Events

Museum Tours

Museum Tours

Dates
Monday 5 June 2023 (12:00-13:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Museum Tours

Museum Tours

Dates
Monday 10 July 2023 (12:00-13:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
'The Sphinx, the Great Pyramid and two lesser Pyramids, Ghizeh, Egypt' (credit Francis Bedford, 1862). Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020
12Jun

Sights of Wonder: Online Exhibition

Dates
Friday 12 June 2020 (00:00) - Thursday 1 February 2024 (00:00)
Location
Online
Description
Sights of Wonder is the first-ever digital exhibition by the Barber - curated by University of Birmingham MA Art History and Curating Students in collaboration with Royal Collection Trust.
Tilly the Trilobite - Copy
1Jul

Family Activities – Tilly The Trilobite's Hidden Word Trail

Dates
Friday 1 July 2022 (10:00) - Friday 30 June 2023 (10:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
Can you find the letters hidden around the museum? Grab a trail sheet from the Reception desk and get hunting.
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1Jul

Family Activities – Borrow a Backpack Trail

Dates
Friday 1 July 2022 (10:00) - Monday 31 July 2023 (17:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
NEW! Fossil Detectives Backpack Trail. Visit the museum reception to borrow one of our new backpack trails on your visit to the Lapworth.
20Feb

Winterbourne House and Garden - What's on

Dates
Monday 20 February 2023 (16:07) - Thursday 20 February 2025 (16:07)
Location
Winterbourne House and Garden
Description
Find out what's on at Winterbourne House and Garden.
hervert-walters
4Mar

Where We Once Gathered

Dates
Saturday 4 March (09:00) - Friday 8 December 2023 (17:00)
Location
1st Floor Foyer - Bramall Music Building
Description
Handsworth Wood documentary photographer Herbert Walters exhibits his 2020 Covid Lockdown exhibition.
Foka Wolf, Why Are We Stuck in Hospital (2022). Image courtesy the artist
7Mar

Exhibition: FOKA WOLF - WHY ARE WE STUCK IN HOSPITAL?

Dates
Tuesday 7 March (09:00) - Saturday 17 June 2023 (17:00)
Location
South Entrance: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
An impossible maze, with no end, forms the basis of an installation and billboard campaign by Birmingham artist and activist Foka Wolf.
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7Mar

Exhibition: A PLACE TO CALL HOME

Dates
Tuesday 7 March (10:00) - Saturday 4 November 2023 (16:00)
Location
The Vaults: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
What does home mean to you? How do different experiences, including homelessness, adult social care and displacement, shape our view of what home is?
1May

Fairy Trail at Winterbourne

Dates
Monday 1 May (09:30) - Saturday 30 September 2023 (17:00)
Location
Winterbourne
Description
Winterbourne House and gardens fairy trail
The Exchange Reproduced with the permission of the Library of Birmingham. WK/B11/5129
6May

Heritage Tours

Dates
Saturday 6 May (11:00) - Saturday 1 July 2023 (13:00)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join our friendly guides on a heritage tour of The Exchange and discover the rich history and fascinating stories behind its walls.
30May

Dubai Parent & Carers events

Dates
Tuesday 30 May (09:30) - Monday 19 June 2023 (11:00)
Location
Dubai Campus
Description
Dubai campus in person events for Parent and Carers week
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5Jun

Museum Tours

Dates
Monday 5 June 2023 (12:00-13:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
Join us for Tours of the Museum
Jamie_Hale_315
6Jun

Disability in poetry and performance

Dates
Tuesday 6 June 2023 (18:30-20:30)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Centre for the Study of North America: Readings/performances from Sarah James, Beth O'Brien, and Jamie Hale.
7Jun

Time to Write

Dates
Wednesday 7 June 2023 (10:00-12:00)
Location
Library - University of Birmingham
Description
Write event. Time for Parents and Carers to write uninterrupted. Event for Parent and Carers fortnight
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7Jun

