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Gyles Brandreth - Speaker for this year's Happiness LectureCommunity Day 2013

The Baggs Memorial Happiness Lecture 2013

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Cityscapes: Panoramic Views on European Coins and Medals

Cityscapes: Panoramic Views on European Coins and Medals
Date
27/04/2012 - 06/10/2013
Location:
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Description
London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Barcelona, Venice and Budapest… Explore the historical landscapes of all these cities – and more – in Cityscapes: Panoramic Views on European Coins and Medals at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts.

First Annual CRRE Lecture

First Annual CRRE Lecture
Date
20/05/2013
Location:
Building R19, Edgbaston campus, The School of Education, The University of Birmingham, The Vaughan Jeffreys Lecture Theatre
Description
Lord Herman Ouseley will give the First Annual Lecture for the Centre for Research in Race & Education. He will discuss the changing nature of racism and discrimination in the UK over the past 50 years. He will consider how organisations have responded to the challenges posed in seeking both equality of opportunity and equal and fair treatment for Black and minority ethnic communities. He will argue that while there have been some historical strides, today race equality and social justice remain widely misunderstood and increasingly marginalised within political thinking.

Independent Practical Projects

Date
23 - 24/05/2013
Location:
George Cadbury Hall - Selly Oak Campus
Description
Third Year Single Honours Drama and Theatre Arts students present for examination a short piece of drama or devised work, supported by Second Year production students.

BEAST: Vanishing Point

BEAST: Vanishing Point
Date
24 - 26/05/2013
Description
A weekend of concerts by BEAST during its 30th anniversary season.

Kristján Kristjánsson Inaugural lecture

Kristján Kristjánsson Inaugural lecture
Date
29/05/2013
Location:
Muirhead Main Lecture Theatre (G15)
Description
Kristján Kristjánsson gives his inaugural lecture at the College of Social Sciences

Playwrights' Workshop

Date
31/05/2013
Description
Staged readings of extracts from the work of playwrights on MRes in Playwriting Studies. See the next generation of playwrights in action.

Thinking differently with Foucault: His relevance to education now

Thinking differently with Foucault: His relevance to education now
Date
05/06/2013
Location:
R19 School of Education, Room G39
Description
Professor Stephen Ball from the Institute of Education explores a different reading of Foucault as a theorist of resistance and consider some ways in which his work has a particular and urgent relevance to our experience of current education policy

Can the UN ever be really neutral?

Can the UN ever be really neutral?
Date
05/06/2013
Location:
Main lecture theatre (Room G12), Birmingham Business School
Description
This year, the John and Elnora Ferguson Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Sir John Holmes, Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.

Matthew Knight (Director) and Georgina Wheatley (Music Director)

Matthew Knight (Director) and Georgina Wheatley (Music Director)
Date
07 - 09/06/2013
Location:
Barber Concert Hall
Description
Opera returns to the Barber as the University's finest musicians present Christoph Willibald Gluck's adaptation of Euripides's classic Greek tragedy.

Lunchtime Postgraduate Concert

Lunchtime Postgraduate Concert
Date
10/06/2013
Location:
Bramall Music Building
Description
Members of the university's postgraduate community showcase their talents in this lunchtime concert in aid of this year's charity, Acorns Children's Hospice.

Chamber Ensembles

Chamber Ensembles
Date
11/06/2013
Description
Musicians from across the university join together in a variety of small ensembles to perform an exciting range of chamber music repertoire.

Sinfonia - Taihei Yimiketa (conductor)

Sinfonia - Taihei Yimiketa (conductor)
Date
12/06/2013
Location:
Elgar Concert Hall
Description
The student-conducted Sinfonia, which forms specifically to play in the Festival, and accompanies the winner of the Summer Festival Soloist Competition, makes its Elgar Concert Hall debut.

Big Band

Big Band
Date
13/06/2013
Location:
Bristol Road
Description
The Summer Festival Big Band will be holding an informal evening at the Bristol Pear, featuring both classic and modern big bang charts and a student vocalist, the evening also includes a pub quiz with a twist!

Festival Voices - Melody Morris (conductor)

Festival Voices - Melody Morris (conductor)
Date
14/06/2013
Location:
Barber Concert Hall
Description
Singers from across the University come together especially for the Summer Festival to perform music by composers such as Vaughan Williams, Bob Chilcott, and Gwyn Arch.

Baggs Memorial Happiness Lecture 2013

Baggs Memorial Happiness Lecture 2013
Date
17/06/2013
Location:
The Great Hall, Aston Webb Building, University of Birmingham
Description
This year's Baggs Memorial lecture on the theme of Happiness will be delivered by the charismatic and popular broadcaster Gyles Brandreth.

Brant International Piano Competition 2013

Brant International Piano Competition 2013
Date
23 - 24/06/2013
Location:
Barber Concert Hall
Description
With its illustrious list of former winners, this prestigious competition provides young pianists with the chance to further their career and perform in world-class venues.

Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women

Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women
Date
02/07/2013
Location:
R19 School of Education, Room G39
Description
'The history of young women is a history of trouble'. Professor Carol Dyhouse from the University of Sussex is the presenter at this research seminar.

Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival

Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival
Date
05/07/2013
Location:
Barber Concert Hall
Description
Barber Lunchtime Concerts.
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