College of Arts and Law events Search and Research - looking for women in the Danford Collection DatesTuesday 26 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)LocationDanford Room - 224 on second floor of the Arts Building Book Launch: Jimmy Packham's Gothic Utterance and Hannah Murray's Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationOnline via Zoom Roundtable discussion on Landscape, Nature and Environment DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoom Search for:Search All eventsPerformanceResearch seminarsLectures, Talks and Workshops 20Oct COP 26 Roundtables DatesWednesday 20 October (13:00) - Wednesday 17 November 2021 (15:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionCOP 26 roundtable discussions chaired by Professor Aleks Cavoski 26Oct Groove Into the Woods DatesTuesday 26 October 2021 (11:00-11:55)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionCome on a jazz and funk-fuelled family adventure into the deep dark woods. Specially designed for ages 3 – 7 and their grown-ups! 26Oct Search and Research - looking for women in the Danford Collection DatesTuesday 26 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)LocationDanford Room - 224 on second floor of the Arts BuildingDescriptionAn event celebrating Nigerian postcolonial modernist artist, Clara Etso Ugbodaga-Ngu. 27Oct Decolonization and Fossil Developmentalism: Energy, Climate, Extractivism and Empire/Nation in the Twentieth Century DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussion of the entanglements and power relations at stake in histories of ecological extraction 27Oct Book Launch: Jimmy Packham's Gothic Utterance and Hannah Murray's Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionJoin CSNA and the Nineteenth-Century Centre for a Halloween-themed launch of two brilliant new books. 27Oct Editorial Power: Galen and his Manipulated Canon DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionThis seminar by Claire Bubb (NYU) is part of the Biblical Studies Seminar of the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, and is co-organised with the University of Oxford 27Oct Re-coining the Eleventh Century: Value, Religion and Gender in Italy DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCeSMA seminar given by James Norrie (University of Birmingham). 27Oct Meydana Gel Meydana / Come to the Square: An Invitation to Find Presence in (un)Likely Places DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Göze Saner (Goldsmiths, University of London). 29Oct Heroic Elegies DatesFriday 29 October 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPerennially popular pianist Kenneth Hamilton returns to Birmingham International Piano Festival with a reflective programme. 30Oct Linguistics for MFL teachers: Teachers and PGCE students' online CPD event DatesSaturday 30 October 2021 (14:00-16:30)LocationOnlineDescriptionSynchronous Online Workshop (University of Birmingham), 30 October 2021, 2–4.30pm 5Nov Di Xiao DatesFriday 5 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBirmingham favourite Di Xiao joins us for a performance of her programme 'To Spring' - piano music inspired by the season, a metaphor of hope and rebirth which we need like never before! 6Nov BEASTdome DatesSaturday 6 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre team look forward to welcoming you back to The Dome for an evening of new music and sound theatre classics. 8Nov Law PhD Proposals and Funding Applications Workshop DatesMonday 8 November 2021 (16:00-18:00)LocationZoomDescriptionA free workshop for Law students on writing PhD Proposals and making Funding Applications to Birmingham Law School 8Nov Origin and Evolution of Investment Treaty Standards: Progress or Regression? DatesMonday 8 November 2021 (17:00-19:00)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionIn this webinar Professor Federico Ortino (King's College London) will present his latest book Origin and Evolution of Investment Treaty Standards: Stability, Value, and Reasonableness (OUP 2020). 8Nov The 2021 Hughes Lecture DatesMonday 8 November 2021 (17:30-18:30)DescriptionApproaches to creativity, diversity, and sustainability in education: perspectives from the Shakespeare, Race and Pedagogy project - Wendy Lennon, Fellow of the English Association 9Nov Leaders in Law: Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales DatesTuesday 9 November 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionLeaders in Law lecture series: Being President - Making and implementing your aspirations, Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales 9Nov The Crisis of Car Culture in 21st-Century Birmingham DatesTuesday 9 November 2021 (19:00-21:00)LocationStuart Hall Room, The Exchange, Centenary Square, BirminghamDescriptionRoundtable discussion at The Exchange. 10Nov Roundtable discussion on Landscape, Nature and Environment DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how human interactions have impacted nature and the environment across time. 10Nov Visiting Speaker: E. James West (York): 'A Monument to Negro Enterprise': The Black Press and Chicago's Literary Landscapes in the 1920s. DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-16:00)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionJoin CSNA for a paper presentation by historian James West discussing research from his forthcoming book. 10Nov Africa Talks: Differing Agendas between Colonial Officials and Local Actors in Colonial Education Provision and Expansion in the Gold Coast,1918 - 1957 DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, University of Bristol 10Nov PhD showcase DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionSadegh Attari and Humma Mouzam discuss their research. 