Events Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR Shakespeare All Around Us DatesSaturday 11 December 2021 (14:30-17:00)LocationRoyal shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Introduction to Intellectual Property DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnline Search for: Search All eventsPerformanceLectures, Talks and WorkshopsCulture and AttractionsResearch 8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it? 8Dec Digital Accessibility Training DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (14:00-15:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCome along for some Top Tips and Easy Wins for making your teaching more accessible. 8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research. 8Dec Marginalised families and autism: Understanding the experiences of children and their families DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAt such an uncertain time in education, those autistic pupils who are marginalised need specialist support for them to be given the best opportunity to succeed. 8Dec Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionTake your seat for an illustrated talk and anthology of readings woven together by Alexandra Harris and explore some of the very different ways in which air has been perceived and represented in Britain. 9Dec The hidden voices of people with PMLD: focusing on meaningful relationships DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (16:30-18:00)LocationZoomDescriptionThis event aims to raise awareness about a group of people who are rarely represented in disability events and research. 11Dec Shakespeare All Around Us DatesSaturday 11 December 2021 (14:30-17:00)LocationRoyal shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDescriptionThe MA Shakespeare and Creativity students from the Shakespeare Institute would like to invite everybody to a free theatrical event celebrating Stratford-Upon-Avon and Shakespeare on Saturday 11 December at 14:30. 13Dec Introduction to Intellectual Property DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionFor University of Birmingham academics and researchers. Join our specialist speaker Dr Chris Moore of HGF Intellectual Property Specialists, for this informative 13Dec Public Lecture - Eucharistic Practice and the Christian Life DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationOnline or in-personDescriptionGlobal Philosophy of Religion Public Lecture Series: Professor Mark Wynn 13Dec Success is a journey not a destination DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (10:00) - Wednesday 23 February 2022 (17:00)DescriptionStudents at King Edward VI High School for Girls have observed artefacts in the Lapworth Museum and produced work in a range of media.This exhibition celebrates process rather than outcome. 14Dec Dreams of Birds Flying in the Sky DatesTuesday 14 December 2021 (00:00)LocationBlock 2 Academic City, Dubai CampusDescriptionThis in person event will be held on the Dubai campus and invites the community to come out for a screening of a new documentary made as a part of a University of Birmingham research grant. 15Dec Demystifying Disability and Careers DatesWednesday 15 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionHear from two alumni that will talk about hidden disabilities and their experience of developing their career. 16Dec Crafted in Time: Watercolour Workshop DatesThursday 16 December 2021 (18:00-20:00)LocationLapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)DescriptionArtist Mita Solanky will lead a creative watercolour workshop within the inspiring galleries of the Lapworth Museum. 18Dec Chronic Breathlessness Dance Workshop DatesSaturday 18 December 2021 (11:00-12:30)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionSian Williams leads this mixed dance sessions, specially designed for people living with long term breathlessness. 12Jan The inaugural lecture of Professor Richard Lilford DatesWednesday 12 January 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionProfessor Lilford will describe his involvement in trials over the last half-century and explain why current statistical philosophy is a poor guide to the design and analysis of trials. 12Jan Medici2022 DatesWednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescriptionThe Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage 2Feb The inaugural lecture of Professor Alan McNally DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionIn this lecture, Professor McNally will talk about his career path and his prominent role in the UK's Covid testing efforts. 2Feb Who are the Audiences for Early Modern History? DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoomDescriptionA roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged. 2Feb Professor Alastair Wilson Inaugural Lecture DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:30-19:15)LocationArts Building - Main Lecture Theatre - 1st Floor (R16 on campus map)DescriptionProfessor Alistair Wilson Inaugural Lecture - Ways and Whys 9Feb Reflections on 'Forging Ahead' at the Black Country Living Museum DatesWednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionResearchers 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 Researching Black British Histories DatesWednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPostgraduate 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. 17Feb MOONLIGHT: Screening Black Queer Youth DatesThursday 17 February (17:00) - Thursday 17 November 2022 (20:00)LocationThe Carroll - Muirhead Tower (G15) - University of BirminghamDescriptionGuest lecture and screening of Moonlight (2016, dir. Barry Jenkins) with Dr Maria Flood (Liverpool). 23Feb Roundtable on Classics and 'the Other' DatesWednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated 9Mar Historical Understandings of Mental Illness DatesWednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionEmily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health Research, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion 16Mar Building Dogopolis: Dogs and Humans in Modern London, New York and Paris DatesWednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionChris 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 Midlands and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century and Today DatesWednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionJo-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 Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography DatesWednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionDavid 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'. 