It's More Than Bricks and Mortar: exploring home through poetry

Dates
Wednesday 7 June 2023 (18:00-20:00)
Location
Assembly Room: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join poet Beth Abbott and academics from the University of Birmingham's SPRINT Project, for a reflective and creative workshop where you can explore different realities of home through poetry.
our-songs-of-courage-900-cropped-300x300
7Jun

Our songs of courage; women's story project

Dates
Wednesday 7 June (10:00) - Thursday 15 June 2023 (12:30)
Location
Charles W Gillet Centre
Description
This women's story project will share songs that have inspired us throughout our complex lives. We will talk about the important moments that came after these songs that stirred change from within.
8Jun

Parent and Carers meet up

Dates
Thursday 8 June 2023 (12:00-13:30)
Location
Staff House
Description
Parent and Carers social meet up.
9Jun

Time to draw

Dates
Friday 9 June 2023 (10:30-12:30)
Location
Winterbourne
Description
Drawing at Winterbourne house and gardens. Creadtive wellbeing session for parents and carers.
handels-messiah
10Jun

Sing Together: Handel's Messiah

Dates
Saturday 10 June 2023 (11:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Description
Come and join choral conductors, singers, and staff past and present from the University of Birmingham as we come together in the Elgar Concert Hall for a singalong day on Handel's much-loved oratorio, Messiah.
power-folk
11Jun

Power Folk

Dates
Sunday 11 June 2023 (14:00-23:00)
Location
The Spotted Dog - 104 Warwick St - B12 0NH
Description
Our University Folk Band play at the annual day festival hosted by Joe Broughton's Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Folk Ensemble.
gusto-renaissance-winds
11Jun

Strange and Upside Down: The Fantastical World of Alexander Agricola

Dates
Sunday 11 June 2023 (15:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Description
One of North America's leading string quartets, and passionate new music advocates, Quatuor Bozzini, join us to give the world premiere performance of Michael Zev Gordon's String Quartet No. 3.
noel-coward
15Jun

Noël Coward: Past, Present and Future

Dates
Thursday 15 June (00:00) - Friday 16 June 2023 (00:00)
Location
Edgbaston Park Hotel
Description
An interdisciplinary approach to Coward's influence beyond the realm of the theatre - novelist, short story writer; composer, lyricist, singer; actor, screen writer and director as well as the figure of Coward himself.
cherise
16Jun

University Jazz Orchestra Feat. Cherise

Dates
Friday 16 June 2023 (17:00-18:30)
Location
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space - Symphony Hall
Description
University Jazz Orchestra welcome emerging young soul singer, Cherise, as guest artist and perform musicfrom her upcoming album release.
alicia-gardener-trejo
16Jun

Jazz Collective Presents Bobtail

Dates
Friday 16 June 2023 (20:00-23:00)
Location
The Spotted Dog - 104 Warwick St - B12 0NH
Description
Talented students perform as part of their own small bands as we move across the city from the Jazz Orchestra's earlier performance at Symphony Hall.
summer-festival-orchestra
18Jun

Cinematic Sounds: Summer Festival Orchestra

Dates
Sunday 18 June 2023 (15:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Description
The Summer Festival Orchestra presents music from cinema and stage and the premiere of 'Earth' by Music Society Composition Competition winner Michael Triggs.
mini-beast
19Jun

miniBEAST

Dates
Monday 19 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
The perfect lunchtime performance for those who are new to electroacoustic music and the work of our electroacoustic studio composers.
uob-music-concerts-24jun21-72
20Jun

University Music Scholars

Dates
Tuesday 20 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
A relaxed showcase performance from a selection of scholarship holders from across the University.
World Refugee Day Logo 300px
20Jun

Late Night Exchange: World Refugee Day

Dates
Tuesday 20 June 2023 (18:00-21:00)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join us at The Exchange for talks, performances and drop-in activities to learn more about the experience of refugees, honour their contributions, and advocate for the rights and protection of refugees worldwide.
music-society-platform
21Jun