10Nov 'Into The Labyrinth: a Journey into Stoudite ''Cancel Culture'' DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (17:15-18:15)LocationTeaching & Learning Building 202 (limited spaces) and onlineDescriptionSociety for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Autumn Lecture given by Professor Rosemary Morris. 10Nov Alexandra Dariescu DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAlexandra Dariescu performs as we hear music from French female composers Germaine Tailleferre, Lili Boulanger, and Camille Pépin. 12Nov Samuele Telari DatesFriday 12 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionItalian accordionist Samuele Telari makes his Barber Concerts debut with a varied programme that crosses the centuries. 17Nov Hierarchies of Service: Gender in Britain's Commemorative Landscape DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionProfessor Corinna Peniston-Bird, Department of History, Lancaster University 17Nov Africa Talks: Struggle for Legitimacy and Control DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Nathalie Raunet, Free University Berlin 17Nov Sinuhe, Sex and Snow: What Egyptology does with Poems DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionRichard Parkinson (Oxford) gives the CAHA seminar 19Nov King Edward's Schools DatesFriday 19 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJoin King Edward's and King Edward VI High School for Girls in their annual concert performance featuring their talented young students. 19Nov Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices DatesFriday 19 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTwo of the finest choirs and their eminent conductors present an advent themed programme featuring the last choral commission from University Music by Bob Chilcott. 20Nov Instrumental Choirs Gala DatesSaturday 20 November 2021 (19:00-20:30)LocationSt George's Church - EdgbastonDescriptionJoin the Music Society for this eclectic and relaxed wind ensemble concert as they celebrate making music together again! 21Nov Brass Band and Chamber Choirs DatesSunday 21 November 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionEnjoy this afternoon concert from the Music Society's chamber choirs and Brass Band. The programme includes the winning composition from the 2019 Music Society Composition Competition by Christopher Allen. 24Nov Annual Fage Lecture: The Time of Letters: Epistolarity and Nigerian Newsprint Cultures, 1920s-1960s DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionProfessor Stephanie Newell (English, Yale) 24Nov Keleusate: Ceremony and Architecture in the Great Palace of Constantinople DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAlfredo Calahorra Bartolomé (Madrid) gives the CBOMGS research seminar 24Nov The Medieval Convent Drama Project DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionDr Olivia Robinson presents her Swiss National Science Foundation funded research. 26Nov Oxford Lieder DatesFriday 26 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHelen Charlston is a young mezzo soprano who is increasingly in demand worldwide. She is joined by Oxford Lieder director Sholto Kynoch. 26Nov Chineke! Chamber Ensemble DatesFriday 26 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionSix outstanding Chineke! Orchestra musicians present the music of Florence B Price, Schoenberg, and Brahms. This performance marks the retirement of the University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Eastwood. 27Nov Wind Band DatesSaturday 27 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University Music Society's Wind Band returns to the stage with a programme featuring re-discovered works by composer Johanna Beyer as part of a project to highlight the music of under-represented female composers. 28Nov Symphony Orchestra and String Orchestra DatesSunday 28 November 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Music Society's Symphony Orchestra present folk-inspired music under their conductor Daniele Rosina. The student-led String Orchestra open this performance with Suk's Serenade for Strings. 1Dec Africa Talks: Michael Sata, Party Branding, and the Politics of Historical Memory in Zambia, c. 2001-2011 DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, University of Cape Town and University of Zambia 1Dec Leisure, Luxury, Austerity, and Citizenship in Archaic and Classical Sparta DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPaul Christesen (Dartmouth) gives the CAHA seminar 1Dec University Carol Service DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (18:15-19:00)LocationGreat Hall - Aston Webb BuildingDescriptionMark the beginning of Advent and imminent Christmas cheer in a traditional service of carols and readings led by the University Chaplaincy with music performed by University Upper Voices. 3Dec Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Collective DatesFriday 3 December 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionComposer and saxophonist Olivia Murphy's newly commissioned work for jazz orchestra marks the opening of the University's latest public space, The Exchange and responds to the theme 'The air we breathe'. 4Dec University Chorus DatesSaturday 4 December 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Elgar Concert Hall is filled with the sounds of community singing once again as the Music Society's University Chorus makes a welcome return to music-making. 5Dec Philharmonic Orchestra DatesSunday 5 December 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPhilharmonic Orchestra present a work by little-known local composer Lilian Elkington Out of the Mist, a work whose centenary we celebrate. 