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

To reflect our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our community the University will not be hosting any open lectures on campus during Summer term 2020.  However, we will be sharing some of our previously recorded lectures and other digital content for you to watch at home. Please come back to this web page for regular updates. 

 

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Upcoming events

Watch again - York Festival of Ideas 2019: Farid Chenoune discusses Is Fashion Only French?

Farid Chenoune, Institut Français de la Mode, speaks on sexual status of the courturier at the time of Christian Dior

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: How microbial communities can aid us in turning wastewater into low carbon energy

Professor James Chong (Department of Biology) delivers his YorkTalk ‘Energy down the drain: how microbial communities can aid us in turning wastewater into low carbon energy’

Watch again - Capitalism without Capital: Understanding our new “knowledge” economy

Jonathan Haskel presents the Ken Dixon lecture in May 2019

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: Turning the challenge of climate change into a solution

Professor Mike North (Department of Chemistry) delivers his YorkTalk ‘The carbon dioxide refinery: turning the challenge of climate change into a solution’

Watch again - York Festival of Ideas 2019: Frances Atkins discusses What’s Cooking in the History of Food?

Frances Atkins, Michelin-starred chef of the Yorke Arms, speaks on the role that women have played, historically and now, in the male-dominated world of cookery.

Watch again - 3MT - Beyond the Decibel: Are There Better Ways to Measure Sound

Marc Green presents their research on Beyond the Decibel: Are There Better Ways to Measure Sound for York 3MT

Watch again - 3MT - Measuring Heat on the Very Very Small Scale

From the size of an entire room, all the way to a jean’s pocket - we all want our devices to keep getting smaller...

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: Creating a new emotional framework for face transplants

Dr Fay Bound Alberti (Department of History) delivers her YorkTalk ‘Challenging the face race: creating a new emotional framework for face transplants’ at the University of York, January 2020

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: Are LGBT+ networks inside the NHS breaking the mould?

Dr Anna Einarsdóttir (York Management School) delivers the YorkTalk ‘Yet another meeting: are LGBT+ networks inside the NHS breaking the mould?’ at the University of York, January 2020

Watch again - The role of multidisciplinary research and green chemistry in attaining zero carbon emissions

This event was streamed live on 14 Feb 2020

Watch again - 3MT - A world of meanings: How do we choose?

Join Lucilla Lanzoni (Psychology) as she explains how her research can help to improve communication with people with brain damage, and what effect this increased understanding of the brain's function can have on future artificial intelligence

Watch again - 3MT - Going with the flow: how flooding affects earthworms

Tamsyn Kiss (Environment and Geography) shows us the muddier side of academic research in this fascinating bitesize talk, which takes us underground to explore the fascinating world of earthworms and their different roles in enriching our soil.

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: The doctor of everything: the teeming world of a 17th century physician

Professor Kevin Killeen (Department of English and Related Literature) delivers the YorkTalk: ‘The doctor of everything: the teeming world of a 17th century physician’

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: Designing healthcare for the post-antibiotic age

Professor Nik Brown (Department of Sociology) delivers his YorkTalk ‘Bodies, bugs and hospital architectures: Designing healthcare for the post-antibiotic age’

Watch again - Dyslexia superpower: Moving from disability through learning difference to advantage

The Dyslexic Professor shares his personal insights from being a dyslexia survivor; how his experiences at school shaped his career and how his decision to disclose his disability has reshaped his understanding of dyslexia as a superpower

Watch again - 3MT - #RefugeesIntoUniversities

Agata Lambrechts from the Department of Education discusses some of the reasons why less than 1% of the 25.5 million refugees in the world have access to higher education opportunities

Watch again - 3MT - Lord of the Flies: Simulating the hidden microbial world

How can computers decode diseases? Could simulations help us stop the spread of illness without medication or vaccines?

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: Unearthing the truth about complexity, diversity and inequality in Neolithic times

Dr Penny Bickle (Department of Archaeology) delivers her YorkTalk ‘Counter culture: unearthing the truth about complexity, diversity and inequality in Neolithic times’ at the University of York, January 2020.

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: The mountains and people of Africa: creating a sustainable future from the ground up

Professor Rob Marchant (Department of Environment and Geography) delivers his YorkTalk ‘The mountains and people of Africa: creating a more sustainable future from the ground up’ at the University of York, January 2020.

Watch again - The urban challenge: Making cities that work

This public lecture by Professor Tony Venables, BP Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, looked at the economics that underpins city performance and discussed the policy challenges that cities face.

Watch again - 3MT - Flattering tyrants: a “glib and oily art”?

Watch one of our entrants for the '3-minute thesis' competition in June 2019

Watch again - 3MT - Harnessing the power of the Sun with high power lasers

Watch one of our entrants for the '3-minute thesis' competition in June 2019

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: How interactive competitive esports are revolutionising digital creativity

Watch one of our 15-minute talks from this year's YorkTalks

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: Exposing the hidden consequences of food insecurity

Watch one of our 15-minute talks from this year's YorkTalks

Watch again - Excavating the Sex Pistols

Professor John Schofield asks whether something as recent as 1970s graffiti by the Sex Pistols can be of archaeological interest, and how the heritage sector might treat such works.

Watch again - 3MT - Chilled and Chatty - Dominance Style and Communication in Primates

Watch one of our entrants for the '3-minute thesis' competition in June 2019

Watch again - 3MT - Why don’t more (good) people speak up about (bad) things

Watch one of our entrants for the '3-minute thesis' competition in June 2019

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: Engineering a positive future for robotics

Watch one of our 15-minute talks from this year's YorkTalks

Watch again - YorkTalks 2020: Understanding the real world benefits of singing together

Watch one of our 15-minute talks from this year's YorkTalks

Watch again - Stressed out? Stress, work stress and physical symptoms

Watch the Hull York Medical School Lecture from February 2020

Virtual masterclass: leading people development during technology transformation

Leigh Smith from Jaguar Land Rover shares his people development model to address the challenges posed by technology transformation.

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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01904 324778
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