7Apr Call for papers: Mapping Interdisciplinarity: Finding our Way DatesThursday 7 April 2022 (00:01-23:59)LocationLiberal Arts and Natural Sciences, University of BirminghamDescriptionInterdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference. 12Apr Critical Orwell: an online conference DatesTuesday 12 April (00:00) - Thursday 14 April 2022 (00:00)LocationOnline - a zoom link will be sent to you following registrationDescriptionThis online conference hosted by the University of Birmingham is on George Orwell's writing, life, politics, and legacies. 27Apr The Commonwealth Games: A Roundtable Discussion DatesWednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable 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. 28Apr Raising Icarus DatesThursday 28 April (19:30) - Saturday 30 April 2022 (21:30)LocationThe RepDescriptionRAISING ICARUS is a new chamber opera which breaks open the ancient myth to reveal its contemporary, psychological heart - how parental expectation and aspiration risk doing harm to our children. 28Jun The Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2022 DatesTuesday 28 June (09:00) - Thursday 30 June 2022 (18:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThe Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2: Death and Immortality 8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it? 11Dec Shakespeare All Around Us DatesSaturday 11 December 2021 (14:30-17:00)LocationRoyal shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDescriptionThe MA Shakespeare and Creativity students from the Shakespeare Institute would like to invite everybody to a free theatrical event celebrating Stratford-Upon-Avon and Shakespeare on Saturday 11 December at 14:30. 28Apr Raising Icarus DatesThursday 28 April (19:30) - Saturday 30 April 2022 (21:30)LocationThe RepDescriptionRAISING ICARUS is a new chamber opera which breaks open the ancient myth to reveal its contemporary, psychological heart - how parental expectation and aspiration risk doing harm to our children. 8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it? 8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research. 8Dec Marginalised families and autism: Understanding the experiences of children and their families DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAt such an uncertain time in education, those autistic pupils who are marginalised need specialist support for them to be given the best opportunity to succeed. 8Dec Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionTake your seat for an illustrated talk and anthology of readings woven together by Alexandra Harris and explore some of the very different ways in which air has been perceived and represented in Britain. 13Dec Introduction to Intellectual Property DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionFor University of Birmingham academics and researchers. Join our specialist speaker Dr Chris Moore of HGF Intellectual Property Specialists, for this informative 13Dec Public Lecture - Eucharistic Practice and the Christian Life DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationOnline or in-personDescriptionGlobal Philosophy of Religion Public Lecture Series: Professor Mark Wynn 16Dec Crafted in Time: Watercolour Workshop DatesThursday 16 December 2021 (18:00-20:00)LocationLapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)DescriptionArtist Mita Solanky will lead a creative watercolour workshop within the inspiring galleries of the Lapworth Museum. 18Dec Chronic Breathlessness Dance Workshop DatesSaturday 18 December 2021 (11:00-12:30)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionSian Williams leads this mixed dance sessions, specially designed for people living with long term breathlessness. 12Jan The inaugural lecture of Professor Richard Lilford DatesWednesday 12 January 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionProfessor Lilford will describe his involvement in trials over the last half-century and explain why current statistical philosophy is a poor guide to the design and analysis of trials. 2Feb The inaugural lecture of Professor Alan McNally DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionIn this lecture, Professor McNally will talk about his career path and his prominent role in the UK's Covid testing efforts. 2Feb Who are the Audiences for Early Modern History? DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoomDescriptionA roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged. 2Feb Professor Alastair Wilson Inaugural Lecture DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:30-19:15)LocationArts Building - Main Lecture Theatre - 1st Floor (R16 on campus map)DescriptionProfessor Alistair Wilson Inaugural Lecture - Ways and Whys 9Feb Reflections on 'Forging Ahead' at the Black Country Living Museum DatesWednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionResearchers 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 Researching Black British Histories DatesWednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPostgraduate 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 Roundtable on Classics and 'the Other' DatesWednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated 9Mar Historical Understandings of Mental Illness DatesWednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionEmily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health Research, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion 16Mar Building Dogopolis: Dogs and Humans in Modern London, New York and Paris DatesWednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionChris 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 Midlands and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century and Today DatesWednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionJo-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 Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography DatesWednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionDavid 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 The Commonwealth Games: A Roundtable Discussion DatesWednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable 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. 