8Dec East Central Europe in the Interwar Slump – A Work-In-Progress-Report DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoom - registration requiredDescriptionAn online event that's part of The Liminality of Failing Democracy: East Central Europe during the Interwar Slump project 8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research. 8Dec Romans, Egyptians, and the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717/8) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPhilip Booth (Oxford) gives the CBOMGS research seminar 9Dec Class concerns: Figuring the abject subject in contemporary British theatre DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (17:00-19:00)LocationLecture Theatre G11, Ground Floor, Barber Institute of Fine Arts (R14), Zoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Professor Liz Tomlin (University of Glasgow). 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. 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 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. 15Jun The Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2022 DatesWednesday 15 June (09:00) - Friday 17 June 2022 (18:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThe Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2: Death and Immortality 26Oct Groove Into the Woods DatesTuesday 26 October 2021 (11:00-11:55)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionCome on a jazz and funk-fuelled family adventure into the deep dark woods. Specially designed for ages 3 – 7 and their grown-ups! 29Oct Heroic Elegies DatesFriday 29 October 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPerennially popular pianist Kenneth Hamilton returns to Birmingham International Piano Festival with a reflective programme. 5Nov Di Xiao DatesFriday 5 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBirmingham favourite Di Xiao joins us for a performance of her programme 'To Spring' - piano music inspired by the season, a metaphor of hope and rebirth which we need like never before! 6Nov BEASTdome DatesSaturday 6 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre team look forward to welcoming you back to The Dome for an evening of new music and sound theatre classics. 10Nov Alexandra Dariescu DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAlexandra Dariescu performs as we hear music from French female composers Germaine Tailleferre, Lili Boulanger, and Camille Pépin. 12Nov Samuele Telari DatesFriday 12 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionItalian accordionist Samuele Telari makes his Barber Concerts debut with a varied programme that crosses the centuries. 19Nov King Edward's Schools DatesFriday 19 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJoin King Edward's and King Edward VI High School for Girls in their annual concert performance featuring their talented young students. 19Nov Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices DatesFriday 19 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTwo of the finest choirs and their eminent conductors present an advent themed programme featuring the last choral commission from University Music by Bob Chilcott. 20Nov Instrumental Choirs Gala DatesSaturday 20 November 2021 (19:00-20:30)LocationSt George's Church - EdgbastonDescriptionJoin the Music Society for this eclectic and relaxed wind ensemble concert as they celebrate making music together again! 21Nov Brass Band and Chamber Choirs DatesSunday 21 November 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionEnjoy this afternoon concert from the Music Society's chamber choirs and Brass Band. The programme includes the winning composition from the 2019 Music Society Composition Competition by Christopher Allen. 26Nov Oxford Lieder DatesFriday 26 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHelen Charlston is a young mezzo soprano who is increasingly in demand worldwide. She is joined by Oxford Lieder director Sholto Kynoch. 26Nov Chineke! Chamber Ensemble DatesFriday 26 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionSix outstanding Chineke! Orchestra musicians present the music of Florence B Price, Schoenberg, and Brahms. This performance marks the retirement of the University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Eastwood. 27Nov Wind Band DatesSaturday 27 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University Music Society's Wind Band returns to the stage with a programme featuring re-discovered works by composer Johanna Beyer as part of a project to highlight the music of under-represented female composers. 28Nov Symphony Orchestra and String Orchestra DatesSunday 28 November 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Music Society's Symphony Orchestra present folk-inspired music under their conductor Daniele Rosina. The student-led String Orchestra open this performance with Suk's Serenade for Strings. 1Dec University Carol Service DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (18:15-19:00)LocationGreat Hall - Aston Webb BuildingDescriptionMark the beginning of Advent and imminent Christmas cheer in a traditional service of carols and readings led by the University Chaplaincy with music performed by University Upper Voices. 3Dec Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Collective DatesFriday 3 December 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionComposer and saxophonist Olivia Murphy's newly commissioned work for jazz orchestra marks the opening of the University's latest public space, The Exchange and responds to the theme 'The air we breathe'. 