Events
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On campus events – we can’t wait to welcome you back!
The University of Birmingham is happy to announce the return of our in-person and on campus events programme. However, whilst some events have moved to in-person, on campus events, please be advised that some events will continue to be delivered online. To avoid any confusion, please check the details closely when registering for each event. All events that are organised as on campus events will be managed in line with government guidelines in place at the time.
- Dates
- Monday 27 September 2021 (12:00-13:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Dates
- Wednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)
- Location
- Edgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RS
- Dates
- Friday 11 June (10:00) - Tuesday 21 September 2021 (17:00)
- Location
- Barber Institute of Fine Arts
11Jun
- Dates
- Friday 11 June (10:00) - Tuesday 21 September 2021 (17:00)
- Location
- Barber Institute of Fine Arts
- Description
- Exhibition of 12 drawings by the Victorian Artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema until 21 September 2021 at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts
28Aug
- Dates
- Saturday 28 August (12:00) - Wednesday 24 November 2021 (17:00)
- Description
- Two Islands
21Sep
- Dates
- Tuesday 21 September (15:00) - Thursday 23 September 2021 (18:00)
- Location
- Eventbrite
- Description
- Responsible Business Symposium - Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
27Sep
- Dates
- Monday 27 September 2021 (12:00-13:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- Join us online for this relaxed session built for University of Birmingham academics and researchers who are interested in learning more about entrepreneurship and business.
30Sep
- Dates
- Thursday 30 September 2021 (10:00-15:00)
- Location
- Welcome Marquee (by the Law Building)
- Description
- Join us 10am-3pm on 30 September in the Welcome Marquee by the Law Building for the EPS Societies Fair and meet our incredible student groups, clubs and teams.
1Oct
- Dates
- Friday 1 October (00:00) - Sunday 31 October 2021 (23:59)
- Description
- October is Black History Month and the University will again be celebrating the culture and histories of black and minority ethnic communities with a comprehensive programme of events.
1Oct
- Dates
- Friday 1 October (09:33) - Sunday 31 October 2021 (18:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- Cadbury Reseach Library, Black History, collections, research, resources
6Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 6 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom event
- Description
- An interdisciplinary discussion on the histories of psychological 'treatments' for homosexuality and gender non-conformity.
7Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 7 October 2021 (17:00-19:00)
- Location
- 4th floor main library
- Description
- Black students, student wellbeing
7Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 7 October 2021 (17:30-18:30)
- Location
- Lecture Theatre 2 (102), Teaching and Learning Building
- Description
- At the 2021 Priestley Lecture, Dame Rachel de Souza will be discussing her role as Children's Commissioner for England and the current environment/ CV-19 recovery.
9Oct
- Dates
- Saturday 9 October 2021 (18:00-20:00)
- Location
- Online via Zoom
- Description
- Join us for the Network's inaugural poetry reading!
12Oct
- Dates
- Tuesday 12 October 2021 (18:00-19:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Vehicle Microplastics – a Global Challenge for People and the Planet
13Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 13 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)
- Location
- Online - a link will be sent to you before the event
- Description
- racial identity, social and professional, people of colour
14Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 14 October 2021 (19:00-20:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Decolonising Mental Health: Mental Health in an Unequal World - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
18Oct
- Dates
- Monday 18 October 2021 (14:00-21:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- What does it feel like to live with more than one religious tradition in your life, family, or community? This free on-line event will enable people to come together to explore what it's really like.
19Oct
- Dates
- Tuesday 19 October 2021 (13:00-13:30)
- Location
- Teams
- Description
- Baking competition
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- Black history month, quiz, Cadbury reseach library
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (14:00-21:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- What does it feel like to live with more than one religious tradition in your life, family, or community? This free on-line event will enable people to come together to explore what it's really like.
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (17:00-19:30)
- Location
- The Exchange Newhall Street Birmingham B3 3PJ
- Description
- Thriving through a green industrial revolution - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
22Oct
- Dates
- Friday 22 October 2021 (13:00-15:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- Health and Social care, black communities, research
27Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-16:00)
- Location
- Online via Zoom
- Description
- Join CSNA and the Nineteenth-Century Centre for a Halloween-themed launch of two brilliant new books.
27Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable discussion of the entanglements and power relations at stake in histories of ecological extraction
28Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 28 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)
- Description
- Professor Yan Zheng, Chair Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, SUSTech will deliver our 2021 Li Siguang Lecture "Enhancing Groundwater Sustainability for Climate Resilience".
3Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 3 November 2021 (12:00-13:30)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Pride not prejudice, proud to be... , conversation, inclusivity
4Nov
- Dates
- Thursday 4 November 2021 (17:30-19:00)
- Location
- Alan Walters Building (R29 on campus map)
- Description
- Delivered this year by Billie Major (Billie Major, Corporate Vice-President, Capgemini and CEO, HMRC Business Unit), the title of this year's lecture is 'Business Transformation in the Pandemic'.
10Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable to discuss how human interactions have impacted nature and the environment across time.
10Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-16:00)
- Location
- Online via Zoom
- Description
- Join CSNA for a paper presentation by historian James West discussing research from his forthcoming book.
17Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 17 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Professor Corinna Peniston-Bird, Department of History, Lancaster University
24Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 24 November 2021 (15:00-16:30)
- Location
- TBC
- Description
- Professor Stephanie Newell (English, Yale)
12Jan
- Dates
- Wednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)
- Location
- Edgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RS
- Description
- The Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage
2Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- A roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged.
9Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Researchers Simon Briercliffe and Elizabeth Thomson will be joining us from the Black Country Living Museum to reflect on the ways in which their research has contributed to the 'Forging Ahead' project at the Museum.
16Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Postgraduate researchers Saffron East (History, UCL), Sue Lemos (History, Warwick), and Montaz Marche (History, Birmingham) will be joining us to discuss their current research on Black British histories.
23Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated
9Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Emily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
16Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Chris Pearson (History, Liverpool) will be speaking on the integration of dogs into the urban landscape of London, New York, and Paris between 1800 and 1939.
23Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Jo-Ann Curtis (Birmingham Museums Trust), Jane Gallagher (Ironbridge Gorge Museums), Duncan Frankis (Newman University) and Manu Sehgal (University of Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
30Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- David Berliner (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Université Libre de Bruxelles) will be joining us to discuss his work on 'Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography'.
12Apr
- Dates
- Tuesday 12 April (00:00) - Thursday 14 April 2022 (00:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- This online conference hosted by the University of Birmingham is on George Orwell's writing, life, politics, and legacies.
27Apr
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable discussion on the meaning(s) of the Commonwealth Games through time (past, present, future) and how this relates to conversations about citizenship, race, and belonging in the shadow of the British empire.
21Sep
- Dates
- Tuesday 21 September (15:00) - Thursday 23 September 2021 (18:00)
- Location
- Eventbrite
- Description
- Responsible Business Symposium - Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
1Oct
- Dates
- Friday 1 October (00:00) - Sunday 31 October 2021 (23:59)
- Description
- October is Black History Month and the University will again be celebrating the culture and histories of black and minority ethnic communities with a comprehensive programme of events.
12Oct
- Dates
- Tuesday 12 October 2021 (18:00-19:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Vehicle Microplastics – a Global Challenge for People and the Planet
14Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 14 October 2021 (19:00-20:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Decolonising Mental Health: Mental Health in an Unequal World - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (17:00-19:30)
- Location
- The Exchange Newhall Street Birmingham B3 3PJ
- Description
- Thriving through a green industrial revolution - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
21Sep
- Dates
- Tuesday 21 September (15:00) - Thursday 23 September 2021 (18:00)
- Location
- Eventbrite
- Description
- Responsible Business Symposium - Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
1Oct
- Dates
- Friday 1 October (00:00) - Sunday 31 October 2021 (23:59)
- Description
- October is Black History Month and the University will again be celebrating the culture and histories of black and minority ethnic communities with a comprehensive programme of events.
7Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 7 October 2021 (17:30-18:30)
- Location
- Lecture Theatre 2 (102), Teaching and Learning Building
- Description
- At the 2021 Priestley Lecture, Dame Rachel de Souza will be discussing her role as Children's Commissioner for England and the current environment/ CV-19 recovery.