8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it? 8Dec Digital Accessibility Training DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (14:00-15:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCome along for some Top Tips and Easy Wins for making your teaching more accessible. 8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research. 8Dec Marginalised families and autism: Understanding the experiences of children and their families DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAt such an uncertain time in education, those autistic pupils who are marginalised need specialist support for them to be given the best opportunity to succeed. 8Dec Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionTake your seat for an illustrated talk and anthology of readings woven together by Alexandra Harris and explore some of the very different ways in which air has been perceived and represented in Britain. 9Dec The hidden voices of people with PMLD: focusing on meaningful relationships DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (16:30-18:00)LocationZoomDescriptionThis event aims to raise awareness about a group of people who are rarely represented in disability events and research. 11Dec Shakespeare All Around Us DatesSaturday 11 December 2021 (14:30-17:00)LocationRoyal shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDescriptionThe MA Shakespeare and Creativity students from the Shakespeare Institute would like to invite everybody to a free theatrical event celebrating Stratford-Upon-Avon and Shakespeare on Saturday 11 December at 14:30. 13Dec Introduction to Intellectual Property DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionFor University of Birmingham academics and researchers. Join our specialist speaker Dr Chris Moore of HGF Intellectual Property Specialists, for this informative 13Dec Public Lecture - Eucharistic Practice and the Christian Life DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationOnline or in-personDescriptionGlobal Philosophy of Religion Public Lecture Series: Professor Mark Wynn 13Dec Success is a journey not a destination DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (10:00) - Wednesday 23 February 2022 (17:00)DescriptionStudents at King Edward VI High School for Girls have observed artefacts in the Lapworth Museum and produced work in a range of media.This exhibition celebrates process rather than outcome. 14Dec Dreams of Birds Flying in the Sky DatesTuesday 14 December 2021 (00:00)LocationBlock 2 Academic City, Dubai CampusDescriptionThis in person event will be held on the Dubai campus and invites the community to come out for a screening of a new documentary made as a part of a University of Birmingham research grant. 15Dec Demystifying Disability and Careers DatesWednesday 15 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionHear from two alumni that will talk about hidden disabilities and their experience of developing their career. 16Dec Crafted in Time: Watercolour Workshop DatesThursday 16 December 2021 (18:00-20:00)LocationLapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)DescriptionArtist Mita Solanky will lead a creative watercolour workshop within the inspiring galleries of the Lapworth Museum. 18Dec Chronic Breathlessness Dance Workshop DatesSaturday 18 December 2021 (11:00-12:30)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionSian Williams leads this mixed dance sessions, specially designed for people living with long term breathlessness. 12Jan The inaugural lecture of Professor Richard Lilford DatesWednesday 12 January 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionProfessor Lilford will describe his involvement in trials over the last half-century and explain why current statistical philosophy is a poor guide to the design and analysis of trials. 12Jan Medici2022 DatesWednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescriptionThe Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage 2Feb The inaugural lecture of Professor Alan McNally DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionIn this lecture, Professor McNally will talk about his career path and his prominent role in the UK's Covid testing efforts. 2Feb Who are the Audiences for Early Modern History? DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoomDescriptionA roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged. 2Feb Professor Alastair Wilson Inaugural Lecture DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:30-19:15)LocationArts Building - Main Lecture Theatre - 1st Floor (R16 on campus map)DescriptionProfessor Alistair Wilson Inaugural Lecture - Ways and Whys 9Feb Reflections on 'Forging Ahead' at the Black Country Living Museum DatesWednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionResearchers 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 Researching Black British Histories DatesWednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPostgraduate 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. 17Feb MOONLIGHT: Screening Black Queer Youth DatesThursday 17 February (17:00) - Thursday 17 November 2022 (20:00)LocationThe Carroll - Muirhead Tower (G15) - University of BirminghamDescriptionGuest lecture and screening of Moonlight (2016, dir. Barry Jenkins) with Dr Maria Flood (Liverpool). 23Feb Roundtable on Classics and 'the Other' DatesWednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated 9Mar Historical Understandings of Mental Illness DatesWednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionEmily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health Research, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion 16Mar Building Dogopolis: Dogs and Humans in Modern London, New York and Paris DatesWednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionChris 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 Midlands and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century and Today DatesWednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionJo-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 Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography DatesWednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionDavid 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'. 