4Dec University Chorus DatesSaturday 4 December 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Elgar Concert Hall is filled with the sounds of community singing once again as the Music Society's University Chorus makes a welcome return to music-making. 5Dec Philharmonic Orchestra DatesSunday 5 December 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPhilharmonic Orchestra present a work by little-known local composer Lilian Elkington Out of the Mist, a work whose centenary we celebrate. 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. 27Oct Editorial Power: Galen and his Manipulated Canon DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionThis seminar by Claire Bubb (NYU) is part of the Biblical Studies Seminar of the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, and is co-organised with the University of Oxford 27Oct Re-coining the Eleventh Century: Value, Religion and Gender in Italy DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCeSMA seminar given by James Norrie (University of Birmingham). 27Oct Meydana Gel Meydana / Come to the Square: An Invitation to Find Presence in (un)Likely Places DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Göze Saner (Goldsmiths, University of London). 10Nov Africa Talks: Differing Agendas between Colonial Officials and Local Actors in Colonial Education Provision and Expansion in the Gold Coast,1918 - 1957 DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, University of Bristol 10Nov PhD showcase DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionSadegh Attari and Humma Mouzam discuss their research. 17Nov Africa Talks: Struggle for Legitimacy and Control DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Nathalie Raunet, Free University Berlin 17Nov Sinuhe, Sex and Snow: What Egyptology does with Poems DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionRichard Parkinson (Oxford) gives the CAHA seminar 24Nov Keleusate: Ceremony and Architecture in the Great Palace of Constantinople DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAlfredo Calahorra Bartolomé (Madrid) gives the CBOMGS research seminar 24Nov The Medieval Convent Drama Project DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionDr Olivia Robinson presents her Swiss National Science Foundation funded research. 1Dec Africa Talks: Michael Sata, Party Branding, and the Politics of Historical Memory in Zambia, c. 2001-2011 DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, University of Cape Town and University of Zambia 1Dec Leisure, Luxury, Austerity, and Citizenship in Archaic and Classical Sparta DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPaul Christesen (Dartmouth) gives the CAHA seminar 8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research. 8Dec Romans, Egyptians, and the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717/8) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPhilip Booth (Oxford) gives the CBOMGS research seminar 9Dec Class concerns: Figuring the abject subject in contemporary British theatre DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (17:00-19:00)LocationLecture Theatre G11, Ground Floor, Barber Institute of Fine Arts (R14), Zoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Professor Liz Tomlin (University of Glasgow). 27Oct Decolonization and Fossil Developmentalism: Energy, Climate, Extractivism and Empire/Nation in the Twentieth Century DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussion of the entanglements and power relations at stake in histories of ecological extraction 27Oct Book Launch: Jimmy Packham's Gothic Utterance and Hannah Murray's Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionJoin CSNA and the Nineteenth-Century Centre for a Halloween-themed launch of two brilliant new books. 27Oct Editorial Power: Galen and his Manipulated Canon DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionThis seminar by Claire Bubb (NYU) is part of the Biblical Studies Seminar of the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, and is co-organised with the University of Oxford 27Oct Re-coining the Eleventh Century: Value, Religion and Gender in Italy DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCeSMA seminar given by James Norrie (University of Birmingham). 30Oct Linguistics for MFL teachers: Teachers and PGCE students' online CPD event DatesSaturday 30 October 2021 (14:00-16:30)LocationOnlineDescriptionSynchronous Online Workshop (University of Birmingham), 30 October 2021, 2–4.30pm 8Nov The 2021 Hughes Lecture DatesMonday 8 November 2021 (17:30-18:30)DescriptionApproaches to creativity, diversity, and sustainability in education: perspectives from the Shakespeare, Race and Pedagogy project - Wendy Lennon, Fellow of the English Association 9Nov Leaders in Law: Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales DatesTuesday 9 November 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionLeaders in Law lecture series: Being President - Making and implementing your aspirations, Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales 10Nov Roundtable discussion on Landscape, Nature and Environment DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how human interactions have impacted nature and the environment across time. 10Nov Africa Talks: Differing Agendas between Colonial Officials and Local Actors in Colonial Education Provision and Expansion in the Gold Coast,1918 - 1957 DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, University of Bristol 10Nov PhD showcase DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionSadegh Attari and Humma Mouzam discuss their research. 10Nov 'Into The Labyrinth: a Journey into Stoudite ''Cancel Culture'' DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (17:15-18:15)LocationTeaching & Learning Building 202 (limited spaces) and onlineDescriptionSociety for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Autumn Lecture given by Professor Rosemary Morris. 