9Oct
- Dates
- Saturday 9 October 2021 (18:00-20:00)
- Location
- Online via Zoom
- Description
- Join us for the Network's inaugural poetry reading!
12Oct
- Dates
- Tuesday 12 October 2021 (18:00-19:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Vehicle Microplastics – a Global Challenge for People and the Planet
14Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 14 October 2021 (19:00-20:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Decolonising Mental Health: Mental Health in an Unequal World - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
18Oct
- Dates
- Monday 18 October 2021 (14:00-21:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- What does it feel like to live with more than one religious tradition in your life, family, or community? This free on-line event will enable people to come together to explore what it's really like.
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (14:00-21:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- What does it feel like to live with more than one religious tradition in your life, family, or community? This free on-line event will enable people to come together to explore what it's really like.
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (17:00-19:30)
- Location
- The Exchange Newhall Street Birmingham B3 3PJ
- Description
- Thriving through a green industrial revolution - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
22Oct
- Dates
- Friday 22 October 2021 (13:00-15:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- Health and Social care, black communities, research
27Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-16:00)
- Location
- Online via Zoom
- Description
- Join CSNA and the Nineteenth-Century Centre for a Halloween-themed launch of two brilliant new books.
27Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable discussion of the entanglements and power relations at stake in histories of ecological extraction
28Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 28 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)
- Description
- Professor Yan Zheng, Chair Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, SUSTech will deliver our 2021 Li Siguang Lecture "Enhancing Groundwater Sustainability for Climate Resilience".
10Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable to discuss how human interactions have impacted nature and the environment across time.
17Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 17 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Professor Corinna Peniston-Bird, Department of History, Lancaster University
24Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 24 November 2021 (15:00-16:30)
- Location
- TBC
- Description
- Professor Stephanie Newell (English, Yale)
2Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- A roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged.
9Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Researchers Simon Briercliffe and Elizabeth Thomson will be joining us from the Black Country Living Museum to reflect on the ways in which their research has contributed to the 'Forging Ahead' project at the Museum.
16Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Postgraduate researchers Saffron East (History, UCL), Sue Lemos (History, Warwick), and Montaz Marche (History, Birmingham) will be joining us to discuss their current research on Black British histories.
23Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated
9Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Emily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
16Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Chris Pearson (History, Liverpool) will be speaking on the integration of dogs into the urban landscape of London, New York, and Paris between 1800 and 1939.
23Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Jo-Ann Curtis (Birmingham Museums Trust), Jane Gallagher (Ironbridge Gorge Museums), Duncan Frankis (Newman University) and Manu Sehgal (University of Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
30Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- David Berliner (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Université Libre de Bruxelles) will be joining us to discuss his work on 'Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography'.
27Apr
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable discussion on the meaning(s) of the Commonwealth Games through time (past, present, future) and how this relates to conversations about citizenship, race, and belonging in the shadow of the British empire.
11Jun
- Dates
- Friday 11 June (10:00) - Tuesday 21 September 2021 (17:00)
- Location
- Barber Institute of Fine Arts
- Description
- Exhibition of 12 drawings by the Victorian Artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema until 21 September 2021 at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts
28Aug
- Dates
- Saturday 28 August (12:00) - Wednesday 24 November 2021 (17:00)
- Description
- Two Islands
21Sep
- Dates
- Tuesday 21 September (15:00) - Thursday 23 September 2021 (18:00)
- Location
- Eventbrite
- Description
- Responsible Business Symposium - Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
27Sep
- Dates
- Monday 27 September 2021 (12:00-13:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- Join us online for this relaxed session built for University of Birmingham academics and researchers who are interested in learning more about entrepreneurship and business.
30Sep
- Dates
- Thursday 30 September 2021 (10:00-15:00)
- Location
- Welcome Marquee (by the Law Building)
- Description
- Join us 10am-3pm on 30 September in the Welcome Marquee by the Law Building for the EPS Societies Fair and meet our incredible student groups, clubs and teams.
1Oct
- Dates
- Friday 1 October (00:00) - Sunday 31 October 2021 (23:59)
- Description
- October is Black History Month and the University will again be celebrating the culture and histories of black and minority ethnic communities with a comprehensive programme of events.