7Apr Call for papers: Mapping Interdisciplinarity: Finding our Way DatesThursday 7 April 2022 (00:01-23:59)LocationLiberal Arts and Natural Sciences, University of BirminghamDescriptionInterdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference. 12Apr Critical Orwell: an online conference DatesTuesday 12 April (00:00) - Thursday 14 April 2022 (00:00)LocationOnline - a zoom link will be sent to you following registrationDescriptionThis online conference hosted by the University of Birmingham is on George Orwell's writing, life, politics, and legacies. 27Apr The Commonwealth Games: A Roundtable Discussion DatesWednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable 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. 28Apr Raising Icarus DatesThursday 28 April (19:30) - Saturday 30 April 2022 (21:30)LocationThe RepDescriptionRAISING ICARUS is a new chamber opera which breaks open the ancient myth to reveal its contemporary, psychological heart - how parental expectation and aspiration risk doing harm to our children. 28Jun The Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2022 DatesTuesday 28 June (09:00) - Thursday 30 June 2022 (18:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThe Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2: Death and Immortality 8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it? 8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research. 8Dec Marginalised families and autism: Understanding the experiences of children and their families DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAt such an uncertain time in education, those autistic pupils who are marginalised need specialist support for them to be given the best opportunity to succeed. 8Dec Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionTake your seat for an illustrated talk and anthology of readings woven together by Alexandra Harris and explore some of the very different ways in which air has been perceived and represented in Britain. 9Dec The hidden voices of people with PMLD: focusing on meaningful relationships DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (16:30-18:00)LocationZoomDescriptionThis event aims to raise awareness about a group of people who are rarely represented in disability events and research. 13Dec Introduction to Intellectual Property DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionFor University of Birmingham academics and researchers. Join our specialist speaker Dr Chris Moore of HGF Intellectual Property Specialists, for this informative 18Dec Chronic Breathlessness Dance Workshop DatesSaturday 18 December 2021 (11:00-12:30)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionSian Williams leads this mixed dance sessions, specially designed for people living with long term breathlessness. 12Jan The inaugural lecture of Professor Richard Lilford DatesWednesday 12 January 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionProfessor Lilford will describe his involvement in trials over the last half-century and explain why current statistical philosophy is a poor guide to the design and analysis of trials. 12Jan Medici2022 DatesWednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescriptionThe Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage 2Feb The inaugural lecture of Professor Alan McNally DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionIn this lecture, Professor McNally will talk about his career path and his prominent role in the UK's Covid testing efforts. 2Feb Who are the Audiences for Early Modern History? DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoomDescriptionA roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged. 2Feb Professor Alastair Wilson Inaugural Lecture DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:30-19:15)LocationArts Building - Main Lecture Theatre - 1st Floor (R16 on campus map)DescriptionProfessor Alistair Wilson Inaugural Lecture - Ways and Whys 9Feb Reflections on 'Forging Ahead' at the Black Country Living Museum DatesWednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionResearchers 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 Researching Black British Histories DatesWednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPostgraduate 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 Roundtable on Classics and 'the Other' DatesWednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated 9Mar Historical Understandings of Mental Illness DatesWednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionEmily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health Research, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion 16Mar Building Dogopolis: Dogs and Humans in Modern London, New York and Paris DatesWednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionChris 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 Midlands and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century and Today DatesWednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionJo-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 Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography DatesWednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionDavid 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 Critical Orwell: an online conference DatesTuesday 12 April (00:00) - Thursday 14 April 2022 (00:00)LocationOnline - a zoom link will be sent to you following registrationDescriptionThis online conference hosted by the University of Birmingham is on George Orwell's writing, life, politics, and legacies. 27Apr The Commonwealth Games: A Roundtable Discussion DatesWednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable 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.
Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Shakespeare All Around Us DatesSaturday 11 December 2021 (14:30-17:00)LocationRoyal shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it?
8Dec Digital Accessibility Training DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (14:00-15:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCome along for some Top Tips and Easy Wins for making your teaching more accessible.
8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research.
8Dec Marginalised families and autism: Understanding the experiences of children and their families DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAt such an uncertain time in education, those autistic pupils who are marginalised need specialist support for them to be given the best opportunity to succeed.