Music Society Performance Platform

Dates
Wednesday 21 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building - University of Birmingham
Description
A selection of ensembles from the Music Society's Chamber Music Network and members of the Music Society give short performances.
university-brass-band
21Jun

University Brass Band

Dates
Wednesday 21 June 2023 (18:00-20:00)
Location
The Green Heart
Description
Join the University Brass Band for our annual summer performance in the University's Green Heart.
Glasses-and-pencil-placed-on-an-open-notebook
22Jun

The Tempered Radical and Other Stories

Dates
Thursday 22 June 2023 (16:00-17:00)
Location
Teaching and Learning Building lecture room 2
Description
As part of the College of Social Sciences inaugural lecture series, join Professor Nicola Gale, who will share five stories of a working life in the higher education sector.
Wyndham_Lewis_photo_by_George_Charles_Beresford_1913-315w
22Jun

Filibusters in Birmingham: a Conference on Wyndham Lewis

Dates
Thursday 22 June (00:00) - Friday 23 June 2023 (00:00)
Location
University of Birmingham
Description
This conference will focus on the doubled and doubling identity announced in the title of Lewis's 1932 work: the filibuster.
folk-band
23Jun

Folk Band

Dates
Friday 23 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
The University Folk Band give a lunchtime performance to conclude the Summer Festival of Music and our Summer concerts programme.
IMH Logo Header
26Jun

Self-reported childhood adversity

Dates
Monday 26 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
Zoom - registration required
Description
IMH Lunchtime Seminar/Webinar with Dr Lejla Colic
literary-twilight-zone-315
28Jun

The Literary Twilight Zone: Nonfictional Fiction, 1820–1920

Dates
Wednesday 28 June 2023 (00:00)
Location
Muirhead Tower 12th Floor Suite
Description
This one-day academic workshop, hosted by the Nineteenth-Century Centre, brings together scholars interested in fiction's relationships with the creation of knowledge.
sunil and charan
28Jun

A queer act of resistance and repair

Dates
Wednesday 28 June 2023 (16:15-18:30)
Location
Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Description
We are delighted to welcome artists Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh to discuss their collaborative practice.
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28Jun

University Lecture Series: Kindness

Dates
Wednesday 28 June 2023 (18:30-19:30)
Location
Assembly Room: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join Professor Jenny Phillimore as she examines the impact of the kindness of strangers experienced by forced migrant survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
rob-cryer-315w
29Jun

Robert Cryer - A Life in Law and a Law unto himself

Dates
Thursday 29 June (09:00) - Friday 30 June 2023 (18:00)
Location
University House - University of Birmingham (The Business School)
Description
We greatly miss Professor Rob Cryer, who passed away in 2020 at the age of forty-six. This conference celebrates his oeuvre, research, mentorship, teaching, insights, idiosyncrasy, laughter, vim, and wit.
mhh-activities-cropped-300x300
30Jun

Exploring a Mental Health Humanities Network for ECRs (Part Two)

Dates
Friday 30 June 2023 (16:00-18:00)
Location
Edgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RS
Description
Join us to explore a potential ECR Mental Health Humanities Network. This second event follows the progress made at our initial May meeting.
Sundus (2021). Photograph by Vanley Burke.
3Jul

Exhibition: VANLEY BURKE, A GIFT TO BIRMINGHAM

Dates
Monday 3 July (09:00) - Saturday 16 September 2023 (17:00)
Location
South Entrance: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
A Gift to Birmingham showcases photographic documentation of migrant communities in Birmingham, taken by renowned photographer Vanley Burke, in collaboration with Migrant Voice and University of Birmingham.
10
10Jul

Museum Tours

Dates
Monday 10 July 2023 (12:00-13:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
Join us for Tours of the Museum
Birmingham Stories 300px
15Jul

Birmingham Stories: Story Exchange

Dates
Saturday 15 July 2023 (13:00-16:00)
Location
Assembly Room: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
What stories would you tell to explain what home means to you? Everyone is invited to join us at our Story Exchange, an inclusive workshop that connects people through stories.
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19Jul