17Nov Hierarchies of Service: Gender in Britain's Commemorative Landscape DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionProfessor Corinna Peniston-Bird, Department of History, Lancaster University 17Nov Africa Talks: Struggle for Legitimacy and Control DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Nathalie Raunet, Free University Berlin 17Nov Sinuhe, Sex and Snow: What Egyptology does with Poems DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionRichard Parkinson (Oxford) gives the CAHA seminar 24Nov Annual Fage Lecture: The Time of Letters: Epistolarity and Nigerian Newsprint Cultures, 1920s-1960s DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionProfessor Stephanie Newell (English, Yale) 24Nov Keleusate: Ceremony and Architecture in the Great Palace of Constantinople DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAlfredo Calahorra Bartolomé (Madrid) gives the CBOMGS research seminar 24Nov The Medieval Convent Drama Project DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionDr Olivia Robinson presents her Swiss National Science Foundation funded research. 1Dec Africa Talks: Michael Sata, Party Branding, and the Politics of Historical Memory in Zambia, c. 2001-2011 DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, University of Cape Town and University of Zambia 1Dec Leisure, Luxury, Austerity, and Citizenship in Archaic and Classical Sparta DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPaul Christesen (Dartmouth) gives the CAHA seminar 8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research. 8Dec Romans, Egyptians, and the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717/8) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPhilip Booth (Oxford) gives the CBOMGS research seminar 9Dec Class concerns: Figuring the abject subject in contemporary British theatre DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (17:00-19:00)LocationLecture Theatre G11, Ground Floor, Barber Institute of Fine Arts (R14), Zoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Professor Liz Tomlin (University of Glasgow). 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. 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 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.
Search and Research - looking for women in the Danford Collection DatesTuesday 26 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)LocationDanford Room - 224 on second floor of the Arts Building
Book Launch: Jimmy Packham's Gothic Utterance and Hannah Murray's Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationOnline via Zoom
Roundtable discussion on Landscape, Nature and Environment DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoom
20Oct COP 26 Roundtables DatesWednesday 20 October (13:00) - Wednesday 17 November 2021 (15:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionCOP 26 roundtable discussions chaired by Professor Aleks Cavoski
26Oct Groove Into the Woods DatesTuesday 26 October 2021 (11:00-11:55)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionCome on a jazz and funk-fuelled family adventure into the deep dark woods. Specially designed for ages 3 – 7 and their grown-ups!
26Oct Search and Research - looking for women in the Danford Collection DatesTuesday 26 October 2021 (13:00-14:00)LocationDanford Room - 224 on second floor of the Arts BuildingDescriptionAn event celebrating Nigerian postcolonial modernist artist, Clara Etso Ugbodaga-Ngu.
27Oct Decolonization and Fossil Developmentalism: Energy, Climate, Extractivism and Empire/Nation in the Twentieth Century DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussion of the entanglements and power relations at stake in histories of ecological extraction
27Oct Book Launch: Jimmy Packham's Gothic Utterance and Hannah Murray's Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionJoin CSNA and the Nineteenth-Century Centre for a Halloween-themed launch of two brilliant new books.
27Oct Editorial Power: Galen and his Manipulated Canon DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionThis seminar by Claire Bubb (NYU) is part of the Biblical Studies Seminar of the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, and is co-organised with the University of Oxford
27Oct Re-coining the Eleventh Century: Value, Religion and Gender in Italy DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCeSMA seminar given by James Norrie (University of Birmingham).
27Oct Meydana Gel Meydana / Come to the Square: An Invitation to Find Presence in (un)Likely Places DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Göze Saner (Goldsmiths, University of London).
29Oct Heroic Elegies DatesFriday 29 October 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPerennially popular pianist Kenneth Hamilton returns to Birmingham International Piano Festival with a reflective programme.
30Oct Linguistics for MFL teachers: Teachers and PGCE students' online CPD event DatesSaturday 30 October 2021 (14:00-16:30)LocationOnlineDescriptionSynchronous Online Workshop (University of Birmingham), 30 October 2021, 2–4.30pm
5Nov Di Xiao DatesFriday 5 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBirmingham favourite Di Xiao joins us for a performance of her programme 'To Spring' - piano music inspired by the season, a metaphor of hope and rebirth which we need like never before!
6Nov BEASTdome DatesSaturday 6 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre team look forward to welcoming you back to The Dome for an evening of new music and sound theatre classics.