8Dec Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionTake your seat for an illustrated talk and anthology of readings woven together by Alexandra Harris and explore some of the very different ways in which air has been perceived and represented in Britain.
9Dec The hidden voices of people with PMLD: focusing on meaningful relationships DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (16:30-18:00)LocationZoomDescriptionThis event aims to raise awareness about a group of people who are rarely represented in disability events and research.
11Dec Shakespeare All Around Us DatesSaturday 11 December 2021 (14:30-17:00)LocationRoyal shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDescriptionThe MA Shakespeare and Creativity students from the Shakespeare Institute would like to invite everybody to a free theatrical event celebrating Stratford-Upon-Avon and Shakespeare on Saturday 11 December at 14:30.
13Dec Introduction to Intellectual Property DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionFor University of Birmingham academics and researchers. Join our specialist speaker Dr Chris Moore of HGF Intellectual Property Specialists, for this informative
13Dec Public Lecture - Eucharistic Practice and the Christian Life DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationOnline or in-personDescriptionGlobal Philosophy of Religion Public Lecture Series: Professor Mark Wynn
13Dec Success is a journey not a destination DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (10:00) - Wednesday 23 February 2022 (17:00)DescriptionStudents at King Edward VI High School for Girls have observed artefacts in the Lapworth Museum and produced work in a range of media.This exhibition celebrates process rather than outcome.
14Dec Dreams of Birds Flying in the Sky DatesTuesday 14 December 2021 (00:00)LocationBlock 2 Academic City, Dubai CampusDescriptionThis in person event will be held on the Dubai campus and invites the community to come out for a screening of a new documentary made as a part of a University of Birmingham research grant.
15Dec Demystifying Disability and Careers DatesWednesday 15 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionHear from two alumni that will talk about hidden disabilities and their experience of developing their career.
16Dec Crafted in Time: Watercolour Workshop DatesThursday 16 December 2021 (18:00-20:00)LocationLapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)DescriptionArtist Mita Solanky will lead a creative watercolour workshop within the inspiring galleries of the Lapworth Museum.
18Dec Chronic Breathlessness Dance Workshop DatesSaturday 18 December 2021 (11:00-12:30)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionSian Williams leads this mixed dance sessions, specially designed for people living with long term breathlessness.
12Jan The inaugural lecture of Professor Richard Lilford DatesWednesday 12 January 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionProfessor Lilford will describe his involvement in trials over the last half-century and explain why current statistical philosophy is a poor guide to the design and analysis of trials.
12Jan Medici2022 DatesWednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescriptionThe Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage
2Feb The inaugural lecture of Professor Alan McNally DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionIn this lecture, Professor McNally will talk about his career path and his prominent role in the UK's Covid testing efforts.
2Feb Who are the Audiences for Early Modern History? DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoomDescriptionA roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged.
2Feb Professor Alastair Wilson Inaugural Lecture DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:30-19:15)LocationArts Building - Main Lecture Theatre - 1st Floor (R16 on campus map)DescriptionProfessor Alistair Wilson Inaugural Lecture - Ways and Whys
9Feb Reflections on 'Forging Ahead' at the Black Country Living Museum DatesWednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionResearchers 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 Researching Black British Histories DatesWednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPostgraduate 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.
17Feb MOONLIGHT: Screening Black Queer Youth DatesThursday 17 February (17:00) - Thursday 17 November 2022 (20:00)LocationThe Carroll - Muirhead Tower (G15) - University of BirminghamDescriptionGuest lecture and screening of Moonlight (2016, dir. Barry Jenkins) with Dr Maria Flood (Liverpool).
23Feb Roundtable on Classics and 'the Other' DatesWednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated
9Mar Historical Understandings of Mental Illness DatesWednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionEmily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health Research, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
16Mar Building Dogopolis: Dogs and Humans in Modern London, New York and Paris DatesWednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionChris 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 Midlands and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century and Today DatesWednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionJo-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 Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography DatesWednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionDavid 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'.
7Apr Call for papers: Mapping Interdisciplinarity: Finding our Way DatesThursday 7 April 2022 (00:01-23:59)LocationLiberal Arts and Natural Sciences, University of BirminghamDescriptionInterdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference.