Live Jazz: Potato Head Jazz Band

Dates
Wednesday 19 July 2023 (12:00-14:00)
Location
Banking Hall: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of jazz with the Potato Head Jazz Band, Spain's leading Dixieland band.
10
7Aug

Museum Tours

Dates
Monday 7 August 2023 (12:00-13:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
Join us for Tours of the Museum
EuroSLA32 logo
30Aug

EuroSLA 32

Dates
Wednesday 30 August (00:00) - Saturday 2 September 2023 (00:00)
Location
Aston Webb building, University of Birmingham
Description
The 32nd Conference of the European Second Language Association
19916-BHM-ecard-banners-ST3
2Oct

Black History Month 2023

Dates
Monday 2 October (00:00) - Tuesday 31 October 2023 (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.
handels-messiah
10Jun

Sing Together: Handel's Messiah

Dates
Saturday 10 June 2023 (11:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Description
Come and join choral conductors, singers, and staff past and present from the University of Birmingham as we come together in the Elgar Concert Hall for a singalong day on Handel's much-loved oratorio, Messiah.
power-folk
11Jun

Power Folk

Dates
Sunday 11 June 2023 (14:00-23:00)
Location
The Spotted Dog - 104 Warwick St - B12 0NH
Description
Our University Folk Band play at the annual day festival hosted by Joe Broughton's Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Folk Ensemble.
gusto-renaissance-winds
11Jun

Strange and Upside Down: The Fantastical World of Alexander Agricola

Dates
Sunday 11 June 2023 (15:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Description
One of North America's leading string quartets, and passionate new music advocates, Quatuor Bozzini, join us to give the world premiere performance of Michael Zev Gordon's String Quartet No. 3.
cherise
16Jun

University Jazz Orchestra Feat. Cherise

Dates
Friday 16 June 2023 (17:00-18:30)
Location
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space - Symphony Hall
Description
University Jazz Orchestra welcome emerging young soul singer, Cherise, as guest artist and perform musicfrom her upcoming album release.
alicia-gardener-trejo
16Jun

Jazz Collective Presents Bobtail

Dates
Friday 16 June 2023 (20:00-23:00)
Location
The Spotted Dog - 104 Warwick St - B12 0NH
Description
Talented students perform as part of their own small bands as we move across the city from the Jazz Orchestra's earlier performance at Symphony Hall.
summer-festival-orchestra
18Jun

Cinematic Sounds: Summer Festival Orchestra

Dates
Sunday 18 June 2023 (15:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building
Description
The Summer Festival Orchestra presents music from cinema and stage and the premiere of 'Earth' by Music Society Composition Competition winner Michael Triggs.
mini-beast
19Jun

miniBEAST

Dates
Monday 19 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
The perfect lunchtime performance for those who are new to electroacoustic music and the work of our electroacoustic studio composers.
uob-music-concerts-24jun21-72
20Jun

University Music Scholars

Dates
Tuesday 20 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
A relaxed showcase performance from a selection of scholarship holders from across the University.
World Refugee Day Logo 300px
20Jun

Late Night Exchange: World Refugee Day

Dates
Tuesday 20 June 2023 (18:00-21:00)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join us at The Exchange for talks, performances and drop-in activities to learn more about the experience of refugees, honour their contributions, and advocate for the rights and protection of refugees worldwide.
music-society-platform
21Jun

Music Society Performance Platform

Dates
Wednesday 21 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building - University of Birmingham
Description
A selection of ensembles from the Music Society's Chamber Music Network and members of the Music Society give short performances.
university-brass-band
21Jun

University Brass Band

Dates
Wednesday 21 June 2023 (18:00-20:00)
Location
The Green Heart
Description
Join the University Brass Band for our annual summer performance in the University's Green Heart.
folk-band
23Jun

Folk Band

Dates
Friday 23 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
The University Folk Band give a lunchtime performance to conclude the Summer Festival of Music and our Summer concerts programme.
Live Jazz Potato Head Jazz Band 300px
19Jul

