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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.  

Some lectures require pre-booking. Where tickets are needed, this is also indicated in the 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 Summer term 2021.

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 online open lectures?  Check our FAQs. 

Reflecting our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our community, the University will not be hosting any open lectures on campus during Summer term 2021.  All open lectures will be held online. Please come back to this web page for regular updates. 

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

The 3,000 year-old Mummy Nesyamun: His life, work and recreating a vowel sound

Find out more about the sounds a 3,000 year-old mummy would have made and compare them to today's sounds

Masterclass Presentation: Individual and organisational resilience

Join Tracy Walters in this Masterclass presentation as she explains how we can build both personal and organisational resilience

Shift in attitudes during the Biden-Harris Presidency

Join the York Politics Society as they discuss the continued injustices the BAME community face following the US Presidential election and change in leadership

How Britain Ends: English Nationalism and the Rebirth of Four Nations

Join Gavin Esler as he discusses his new book; a book about history, but also about the strange, complicated identity of Britishness.

Breaking through PTSD with psychedelics

Free and exclusive documentary screening followed by a panel Q&A with director Dan Laughton and Heroic Hearts UK

Is Virtual Reality an illusory or hallucinatory experience?

Does virtual reality involve illusory or hallucinatory experience of things that are not present, or does it involve veridical experience of virtual objects?

Human Rights leadership: Local, national and international

This lecture offers living examples from Scotland of combining human rights leadership at local, national and international levels.

The Godless Gospel: Was Jesus a great moral teacher?

Do Jesus's teachings add up to a coherent moral system, still relevant today?

Why digital is so disruptive

Diane Coyle, an expert on the digital economy, will explore why digital technology is rewiring the economy - especially now so much activity has been driven online and what economists are learning about its consequences

Behind the Scenes of news reporting

Join Fatima Manji, award-winning broadcaster and journalist who anchors the UK's Channel 4 News, and discover the exciting opportunities and challenges of the world behind our nightly news.

Grief, personhood and belongings: The stuff of death - cleaning and life-clearing

Douglas Davies presents a discussion of ‘death cleaning’ and ‘life’ clearing’ as issues of minimal versus maximal ‘stuff’ as we sort things out in anticipation of our own death

Masterclass Presentation: Talking about top pay - the role of competing interests

Join Professor Stephen Perkins in this Masterclass presentation as he explores the issues surrounding top salaries

On giving up

Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst as well as one of the most influential essayists and thinkers writing today.

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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