12Apr Critical Orwell: an online conference DatesTuesday 12 April (00:00) - Thursday 14 April 2022 (00:00)LocationOnline - a zoom link will be sent to you following registrationDescriptionThis online conference hosted by the University of Birmingham is on George Orwell's writing, life, politics, and legacies.
27Apr The Commonwealth Games: A Roundtable Discussion DatesWednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable 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.
28Apr Raising Icarus DatesThursday 28 April (19:30) - Saturday 30 April 2022 (21:30)LocationThe RepDescriptionRAISING ICARUS is a new chamber opera which breaks open the ancient myth to reveal its contemporary, psychological heart - how parental expectation and aspiration risk doing harm to our children.
28Jun The Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2022 DatesTuesday 28 June (09:00) - Thursday 30 June 2022 (18:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThe Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2: Death and Immortality
8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it?
11Dec Shakespeare All Around Us DatesSaturday 11 December 2021 (14:30-17:00)LocationRoyal shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDescriptionThe MA Shakespeare and Creativity students from the Shakespeare Institute would like to invite everybody to a free theatrical event celebrating Stratford-Upon-Avon and Shakespeare on Saturday 11 December at 14:30.
28Apr Raising Icarus DatesThursday 28 April (19:30) - Saturday 30 April 2022 (21:30)LocationThe RepDescriptionRAISING ICARUS is a new chamber opera which breaks open the ancient myth to reveal its contemporary, psychological heart - how parental expectation and aspiration risk doing harm to our children.
8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it?
8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research.
8Dec Marginalised families and autism: Understanding the experiences of children and their families DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAt such an uncertain time in education, those autistic pupils who are marginalised need specialist support for them to be given the best opportunity to succeed.
8Dec Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionTake your seat for an illustrated talk and anthology of readings woven together by Alexandra Harris and explore some of the very different ways in which air has been perceived and represented in Britain.
13Dec Introduction to Intellectual Property DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionFor University of Birmingham academics and researchers. Join our specialist speaker Dr Chris Moore of HGF Intellectual Property Specialists, for this informative
13Dec Public Lecture - Eucharistic Practice and the Christian Life DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationOnline or in-personDescriptionGlobal Philosophy of Religion Public Lecture Series: Professor Mark Wynn
16Dec Crafted in Time: Watercolour Workshop DatesThursday 16 December 2021 (18:00-20:00)LocationLapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)DescriptionArtist Mita Solanky will lead a creative watercolour workshop within the inspiring galleries of the Lapworth Museum.
18Dec Chronic Breathlessness Dance Workshop DatesSaturday 18 December 2021 (11:00-12:30)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionSian Williams leads this mixed dance sessions, specially designed for people living with long term breathlessness.
12Jan The inaugural lecture of Professor Richard Lilford DatesWednesday 12 January 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionProfessor Lilford will describe his involvement in trials over the last half-century and explain why current statistical philosophy is a poor guide to the design and analysis of trials.
2Feb The inaugural lecture of Professor Alan McNally DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionIn this lecture, Professor McNally will talk about his career path and his prominent role in the UK's Covid testing efforts.
2Feb Who are the Audiences for Early Modern History? DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoomDescriptionA roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged.
2Feb Professor Alastair Wilson Inaugural Lecture DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:30-19:15)LocationArts Building - Main Lecture Theatre - 1st Floor (R16 on campus map)DescriptionProfessor Alistair Wilson Inaugural Lecture - Ways and Whys
9Feb Reflections on 'Forging Ahead' at the Black Country Living Museum DatesWednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionResearchers 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 Researching Black British Histories DatesWednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPostgraduate 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 Roundtable on Classics and 'the Other' DatesWednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated
9Mar Historical Understandings of Mental Illness DatesWednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionEmily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health Research, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
16Mar Building Dogopolis: Dogs and Humans in Modern London, New York and Paris DatesWednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionChris 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 Midlands and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century and Today DatesWednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionJo-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 Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography DatesWednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionDavid 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 The Commonwealth Games: A Roundtable Discussion DatesWednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable 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.
8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it?
8Dec Digital Accessibility Training DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (14:00-15:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCome along for some Top Tips and Easy Wins for making your teaching more accessible.
8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research.
8Dec Marginalised families and autism: Understanding the experiences of children and their families DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAt such an uncertain time in education, those autistic pupils who are marginalised need specialist support for them to be given the best opportunity to succeed.
