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Open lectures

Every term, the University organises free open lectures on a wide variety of topics and aimed at a general audience.  

Most lectures require pre-booking. Where tickets are needed, this is also indicated in any publicity.

We distribute information on upcoming lectures to interested members of the public at the start of each academic term (October, January and April). If you would like to receive a free copy of this leaflet either by email or by post, please join our mailing list. Please note that leaflets will not be sent out for Spring term 2022.

Updated lecture information is always available here on our web pages. As these pages are updated frequently, they will publicise lectures which we were unable to include in the leaflet.

Got a question about our open lectures?  Check our FAQs. 

DID YOU KNOW that we record some of our open lectures and they are available to watch again on our open lectures YouTube playlist? 

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Upcoming events

'No Beer on a Dead Planet': Mapping environmental protest in Australia

Despite branding itself ‘the Lucky Country’, Australia has faced a considerable number of significant environmental challenges in recent years...

Reflections on Hope with Kaiser Haq

For this instalment, the York Hope Consortium will be joined by the brilliant poet and academic Kaiser Haq to reflect on the concept of Hope.

Second Chances Again

Join the Department of English and Related Literature for this term's Adam Phillips Lecture

Resilient autonomous systems: Vision and challenges

Professor Radu Calinescu talks about the recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics.

CANCELLED - York Hope Consortium in conversation with Dr Ana Dinerstein

For this instalment, we will be joined by the incredible Ana Dinerstein from the University of Bath to reflect on the concept of ‘Hope’.

Falstaff on Tour: County, town, and country in the late Elizabethan theatre

Why does Falstaff travel to York via Gloucestershire in Henry the Fourth, part two? And why does Shakespeare interrupt his second tetralogy of history plays to take his most famous comic character to Windsor in the Merry Wives?

Between conflict and cooperation: The contrasting image of the Ottoman Turks in Late Medieval Ragusan sources

Professor Dr Emir Filipović talks about the Ottoman Turk.

Spreading rebellion?: The rise of Extinction Rebellion chapters across the world

This talk offers an analysis of social movement transnationalisation, using Extinction Rebellion as its case study.

The Bloomsbury Indians: Writing across the tracks

Join the Department of English and Related Literature for this year's Annual Jacques Berthoud Lecture with Professor Susheila Nasta.

Successes and opportunities for the bioeconomy

Looking for further investment and support for your research or bio-based business idea?

Imagining New Worlds: Critical thinking and the power of writing now

The York Hope Consortium will be joined by the brilliant editor and non-fiction writer Susheila Nasta to discuss critical thinking and the power of writing now.

Embodiment, enactment and the cultural poetics of grief

Professor Laurence J Kirmayer presents the latest in the Grief Project lecture series.

Pockets of Hope? Anti-racist scholar activism

The York Hope Consortium will be joined by the brilliant Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Dr Laura Connelly to discuss 'Hope' in the context of their book 'Anti-Racist Scholar-Activism'.

"Keeping Your Shape": Preserving English football heritage

The seminar will look at the Historic England recording project at Bootham Crescent, undertaken with the club and fanbase.

Measuring player experience: A paradox of human-computer interaction

Digital games are an appealing pastime for more than 50% of people in the UK and Europe. The real attraction of games seems to come from the experiences that they offer players. But what are these experiences and how do games provide them?

Getting to the University

The majority of lectures are held on the University campus. 

There is a regular bus service and the campus is easily accessible by bicycle. Car parking is available in the Pay & Display car parks, which are free after 6pm. 

More information on reaching the University together with maps and additional parking information can be found on our Information for Visitors webpages.

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