8Nov Law PhD Proposals and Funding Applications Workshop DatesMonday 8 November 2021 (16:00-18:00)LocationZoomDescriptionA free workshop for Law students on writing PhD Proposals and making Funding Applications to Birmingham Law School
8Nov Origin and Evolution of Investment Treaty Standards: Progress or Regression? DatesMonday 8 November 2021 (17:00-19:00)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionIn this webinar Professor Federico Ortino (King's College London) will present his latest book Origin and Evolution of Investment Treaty Standards: Stability, Value, and Reasonableness (OUP 2020).
8Nov The 2021 Hughes Lecture DatesMonday 8 November 2021 (17:30-18:30)DescriptionApproaches to creativity, diversity, and sustainability in education: perspectives from the Shakespeare, Race and Pedagogy project - Wendy Lennon, Fellow of the English Association
9Nov Leaders in Law: Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales DatesTuesday 9 November 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionLeaders in Law lecture series: Being President - Making and implementing your aspirations, Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales
9Nov The Crisis of Car Culture in 21st-Century Birmingham DatesTuesday 9 November 2021 (19:00-21:00)LocationStuart Hall Room, The Exchange, Centenary Square, BirminghamDescriptionRoundtable discussion at The Exchange.
10Nov Roundtable discussion on Landscape, Nature and Environment DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how human interactions have impacted nature and the environment across time.
10Nov Visiting Speaker: E. James West (York): 'A Monument to Negro Enterprise': The Black Press and Chicago's Literary Landscapes in the 1920s. DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-16:00)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionJoin CSNA for a paper presentation by historian James West discussing research from his forthcoming book.
10Nov Africa Talks: Differing Agendas between Colonial Officials and Local Actors in Colonial Education Provision and Expansion in the Gold Coast,1918 - 1957 DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, University of Bristol
10Nov PhD showcase DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionSadegh Attari and Humma Mouzam discuss their research.
10Nov 'Into The Labyrinth: a Journey into Stoudite ''Cancel Culture'' DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (17:15-18:15)LocationTeaching & Learning Building 202 (limited spaces) and onlineDescriptionSociety for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Autumn Lecture given by Professor Rosemary Morris.
10Nov Alexandra Dariescu DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAlexandra Dariescu performs as we hear music from French female composers Germaine Tailleferre, Lili Boulanger, and Camille Pépin.
12Nov Samuele Telari DatesFriday 12 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionItalian accordionist Samuele Telari makes his Barber Concerts debut with a varied programme that crosses the centuries.
17Nov Hierarchies of Service: Gender in Britain's Commemorative Landscape DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionProfessor Corinna Peniston-Bird, Department of History, Lancaster University
17Nov Africa Talks: Struggle for Legitimacy and Control DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Nathalie Raunet, Free University Berlin
17Nov Sinuhe, Sex and Snow: What Egyptology does with Poems DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionRichard Parkinson (Oxford) gives the CAHA seminar
19Nov King Edward's Schools DatesFriday 19 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJoin King Edward's and King Edward VI High School for Girls in their annual concert performance featuring their talented young students.
19Nov Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices DatesFriday 19 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTwo of the finest choirs and their eminent conductors present an advent themed programme featuring the last choral commission from University Music by Bob Chilcott.
20Nov Instrumental Choirs Gala DatesSaturday 20 November 2021 (19:00-20:30)LocationSt George's Church - EdgbastonDescriptionJoin the Music Society for this eclectic and relaxed wind ensemble concert as they celebrate making music together again!
21Nov Brass Band and Chamber Choirs DatesSunday 21 November 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionEnjoy this afternoon concert from the Music Society's chamber choirs and Brass Band. The programme includes the winning composition from the 2019 Music Society Composition Competition by Christopher Allen.
24Nov Annual Fage Lecture: The Time of Letters: Epistolarity and Nigerian Newsprint Cultures, 1920s-1960s DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionProfessor Stephanie Newell (English, Yale)
24Nov Keleusate: Ceremony and Architecture in the Great Palace of Constantinople DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAlfredo Calahorra Bartolomé (Madrid) gives the CBOMGS research seminar
24Nov The Medieval Convent Drama Project DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionDr Olivia Robinson presents her Swiss National Science Foundation funded research.
26Nov Oxford Lieder DatesFriday 26 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHelen Charlston is a young mezzo soprano who is increasingly in demand worldwide. She is joined by Oxford Lieder director Sholto Kynoch.
26Nov Chineke! Chamber Ensemble DatesFriday 26 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionSix outstanding Chineke! Orchestra musicians present the music of Florence B Price, Schoenberg, and Brahms. This performance marks the retirement of the University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Eastwood.