8Dec Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionTake your seat for an illustrated talk and anthology of readings woven together by Alexandra Harris and explore some of the very different ways in which air has been perceived and represented in Britain.
9Dec The hidden voices of people with PMLD: focusing on meaningful relationships DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (16:30-18:00)LocationZoomDescriptionThis event aims to raise awareness about a group of people who are rarely represented in disability events and research.
11Dec Shakespeare All Around Us DatesSaturday 11 December 2021 (14:30-17:00)LocationRoyal shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDescriptionThe MA Shakespeare and Creativity students from the Shakespeare Institute would like to invite everybody to a free theatrical event celebrating Stratford-Upon-Avon and Shakespeare on Saturday 11 December at 14:30.
13Dec Introduction to Intellectual Property DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionFor University of Birmingham academics and researchers. Join our specialist speaker Dr Chris Moore of HGF Intellectual Property Specialists, for this informative
13Dec Public Lecture - Eucharistic Practice and the Christian Life DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationOnline or in-personDescriptionGlobal Philosophy of Religion Public Lecture Series: Professor Mark Wynn
13Dec Success is a journey not a destination DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (10:00) - Wednesday 23 February 2022 (17:00)DescriptionStudents at King Edward VI High School for Girls have observed artefacts in the Lapworth Museum and produced work in a range of media.This exhibition celebrates process rather than outcome.
14Dec Dreams of Birds Flying in the Sky DatesTuesday 14 December 2021 (00:00)LocationBlock 2 Academic City, Dubai CampusDescriptionThis in person event will be held on the Dubai campus and invites the community to come out for a screening of a new documentary made as a part of a University of Birmingham research grant.
15Dec Demystifying Disability and Careers DatesWednesday 15 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionHear from two alumni that will talk about hidden disabilities and their experience of developing their career.
16Dec Crafted in Time: Watercolour Workshop DatesThursday 16 December 2021 (18:00-20:00)LocationLapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)DescriptionArtist Mita Solanky will lead a creative watercolour workshop within the inspiring galleries of the Lapworth Museum.
18Dec Chronic Breathlessness Dance Workshop DatesSaturday 18 December 2021 (11:00-12:30)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionSian Williams leads this mixed dance sessions, specially designed for people living with long term breathlessness.
12Jan The inaugural lecture of Professor Richard Lilford DatesWednesday 12 January 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionProfessor Lilford will describe his involvement in trials over the last half-century and explain why current statistical philosophy is a poor guide to the design and analysis of trials.
12Jan Medici2022 DatesWednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescriptionThe Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage
2Feb The inaugural lecture of Professor Alan McNally DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionIn this lecture, Professor McNally will talk about his career path and his prominent role in the UK's Covid testing efforts.
2Feb Who are the Audiences for Early Modern History? DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoomDescriptionA roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged.
2Feb Professor Alastair Wilson Inaugural Lecture DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:30-19:15)LocationArts Building - Main Lecture Theatre - 1st Floor (R16 on campus map)DescriptionProfessor Alistair Wilson Inaugural Lecture - Ways and Whys
9Feb Reflections on 'Forging Ahead' at the Black Country Living Museum DatesWednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionResearchers 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 Researching Black British Histories DatesWednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPostgraduate 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.
17Feb MOONLIGHT: Screening Black Queer Youth DatesThursday 17 February (17:00) - Thursday 17 November 2022 (20:00)LocationThe Carroll - Muirhead Tower (G15) - University of BirminghamDescriptionGuest lecture and screening of Moonlight (2016, dir. Barry Jenkins) with Dr Maria Flood (Liverpool).
23Feb Roundtable on Classics and 'the Other' DatesWednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated
9Mar Historical Understandings of Mental Illness DatesWednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionEmily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health Research, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
16Mar Building Dogopolis: Dogs and Humans in Modern London, New York and Paris DatesWednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionChris 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 Midlands and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century and Today DatesWednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionJo-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 Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography DatesWednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionDavid 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'.
7Apr Call for papers: Mapping Interdisciplinarity: Finding our Way DatesThursday 7 April 2022 (00:01-23:59)LocationLiberal Arts and Natural Sciences, University of BirminghamDescriptionInterdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference.
12Apr Critical Orwell: an online conference DatesTuesday 12 April (00:00) - Thursday 14 April 2022 (00:00)LocationOnline - a zoom link will be sent to you following registrationDescriptionThis online conference hosted by the University of Birmingham is on George Orwell's writing, life, politics, and legacies.
