
Swedenborg Hall, Barter Street, London WC1A 2TH 

The Wagner Society are very happy to announce their first 2020 Young Lecturer Prize, to be held on 21st January at Swedenborg Hall, London. The prize is for Young Academics, and the Finalists will be presenting a short  lecture topic with a Wagnerian theme. The jury will be chaired by Professor John Deathridge.
 
The winner of the lecture prize will receive £500 and the audience prize winner will receive £100. There will also be the opportunity to visit the 2020 Bayreuth Festival under the Bayreuth Festival Scholarship scheme.

The winner of the Lecture Prize will be given an evening lecture in central London, hosted by the Wagner Society, as part of their prize. Also there will be the opportunity to have the lecture published in Wagner News, the quarterly Wagner Society Magazine.