27Nov Wind Band DatesSaturday 27 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University Music Society's Wind Band returns to the stage with a programme featuring re-discovered works by composer Johanna Beyer as part of a project to highlight the music of under-represented female composers.
28Nov Symphony Orchestra and String Orchestra DatesSunday 28 November 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Music Society's Symphony Orchestra present folk-inspired music under their conductor Daniele Rosina. The student-led String Orchestra open this performance with Suk's Serenade for Strings.
1Dec Africa Talks: Michael Sata, Party Branding, and the Politics of Historical Memory in Zambia, c. 2001-2011 DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, University of Cape Town and University of Zambia
1Dec Leisure, Luxury, Austerity, and Citizenship in Archaic and Classical Sparta DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPaul Christesen (Dartmouth) gives the CAHA seminar
1Dec University Carol Service DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (18:15-19:00)LocationGreat Hall - Aston Webb BuildingDescriptionMark the beginning of Advent and imminent Christmas cheer in a traditional service of carols and readings led by the University Chaplaincy with music performed by University Upper Voices.
3Dec Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Collective DatesFriday 3 December 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionComposer and saxophonist Olivia Murphy's newly commissioned work for jazz orchestra marks the opening of the University's latest public space, The Exchange and responds to the theme 'The air we breathe'.
4Dec University Chorus DatesSaturday 4 December 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Elgar Concert Hall is filled with the sounds of community singing once again as the Music Society's University Chorus makes a welcome return to music-making.
5Dec Philharmonic Orchestra DatesSunday 5 December 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPhilharmonic Orchestra present a work by little-known local composer Lilian Elkington Out of the Mist, a work whose centenary we celebrate.
8Dec East Central Europe in the Interwar Slump – A Work-In-Progress-Report DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoom - registration requiredDescriptionAn online event that's part of The Liminality of Failing Democracy: East Central Europe during the Interwar Slump project
8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research.
8Dec Romans, Egyptians, and the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717/8) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPhilip Booth (Oxford) gives the CBOMGS research seminar
9Dec Class concerns: Figuring the abject subject in contemporary British theatre DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (17:00-19:00)LocationLecture Theatre G11, Ground Floor, Barber Institute of Fine Arts (R14), Zoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Professor Liz Tomlin (University of Glasgow).
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.
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
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.
15Jun The Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2022 DatesWednesday 15 June (09:00) - Friday 17 June 2022 (18:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThe Global Philosophy of Religion Project Conference 2: Death and Immortality
26Oct Groove Into the Woods DatesTuesday 26 October 2021 (11:00-11:55)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionCome on a jazz and funk-fuelled family adventure into the deep dark woods. Specially designed for ages 3 – 7 and their grown-ups!
29Oct Heroic Elegies DatesFriday 29 October 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPerennially popular pianist Kenneth Hamilton returns to Birmingham International Piano Festival with a reflective programme.
5Nov Di Xiao DatesFriday 5 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBirmingham favourite Di Xiao joins us for a performance of her programme 'To Spring' - piano music inspired by the season, a metaphor of hope and rebirth which we need like never before!
6Nov BEASTdome DatesSaturday 6 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre team look forward to welcoming you back to The Dome for an evening of new music and sound theatre classics.
10Nov Alexandra Dariescu DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAlexandra Dariescu performs as we hear music from French female composers Germaine Tailleferre, Lili Boulanger, and Camille Pépin.
12Nov Samuele Telari DatesFriday 12 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionItalian accordionist Samuele Telari makes his Barber Concerts debut with a varied programme that crosses the centuries.
19Nov King Edward's Schools DatesFriday 19 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJoin King Edward's and King Edward VI High School for Girls in their annual concert performance featuring their talented young students.
19Nov Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices DatesFriday 19 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTwo of the finest choirs and their eminent conductors present an advent themed programme featuring the last choral commission from University Music by Bob Chilcott.
20Nov Instrumental Choirs Gala DatesSaturday 20 November 2021 (19:00-20:30)LocationSt George's Church - EdgbastonDescriptionJoin the Music Society for this eclectic and relaxed wind ensemble concert as they celebrate making music together again!
21Nov Brass Band and Chamber Choirs DatesSunday 21 November 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionEnjoy this afternoon concert from the Music Society's chamber choirs and Brass Band. The programme includes the winning composition from the 2019 Music Society Composition Competition by Christopher Allen.