27Apr The Commonwealth Games: A Roundtable Discussion DatesWednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable 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.
28Apr Raising Icarus DatesThursday 28 April (19:30) - Saturday 30 April 2022 (21:30)LocationThe RepDescriptionRAISING ICARUS is a new chamber opera which breaks open the ancient myth to reveal its contemporary, psychological heart - how parental expectation and aspiration risk doing harm to our children.
28Jun The Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2022 DatesTuesday 28 June (09:00) - Thursday 30 June 2022 (18:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThe Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2: Death and Immortality
8Dec Interdisciplinary Workshops - What is IDR and Why do it? (Third date) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (13:30-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionIDR Virtual Workshop - What is IDR and Why do it?
8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research.
8Dec Marginalised families and autism: Understanding the experiences of children and their families DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAt such an uncertain time in education, those autistic pupils who are marginalised need specialist support for them to be given the best opportunity to succeed.
8Dec Arts of the Air: an evening of words, paintings and histories (event cancelled) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (18:30-20:00)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionTake your seat for an illustrated talk and anthology of readings woven together by Alexandra Harris and explore some of the very different ways in which air has been perceived and represented in Britain.
9Dec The hidden voices of people with PMLD: focusing on meaningful relationships DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (16:30-18:00)LocationZoomDescriptionThis event aims to raise awareness about a group of people who are rarely represented in disability events and research.
13Dec Introduction to Intellectual Property DatesMonday 13 December 2021 (12:00-13:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionFor University of Birmingham academics and researchers. Join our specialist speaker Dr Chris Moore of HGF Intellectual Property Specialists, for this informative
18Dec Chronic Breathlessness Dance Workshop DatesSaturday 18 December 2021 (11:00-12:30)LocationThe Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DRDescriptionSian Williams leads this mixed dance sessions, specially designed for people living with long term breathlessness.
12Jan The inaugural lecture of Professor Richard Lilford DatesWednesday 12 January 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionProfessor Lilford will describe his involvement in trials over the last half-century and explain why current statistical philosophy is a poor guide to the design and analysis of trials.
12Jan Medici2022 DatesWednesday 12 January (09:00) - Wednesday 6 April 2022 (17:00)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescriptionThe Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage
2Feb The inaugural lecture of Professor Alan McNally DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (16:30-17:30)LocationLeonard Deacon Lecture Theatre, Birmingham Medical School, B1 on Edgbaston Campus MapDescriptionIn this lecture, Professor McNally will talk about his career path and his prominent role in the UK's Covid testing efforts.
2Feb Who are the Audiences for Early Modern History? DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoomDescriptionA roundtable to question who the audiences are for early modern history and how can they be further broadened and engaged.
2Feb Professor Alastair Wilson Inaugural Lecture DatesWednesday 2 February 2022 (17:30-19:15)LocationArts Building - Main Lecture Theatre - 1st Floor (R16 on campus map)DescriptionProfessor Alistair Wilson Inaugural Lecture - Ways and Whys
9Feb Reflections on 'Forging Ahead' at the Black Country Living Museum DatesWednesday 9 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionResearchers 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 Researching Black British Histories DatesWednesday 16 February 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPostgraduate 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 Roundtable on Classics and 'the Other' DatesWednesday 23 February 2022 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how the relationship between Classics and social and political identities and national cultures has recently been much debated
9Mar Historical Understandings of Mental Illness DatesWednesday 9 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionEmily Betz (History, St Andrews), Angus Gowland (History, UCL), Leonard Smith (Applied Health Research, Birmingham) and Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham) will be joining us for a roundtable discussion
16Mar Building Dogopolis: Dogs and Humans in Modern London, New York and Paris DatesWednesday 16 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionChris 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 Midlands and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century and Today DatesWednesday 23 March 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionJo-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 Immersive Practices and Experimental Worlds: A Comparative Ethnography DatesWednesday 30 March 2022 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionDavid 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 Critical Orwell: an online conference DatesTuesday 12 April (00:00) - Thursday 14 April 2022 (00:00)LocationOnline - a zoom link will be sent to you following registrationDescriptionThis online conference hosted by the University of Birmingham is on George Orwell's writing, life, politics, and legacies.
27Apr The Commonwealth Games: A Roundtable Discussion DatesWednesday 27 April 2022 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable 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.