Open lectures: Spring term 2019

A brief presentation on the history and railway structures of the Whitby - Pickering Line, 1836 – present day

This lecture will consider some of the challenges of writing the biography of a philosopher, focusing on George Berkeley (1685-1753)

This seminar focuses on the role of communities for health in Africa, drawing on examples from Zimbabwe and Malawi in particular

Professor Keir Lewis provides a lively and fascinating insight into smoking cessation and tobacco control through the ages

In this seminar, our panelists will focus on the smallpox control programmes operating in the 1950s and 1960s, with particular reference to China, Nepal, Brazil and India

Dr Annie Hodgson talks about accidental scientific discoveries

Beth and Mo will share their RaceRunning stories and Beth will also cover her involvement in Boccia

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Dr Kirsty Penkman discusses how analysing proteins from fossils can take us back in time

Professor David W Blight discusses his brand new landmark biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Six distinguished speakers in the Blockchain space discuss and debate the regulations around Blockchain and it's applications in industry

Professor Christopher Norton discusses the Bayeux Tapestry

Join us for the launch of visiting Fellow Han Hui Hui's book, #YearningForJustice : A mother's musings to her future child. At the launch we will also hear from guest speaker Leong Sze Hian

The Centre for Applied Human Rights participates in this year's York International Women's Week with an afternoon of music and visual arts exploring creative activism

Wherever you walk in the ancient walled city of York you are never too far away from the deceased...

The discussion will focus on women and human rights in Zimbabwe

James will give an overview of the Thames Tideway project, together with a more detailed look at the challenges faced by the Arup Atkins team working on the design of the Western Section between Acton and Wandsworth

Why is loneliness and human disconnection one of the biggest problems facing modern society?

Professor Simon Gilbody discusses melancholia in the beautiful setting of the Merchant Adventurers' Hall

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This seminar will examine the cultural drivers of increased air pollution and state and community-based responses to the problem

The last in the series of seminars looking at psychology in education

How do we put an end to capital punishment?

Today’s antipathy toward wolves has a very long history, but it hasn’t always been this way

What feminism means to us locally and around the world

In this talk, Professor Swinburne will examine some reasons for believing that there is a God

The launch of The World of Expectation comic which tells the story of how stigma associated with bodyweight and size gets under the skin and is felt in the flesh

Ezequiel will speak about his experiences of engaging a variety of non-state armed groups in humanitarian dialogue, the successes of such work, as well as the challenges

Oli Williams and Ellen Annandale discuss the effects of obesity stigma

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A lecture recital on Tudor music, performed on replica Tudor musical instruments, to include Renaissance lute, wheel fiddle (hurdy gurdy), recorders, and dulcimer, as well as songs to the accompaniment of the lute.

Vicky will be talking about the need for effective animal advocacy in a world where over 50 billion land animals are slaughtered for food each year

This lecture will discuss a range of materials from regions that lay on the peripheries of the Islamic world from 1150 to 1250

Professor Rob Marchant looks at the challenges facing coffee-growers

Has health economics been used as a rationale for politically risky health policies?

Edward Harcourt has been a member of the Oxford Philosophy Faculty and a Fellow of Keble College since 2005.

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This lecture will re-evaluate the reliability of witness statements in reconstructing the story of Joan of Arc

Johncation will talk about defending human rights in Uganda today under one man’s 32-year military dictatorship.

Professor Jouni Paavola looks at the health impacts of climate change in this fascinating lecture

What if capturing the surfaces of physical reality were not conceived as a superficial act, devoid of creativity, but as an ethics of attunement, able to reconnect us to a sense of a shared world?

Josh Milburn discusses plastic pollution and the impact of the fishing industry on our oceans

A discussion about the possibilities and limits of housing public policies in the context of extreme poverty

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A discussion on the fifteenth-century shrine of the Sufi-poet Shah Ni’matullah-e Wali

What has really been the impact on public attitudes towards Brexit over the last 3 years? And what does Brexit mean for Britain's electoral future?

Do we really need to rely on highly polluting, energy intensive materials like concrete, or imported building products such as plastic insulations, when we have a viable alternative growing in the field down the road?

Ameen Nemer talks about contemporary human rights in his home country of Saudi Arabia

A research symposium featuring a range of speakers talking about their research into sustainable materials and innovative alternatives for currently used single use or unsustainable products

Dr Nic Carslaw talks about indoor air pollution

The first talk in a new series from the Department of Environment and Geography

Professor Silk will describe the dark side of the Universe, how we measure it, and why it matters.

Adam Phillips discusses attention-seeking

To date the Anthropocene has been an antibiotic epoch, marked by systematic (if patchy) efforts to eradicate, control, and rationalise life...

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A visiting human rights defender from Kazakhstan will speak about some of the many issues defenders face in their daily work

Marlon's a Jew. This didn't bother him much until he realised that some people he knew didn't believe the Holocaust happened. A darkly comic take of one man's journey through the conspiracy underworld...

A talk exploring the so-called Nasir al-Din Shah Album, currently held at the Golestan Palace Library in Tehran

This talk looks at the links between the history of squatting in London with current conflicts around housing, space, and property which prevail in that city today

Marc Schatzberger talks about his memories of the Holocaust

A visiting human rights defender from Turkey will speak about this climate of fear, and the socio-political environment

Jim Al-Khalili talks about science communication

Lisa and Michael discuss two case studies of turning an academic project into public enlightenment, entertainment and impact

Join the Department of English and Related Literature to celebrate the launch of Thin Ice Press

Mina Gabi will talk about his work defending minority rights in the MENA region

Dr Richard McClary looks at the rise in fascination with Mina’i ware

Things fall apart when empires crumble. This time, we think, things will be different. They are not. This time, we are told, we will become great again. We will not.

The York Union warmly invites you to attend our first external speaker event of 2019

Sir Hugh Bayley speaks about what can be done to alleviate the current humanitarian crisis

The second seminar in this series looking at psychology in education

The Borthwick Institute welcomes Ian McMillan to the University to celebrate the launch of the Yorkshire Historic Dictionary with a talk about language, history, tradition and creativity

This lecture will take stock of the ongoing damage in Yemen as well as current efforts to safeguard buildings and sustain conservation programmes

How can children be taught genetics so that they can be empowered to live in a genomic world ?

Join us in York for a one-day conference on the theory and practice of progressive local and city government.

York Society of Engineers present a talk on ground improvement