Open lectures: Spring term 2022

Cara Jardine discusses the boundary between the prison in the community - and how this might be traversed, permeated or negotiated

Join Adam Phillips, writer and psychoanalyst, as he talks about second chances

Experts discuss how the ethics of care have (re)emerged at the heart of visions for societal transformation

Join us as we commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day with a special online event featuring talks and short films reflecting on the Holocaust and the 2022 national theme, One Day.

Dan Hicks outlines some of the arguments in his recent book, and will consider the significance African cultural restitution for the discipline of Art History in the 2020s

This masterclass will explore some of the reasons for the dominance of particular approaches; examples of diverse emerging and existing models along with barriers to their success and scaling; and address the implications for teaching and research.

Critics and artists from across the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will present short talks and musical turns on some aspects of James Joyce's Ulysses

What can we learn about the relationship between film costume, and the historical study of emotions between the 1930s and 1950s?

George’s talk will cover carbon capture technology in general, with some insights into C-Capture’s technology

Historian Greg Jenner bounces through a wide range of subjects – from ancient jokebooks, African empires, and bizarre tales of medicinal cannibalism, to the invention of meringues, mirrors, and menstrual pads.

Join us for our Physics Winter Webinar exploring the fundamental particle, the strange quark: from strange matter in neutron stars to new, cutting-edge experiments here on Earth.

Michael White discusses Duchamp's submission of a urinal to an exhibition and the subsequent questions of obscenity and infringement of intellectual property rights

In this session we explore the future of entrepreneurial support and how you can use the insights from the ever-growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in your business to really drive success.

Placing our histories is always key to understanding the past. But what happens if we focus in at the smallest scale: on a specific street or square, a doorway, tree or vantage-point – a microplace?

Dr Freya Gowrley talks us through the history of collage

Join us for our Physics Winter Webinar as we explore cutting-edge quantum technologies.