Open lectures

This talk reviews different therapeutic modalities in psychedelic assisted psychotherapy, relating to its use to treat neurological disorder.

Erica Bergstrom talks about the OU project that has captured individual and collective experiences of death and loss that occurred during the pandemic and considers how it impacted the ways in which we make sense of dying and bereavement.

Oliver Burkeman explores what it might mean to live with a greater acknowledgment of our temporal limitations – and why this might be a path not only to greater peace of mind, but also to doing more effective work in the world.

Project Director Leon Guyett and Project Manager Natalie Webster will provide an overview of the history of the project, an update on the £100m+ infrastructure and other work ongoing at the moment, and what will be happening next at York Central.

Join the University's Bridge Society for an interactive session on pre-emptive bidding and weak twos.

Fozia Bora examines the nuances of Ibn Khallikān’s method in writing one of the best known pre-modern Arabic compendia.

Join Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse, co-writers and co-producers of the award-winning podcast, to hear more about the processes and research involved in creating this wonderful blend of history and comedy.

Gordon Eastham will explore with us the re-wilding and biodiversity work that is happening on Campus East at the University!

Learn from this interactive discussion about our land and sustainability from 11,000 years ago in Yorkshire!

Learn with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust about how they are working to make a wilder Yorkshire!

Find out more on the abuse of our soils, and how our human impact has changed it!

Transforming our Senses for Nature Re-connection, Re-patterning and Hope.

Tune in to find out how you can help UK Biodiversity thrive in the Anthropocene!

How can we break our addition to oil? Join us for a screening of the new film The Oil Machine and conversation on our energy future.

The Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union: 160+ years of recording biodiversity in Yorkshire

Barrister Sam Fowles discusses whether 'wokeness' and 'cancel culture' are really a dangerous form of decadence that suffocates academic freedom and freedom of speech.

What does Land Law have to do with sustainability? Attend this talk from York Law School at the University to find out!

Learn about how this Carbon Negative Company achieved their sustainable practices and why it is important.

Join Luisana Barrios, Dave Arnott, Rebecca Thompson, Rob Marchant discuss nature-based farming in protected areas!

Using a selection of computer vision projects that he has worked on at York, Nick Pears will attempt to convey why the field is interesting, challenging and important - and what it promises for the future.

Hear from Nature’s Lab about their journey developing a 3 dimensional organisational audit and how they’ve applied it to their business.

What exactly is happening in Iran? What is the significance of the current demonstrations and what has the international response been? What events and factors have led to this moment?

Dr Giulia Smith discusses the paintings of Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams and how they addressed an ‘eco-crisis’ of planetary proportions and ecological challenges of the future more than 50 years ago.

This term's lecture with psychoanalyst Adam Phillips

This event will highlight the prevalence and forms of sexual harassment experienced by Black and minoritised women, as well as structural, institutional and cultural barriers to disclosure and help-seeking.

Find out about the cadastral map of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) by René Phelipeau, which he dedicated to the comte de Vaudreuil, a prominent courtier and art collector whose father had served as governor of the colony.