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Open lectures and outreach

Science outreach

Co-ordinate and publicise activities that engage the public with current science research.

Schools and colleges

Activities and engagement opportunities for schools, parents and teachers.

Departments

Departments across the University perform outreach work.

Want your outreach resource listed on this page? Email communications-support@york.ac.uk to let us know. 

Open lectures

Open lectures can help raise the profile of research in your department, or showcase a distinguished visitor.

Upcoming open lectures

Tue
5
May

Uncertain Desires: Queer feminism and the cinema

This talk tracks feminist/queer film studies from the 80s to now, analysing films like Alien Resurrection and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. It explores screen homoeroticism, desire in sci-fi cloning, and 'lesbian films without lesbians'.

Wed
6
May

Nature Matters: An Evening of Poetry with Karen McCarthy Woolf, Nina Mingya Powles, and Zaffar Kunial

Faber’s 'Nature Matters' is a vital new anthology of ecopoetics from the Global Majority. Spanning 50 years of work, it explores the climate crisis, Indigenous wisdom, and urban nature to redefine our conversation around environmentalism.

Wed
13
May

Understanding stress and ways we can take action to find balance

Join us to learn more about the science of stress and how we can better manage it's effects!