Live Jazz: Potato Head Jazz Band

Dates
Wednesday 19 July 2023 (12:00-14:00)
Location
Banking Hall: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of jazz with the Potato Head Jazz Band, Spain's leading Dixieland band.
19916-BHM-ecard-banners-ST3
2Oct

Black History Month 2023

Dates
Monday 2 October (00:00) - Tuesday 31 October 2023 (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.
20Feb

Winterbourne House and Garden - What's on

Dates
Monday 20 February 2023 (16:07) - Thursday 20 February 2025 (16:07)
Location
Winterbourne House and Garden
Description
Find out what's on at Winterbourne House and Garden.
The Exchange Reproduced with the permission of the Library of Birmingham. WK/B11/5129
6May

Heritage Tours

Dates
Saturday 6 May (11:00) - Saturday 1 July 2023 (13:00)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join our friendly guides on a heritage tour of The Exchange and discover the rich history and fascinating stories behind its walls.
Jamie_Hale_315
6Jun

Disability in poetry and performance

Dates
Tuesday 6 June 2023 (18:30-20:30)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Centre for the Study of North America: Readings/performances from Sarah James, Beth O'Brien, and Jamie Hale.
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7Jun

It's More Than Bricks and Mortar: exploring home through poetry

Dates
Wednesday 7 June 2023 (18:00-20:00)
Location
Assembly Room: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join poet Beth Abbott and academics from the University of Birmingham's SPRINT Project, for a reflective and creative workshop where you can explore different realities of home through poetry.
our-songs-of-courage-900-cropped-300x300
7Jun

Our songs of courage; women's story project

Dates
Wednesday 7 June (10:00) - Thursday 15 June 2023 (12:30)
Location
Charles W Gillet Centre
Description
This women's story project will share songs that have inspired us throughout our complex lives. We will talk about the important moments that came after these songs that stirred change from within.
noel-coward
15Jun

Noël Coward: Past, Present and Future

Dates
Thursday 15 June (00:00) - Friday 16 June 2023 (00:00)
Location
Edgbaston Park Hotel
Description
An interdisciplinary approach to Coward's influence beyond the realm of the theatre - novelist, short story writer; composer, lyricist, singer; actor, screen writer and director as well as the figure of Coward himself.
World Refugee Day Logo 300px
20Jun

Late Night Exchange: World Refugee Day

Dates
Tuesday 20 June 2023 (18:00-21:00)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join us at The Exchange for talks, performances and drop-in activities to learn more about the experience of refugees, honour their contributions, and advocate for the rights and protection of refugees worldwide.
Glasses-and-pencil-placed-on-an-open-notebook
22Jun

The Tempered Radical and Other Stories

Dates
Thursday 22 June 2023 (16:00-17:00)
Location
Teaching and Learning Building lecture room 2
Description
As part of the College of Social Sciences inaugural lecture series, join Professor Nicola Gale, who will share five stories of a working life in the higher education sector.
IMH Logo Header
26Jun

Self-reported childhood adversity

Dates
Monday 26 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
Zoom - registration required
Description
IMH Lunchtime Seminar/Webinar with Dr Lejla Colic
literary-twilight-zone-315
28Jun

The Literary Twilight Zone: Nonfictional Fiction, 1820–1920

Dates
Wednesday 28 June 2023 (00:00)
Location
Muirhead Tower 12th Floor Suite
Description
This one-day academic workshop, hosted by the Nineteenth-Century Centre, brings together scholars interested in fiction's relationships with the creation of knowledge.
sunil and charan
28Jun

A queer act of resistance and repair

Dates
Wednesday 28 June 2023 (16:15-18:30)
Location
Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Description
We are delighted to welcome artists Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh to discuss their collaborative practice.
Kindness Lecture 300px
28Jun

University Lecture Series: Kindness

Dates
Wednesday 28 June 2023 (18:30-19:30)
Location
Assembly Room: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join Professor Jenny Phillimore as she examines the impact of the kindness of strangers experienced by forced migrant survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
rob-cryer-315w
29Jun

