Open lectures: Semester 1 - 2023-24

Join Writers at York for the launch of City of Marvels, a new chapbook by J R Carpenter, published by Broken Sleep Books.

On the heels of Woodstock, a group of teen campers are inspired to join the fight for disability civil rights.

AI in healthcare promises improved outcomes but poses patient safety risks. Ibrahim Habli explores safe AI use, sharing cases and strategies.

Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea uses 101 images to empower women through exemplary figures and didactic models in blue.

Anna Bramwell-Dicks explores disability representation in traditional and interactive media, highlighting potential issues and advocating for better, inclusive portrayals.

Holotechnica consists of a database of different consciousness-expanding techniques, meditations, and protocols that can be combined in a form of dialogos...

Join poets Susie Campbell and Ruth Wiggins for an evening of readings and discussion about their recent poetry publications.

The third of three Policy Forums reflecting the areas of work of the Centre for Health Economics over its 40 year history.

Corinna McFarlane will be discussing her path into the film industry, from thespian to Cannes, and her experience as a filmmaker. 

Dr Peter Sjostedt-Hughes advocates integrating metaphysics into psychedelic therapy for enhanced patient understanding and long-term benefits. Explore psychedelic-induced metaphysical experiences and their potential significance.

This lecture highlights the significance of acknowledging the colonial history of development and how neglecting the past hinders justice.

Hear from journalist and disability advocate Lucy Webster as she discusses the struggles, joys and unseen realities of being a disabled woman.

This talk will be about Nothing. It is not the case that there will be no thing that Suki will be talking about, nevertheless she will indeed talk about the absence of referents as well as reference to absence.

In 1942, Francis Bacon's move to a bomb-damaged 7 Cromwell Place in South Kensington fueled groundbreaking art amid wartime destruction.

Visiting Professor Adam Phillips presents his first talk of the 23-24 academic year.

Bo Bergstedt will explore the expanding realm of Generative AI, focusing on its applications in image, video and audio generation.

A panel discussion on the theme of healthy rivers and drinking water.

York's Jewish history, overshadowed by 1190, reveals thriving communities pre-1290 and an Orthodox presence until 1975. Rediscover their importance.

Eva Frojmovic explores post-Black Death (1348-9) ruins as signs of melancholia, mourning the murdered Jewish neighbours through art and history.

Dive into the fascinating world of birds in the first installment of YESI's new Ask the Author series!

Join Keshia N. Abraham and John Woolf to discover the hidden histories of fascinating, influential and remarkable people of colour in the nineteenth-century.

The rising disconnection between humans and nature may harm mental health and the environment. Could psychedelics, like psilocybin, boost our connection with nature?

What does the public think fairness looks like in interactions between people and public services?

Join Samuel Kasumu, formerly the most senior black advisor to Boris Johnson’s government, as he discusses the power of the outsider and how our differences can be a force for good – in politics and beyond.

The Department of English and Related Literature is delighted to host a reading by the poets Kit Fan and Tristram Fane Saunders.

Explore the role that 'NoLos’ - No and Low Alcohol' drinks might play - or might not play - in their people’s lives and drinking routines.

Join us for a discussion on accessible filmmaking within the context of the Enhanced Audio Description (EAD) methods.

The notion of divine creation sparks debate. We explore early Christian views on creation, its relevance today, and address human projections and suffering.

Museums confront the paradox of preserving amidst decay. We'll explore decay's meaning, time models, and preservation's profound impact.

Clinical neuropsychologist Kalliopi Megari from ​​CITY College, University of York Europe Campus provides intriguing insights into the dynamic relationship and strong connection between the heart and the brain.

Human rights violations and academic freedom attacks in Latin America target outspoken academics, often lacking effective institutional responses.

The Voyager spacecraft, launched in the '70s, is still active after 50 years. Andy Marvin will explain the science behind their continued communication.

A Drug Science Halloween Special, in-person and online in collaboration with the University of York 's Drug Science Student Society.

This evening of screening, exhibition, music and readings explores the impact of England’s worst coal mining disaster - at Oaks Colliery in Barnsley in 1866.

In this lecture Louis Sass considers the enigmatic nature of human subjectivity, which the philosopher Merleau-Ponty referred to as the “flaw in the great diamond of the world.”

Can a new story of human emotions help us to find ourselves today?

Dr Diana T Kudaibergenova from the University of Cambridge will deliver the annual lecture for the Steppe Sisters Network.

This talk discusses how enslaved individuals' uprisings challenged the perception of Britain's commitment to liberty, both before and after slavery's abolition.

York Law School host four powerful speakers who, drawing on their experiences as campaigners, lawyers, and writers, will explore the various ways in which racism is embedded within the structures and institutions of the legal system.

Professor Steve King reflects on what he has learnt from (and about) students over his career of nearly 30 years as an academic.

York and Dublin, Viking towns, shared rulers, rich archaeological findings, extensive records, and evolving Viking heritage perceptions since the 1980s.

The second of three Policy Forums reflecting the areas of work of the Centre for Health Economics over its 40 year history.

This panel discusses two new books on slavery and other forms of unfree labour by York staff.

Professor Bob Doherty shares his entrepreneurial experiences as the first ever Head of Sales and Marketing at the start-up Fairtrade social enterprise, Divine Chocolate Ltd. 

Researchers from the Political Studies Department at the University of the Western Cape will report on a workshop held in August at UWC titled, Protecting Universities, Protecting Democracy: Universities as Sites of Protection and Activism.

Join us for a public lecture by Professor Ana Aliverti as she explores the emotional and moral economies of migration policing in Britain.

This talk will look at a patient case study from the recent phase IIb Compass Pathways trial looking at Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression that ran in Newcastle, and consider a number of ethical issues in psychedelic research.

Inspired by discussions surrounding increasing threats to traditional forms of resistance both in the UK and globally - we aim to explore the role of the body in contemporary forms of protest.

A discussion about the JACKAL combat UAV (drone) and the challenges a SME has in taking on the big primes in their own backyard, and how the MOD is changing.

Join us for the official opening of the Eleanor and Guy Dodson Building, the University's state-of-the-art research space in structural biochemistry.

Dr Richard McClary discusses forgeries in the Islamic art market and how some are in leading art collections in the world and remain on display.

This talk will demonstrate how simple it is for anybody to use the power of AI to simplify or automate common language and media tasks.

The first of three Policy Forums reflecting the areas of work of the Centre for Health Economics over its 40 year history.

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Ben Poore discusses the development of his research on dramas of the past – from neo-Victorian plays, to dramas of empire, to the contemporary history play – in the context of British politics since Thatcherism.

Masahiro Morioka will talk about parental grief and the differences between cultures.