1Oct
- Dates
- Friday 1 October (09:33) - Sunday 31 October 2021 (18:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- Cadbury Reseach Library, Black History, collections, research, resources
6Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 6 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom event
- Description
- An interdisciplinary discussion on the histories of psychological 'treatments' for homosexuality and gender non-conformity.
7Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 7 October 2021 (17:00-19:00)
- Location
- 4th floor main library
- Description
- Black students, student wellbeing
7Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 7 October 2021 (17:30-18:30)
- Location
- Lecture Theatre 2 (102), Teaching and Learning Building
- Description
- At the 2021 Priestley Lecture, Dame Rachel de Souza will be discussing her role as Children's Commissioner for England and the current environment/ CV-19 recovery.
9Oct
- Dates
- Saturday 9 October 2021 (18:00-20:00)
- Location
- Online via Zoom
- Description
- Join us for the Network's inaugural poetry reading!
12Oct
- Dates
- Tuesday 12 October 2021 (18:00-19:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Vehicle Microplastics – a Global Challenge for People and the Planet
13Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 13 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)
- Location
- Online - a link will be sent to you before the event
- Description
- racial identity, social and professional, people of colour
14Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 14 October 2021 (19:00-20:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Decolonising Mental Health: Mental Health in an Unequal World - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
18Oct
- Dates
- Monday 18 October 2021 (14:00-21:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- What does it feel like to live with more than one religious tradition in your life, family, or community? This free on-line event will enable people to come together to explore what it's really like.
19Oct
- Dates
- Tuesday 19 October 2021 (13:00-13:30)
- Location
- Teams
- Description
- Baking competition
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- Black history month, quiz, Cadbury reseach library
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (14:00-21:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- What does it feel like to live with more than one religious tradition in your life, family, or community? This free on-line event will enable people to come together to explore what it's really like.
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (17:00-19:30)
- Location
- The Exchange Newhall Street Birmingham B3 3PJ
- Description
- Thriving through a green industrial revolution - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
22Oct
- Dates
- Friday 22 October 2021 (13:00-15:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- Health and Social care, black communities, research
27Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-16:00)
- Location
- Online via Zoom
- Description
- Join CSNA and the Nineteenth-Century Centre for a Halloween-themed launch of two brilliant new books.
27Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable discussion of the entanglements and power relations at stake in histories of ecological extraction
28Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 28 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)
- Description
- Professor Yan Zheng, Chair Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, SUSTech will deliver our 2021 Li Siguang Lecture "Enhancing Groundwater Sustainability for Climate Resilience".
3Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 3 November 2021 (12:00-13:30)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Pride not prejudice, proud to be... , conversation, inclusivity
4Nov
- Dates
- Thursday 4 November 2021 (17:30-19:00)
- Location
- Alan Walters Building (R29 on campus map)
- Description
- Delivered this year by Billie Major (Billie Major, Corporate Vice-President, Capgemini and CEO, HMRC Business Unit), the title of this year's lecture is 'Business Transformation in the Pandemic'.
10Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable to discuss how human interactions have impacted nature and the environment across time.
10Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-16:00)
- Location
- Online via Zoom
- Description
- Join CSNA for a paper presentation by historian James West discussing research from his forthcoming book.
17Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 17 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Professor Corinna Peniston-Bird, Department of History, Lancaster University
24Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 24 November 2021 (15:00-16:30)
- Location
- TBC
- Description
- Professor Stephanie Newell (English, Yale)
12Jan
- Dates
- Wednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)
- Location
- Edgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RS
- Description
- The Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage
2Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- A roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged.
9Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Researchers Simon Briercliffe and Elizabeth Thomson will be joining us from the Black Country Living Museum to reflect on the ways in which their research has contributed to the 'Forging Ahead' project at the Museum.
16Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Postgraduate researchers Saffron East (History, UCL), Sue Lemos (History, Warwick), and Montaz Marche (History, Birmingham) will be joining us to discuss their current research on Black British histories.
23Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated
9Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Emily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
16Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Chris Pearson (History, Liverpool) will be speaking on the integration of dogs into the urban landscape of London, New York, and Paris between 1800 and 1939.
23Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Jo-Ann Curtis (Birmingham Museums Trust), Jane Gallagher (Ironbridge Gorge Museums), Duncan Frankis (Newman University) and Manu Sehgal (University of Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
30Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- David Berliner (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Université Libre de Bruxelles) will be joining us to discuss his work on 'Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography'.