Robert Cryer - A Life in Law and a Law unto himself

Dates
Thursday 29 June (09:00) - Friday 30 June 2023 (18:00)
Location
University House - University of Birmingham (The Business School)
Description
We greatly miss Professor Rob Cryer, who passed away in 2020 at the age of forty-six. This conference celebrates his oeuvre, research, mentorship, teaching, insights, idiosyncrasy, laughter, vim, and wit.
mhh-activities-cropped-300x300
30Jun

Exploring a Mental Health Humanities Network for ECRs (Part Two)

Dates
Friday 30 June 2023 (16:00-18:00)
Location
Edgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RS
Description
Join us to explore a potential ECR Mental Health Humanities Network. This second event follows the progress made at our initial May meeting.
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15Jul

Birmingham Stories: Story Exchange

Dates
Saturday 15 July 2023 (13:00-16:00)
Location
Assembly Room: The Exchange 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
What stories would you tell to explain what home means to you? Everyone is invited to join us at our Story Exchange, an inclusive workshop that connects people through stories.
EuroSLA32 logo
30Aug

EuroSLA 32

Dates
Wednesday 30 August (00:00) - Saturday 2 September 2023 (00:00)
Location
Aston Webb building, University of Birmingham
Description
The 32nd Conference of the European Second Language Association
19916-BHM-ecard-banners-ST3
2Oct

Black History Month 2023

Dates
Monday 2 October (00:00) - Tuesday 31 October 2023 (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.
Jamie_Hale_315
6Jun

Disability in poetry and performance

Dates
Tuesday 6 June 2023 (18:30-20:30)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Centre for the Study of North America: Readings/performances from Sarah James, Beth O'Brien, and Jamie Hale.
noel-coward
15Jun

Noël Coward: Past, Present and Future

Dates
Thursday 15 June (00:00) - Friday 16 June 2023 (00:00)
Location
Edgbaston Park Hotel
Description
An interdisciplinary approach to Coward's influence beyond the realm of the theatre - novelist, short story writer; composer, lyricist, singer; actor, screen writer and director as well as the figure of Coward himself.
World Refugee Day Logo 300px
20Jun

Late Night Exchange: World Refugee Day

Dates
Tuesday 20 June 2023 (18:00-21:00)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join us at The Exchange for talks, performances and drop-in activities to learn more about the experience of refugees, honour their contributions, and advocate for the rights and protection of refugees worldwide.
Wyndham_Lewis_photo_by_George_Charles_Beresford_1913-315w
22Jun

Filibusters in Birmingham: a Conference on Wyndham Lewis

Dates
Thursday 22 June (00:00) - Friday 23 June 2023 (00:00)
Location
University of Birmingham
Description
This conference will focus on the doubled and doubling identity announced in the title of Lewis's 1932 work: the filibuster.
IMH Logo Header
26Jun

Self-reported childhood adversity

Dates
Monday 26 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
Location
Zoom - registration required
Description
IMH Lunchtime Seminar/Webinar with Dr Lejla Colic
literary-twilight-zone-315
28Jun

The Literary Twilight Zone: Nonfictional Fiction, 1820–1920

Dates
Wednesday 28 June 2023 (00:00)
Location
Muirhead Tower 12th Floor Suite
Description
This one-day academic workshop, hosted by the Nineteenth-Century Centre, brings together scholars interested in fiction's relationships with the creation of knowledge.
mhh-activities-cropped-300x300
30Jun

Exploring a Mental Health Humanities Network for ECRs (Part Two)

Dates
Friday 30 June 2023 (16:00-18:00)
Location
Edgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RS
Description
Join us to explore a potential ECR Mental Health Humanities Network. This second event follows the progress made at our initial May meeting.
EuroSLA32 logo
30Aug

EuroSLA 32

Dates
Wednesday 30 August (00:00) - Saturday 2 September 2023 (00:00)
Location
Aston Webb building, University of Birmingham
Description
The 32nd Conference of the European Second Language Association