12Apr
- Dates
- Tuesday 12 April (00:00) - Thursday 14 April 2022 (00:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- This online conference hosted by the University of Birmingham is on George Orwell's writing, life, politics, and legacies.
27Apr
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable discussion on the meaning(s) of the Commonwealth Games through time (past, present, future) and how this relates to conversations about citizenship, race, and belonging in the shadow of the British empire.
21Sep
- Dates
- Tuesday 21 September (15:00) - Thursday 23 September 2021 (18:00)
- Location
- Eventbrite
- Description
- Responsible Business Symposium - Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
1Oct
- Dates
- Friday 1 October (09:33) - Sunday 31 October 2021 (18:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- Cadbury Reseach Library, Black History, collections, research, resources
12Oct
- Dates
- Tuesday 12 October 2021 (18:00-19:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Vehicle Microplastics – a Global Challenge for People and the Planet
14Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 14 October 2021 (19:00-20:00)
- Location
- Zoom - registration required
- Description
- Decolonising Mental Health: Mental Health in an Unequal World - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
18Oct
- Dates
- Monday 18 October 2021 (14:00-21:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- What does it feel like to live with more than one religious tradition in your life, family, or community? This free on-line event will enable people to come together to explore what it's really like.
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- Black history month, quiz, Cadbury reseach library
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (14:00-21:00)
- Location
- Online
- Description
- What does it feel like to live with more than one religious tradition in your life, family, or community? This free on-line event will enable people to come together to explore what it's really like.
21Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 21 October 2021 (17:00-19:30)
- Location
- The Exchange Newhall Street Birmingham B3 3PJ
- Description
- Thriving through a green industrial revolution - A Forum for Global Challenges Webinar
22Oct
- Dates
- Friday 22 October 2021 (13:00-15:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- Health and Social care, black communities, research
27Oct
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable discussion of the entanglements and power relations at stake in histories of ecological extraction
28Oct
- Dates
- Thursday 28 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)
- Description
- Professor Yan Zheng, Chair Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, SUSTech will deliver our 2021 Li Siguang Lecture "Enhancing Groundwater Sustainability for Climate Resilience".
10Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable to discuss how human interactions have impacted nature and the environment across time.
17Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 17 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Professor Corinna Peniston-Bird, Department of History, Lancaster University
24Nov
- Dates
- Wednesday 24 November 2021 (15:00-16:30)
- Location
- TBC
- Description
- Professor Stephanie Newell (English, Yale)
12Jan
- Dates
- Wednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)
- Location
- Edgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RS
- Description
- The Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage
2Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- A roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged.
9Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Researchers Simon Briercliffe and Elizabeth Thomson will be joining us from the Black Country Living Museum to reflect on the ways in which their research has contributed to the 'Forging Ahead' project at the Museum.
16Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Postgraduate researchers Saffron East (History, UCL), Sue Lemos (History, Warwick), and Montaz Marche (History, Birmingham) will be joining us to discuss their current research on Black British histories.
23Feb
- Dates
- Wednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated
9Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Emily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
16Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Chris Pearson (History, Liverpool) will be speaking on the integration of dogs into the urban landscape of London, New York, and Paris between 1800 and 1939.
23Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Jo-Ann Curtis (Birmingham Museums Trust), Jane Gallagher (Ironbridge Gorge Museums), Duncan Frankis (Newman University) and Manu Sehgal (University of Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
30Mar
- Dates
- Wednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- David Berliner (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Université Libre de Bruxelles) will be joining us to discuss his work on 'Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography'.
12Apr
- Dates
- Tuesday 12 April (00:00) - Thursday 14 April 2022 (00:00)
- Location
- Online - a zoom link will be sent to you following registration
- Description
- This online conference hosted by the University of Birmingham is on George Orwell's writing, life, politics, and legacies.
27Apr
- Dates
- Wednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)
- Location
- Zoom
- Description
- Roundtable discussion on the meaning(s) of the Commonwealth Games through time (past, present, future) and how this relates to conversations about citizenship, race, and belonging in the shadow of the British empire.