26Nov Oxford Lieder DatesFriday 26 November 2021 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHelen Charlston is a young mezzo soprano who is increasingly in demand worldwide. She is joined by Oxford Lieder director Sholto Kynoch.
26Nov Chineke! Chamber Ensemble DatesFriday 26 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionSix outstanding Chineke! Orchestra musicians present the music of Florence B Price, Schoenberg, and Brahms. This performance marks the retirement of the University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Eastwood.
27Nov Wind Band DatesSaturday 27 November 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University Music Society's Wind Band returns to the stage with a programme featuring re-discovered works by composer Johanna Beyer as part of a project to highlight the music of under-represented female composers.
28Nov Symphony Orchestra and String Orchestra DatesSunday 28 November 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Music Society's Symphony Orchestra present folk-inspired music under their conductor Daniele Rosina. The student-led String Orchestra open this performance with Suk's Serenade for Strings.
1Dec University Carol Service DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (18:15-19:00)LocationGreat Hall - Aston Webb BuildingDescriptionMark the beginning of Advent and imminent Christmas cheer in a traditional service of carols and readings led by the University Chaplaincy with music performed by University Upper Voices.
3Dec Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Collective DatesFriday 3 December 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionComposer and saxophonist Olivia Murphy's newly commissioned work for jazz orchestra marks the opening of the University's latest public space, The Exchange and responds to the theme 'The air we breathe'.
4Dec University Chorus DatesSaturday 4 December 2021 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe Elgar Concert Hall is filled with the sounds of community singing once again as the Music Society's University Chorus makes a welcome return to music-making.
5Dec Philharmonic Orchestra DatesSunday 5 December 2021 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPhilharmonic Orchestra present a work by little-known local composer Lilian Elkington Out of the Mist, a work whose centenary we celebrate.
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.
27Oct Editorial Power: Galen and his Manipulated Canon DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionThis seminar by Claire Bubb (NYU) is part of the Biblical Studies Seminar of the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, and is co-organised with the University of Oxford
27Oct Re-coining the Eleventh Century: Value, Religion and Gender in Italy DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCeSMA seminar given by James Norrie (University of Birmingham).
27Oct Meydana Gel Meydana / Come to the Square: An Invitation to Find Presence in (un)Likely Places DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (17:00-18:30)LocationZoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Göze Saner (Goldsmiths, University of London).
10Nov Africa Talks: Differing Agendas between Colonial Officials and Local Actors in Colonial Education Provision and Expansion in the Gold Coast,1918 - 1957 DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, University of Bristol
10Nov PhD showcase DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionSadegh Attari and Humma Mouzam discuss their research.
17Nov Africa Talks: Struggle for Legitimacy and Control DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Nathalie Raunet, Free University Berlin
17Nov Sinuhe, Sex and Snow: What Egyptology does with Poems DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionRichard Parkinson (Oxford) gives the CAHA seminar
24Nov Keleusate: Ceremony and Architecture in the Great Palace of Constantinople DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAlfredo Calahorra Bartolomé (Madrid) gives the CBOMGS research seminar
24Nov The Medieval Convent Drama Project DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionDr Olivia Robinson presents her Swiss National Science Foundation funded research.
1Dec Africa Talks: Michael Sata, Party Branding, and the Politics of Historical Memory in Zambia, c. 2001-2011 DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, University of Cape Town and University of Zambia
1Dec Leisure, Luxury, Austerity, and Citizenship in Archaic and Classical Sparta DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPaul Christesen (Dartmouth) gives the CAHA seminar
8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research.
8Dec Romans, Egyptians, and the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717/8) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPhilip Booth (Oxford) gives the CBOMGS research seminar
9Dec Class concerns: Figuring the abject subject in contemporary British theatre DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (17:00-19:00)LocationLecture Theatre G11, Ground Floor, Barber Institute of Fine Arts (R14), Zoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Professor Liz Tomlin (University of Glasgow).
27Oct Decolonization and Fossil Developmentalism: Energy, Climate, Extractivism and Empire/Nation in the Twentieth Century DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussion of the entanglements and power relations at stake in histories of ecological extraction
27Oct Book Launch: Jimmy Packham's Gothic Utterance and Hannah Murray's Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionJoin CSNA and the Nineteenth-Century Centre for a Halloween-themed launch of two brilliant new books.
27Oct Editorial Power: Galen and his Manipulated Canon DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionThis seminar by Claire Bubb (NYU) is part of the Biblical Studies Seminar of the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, and is co-organised with the University of Oxford
27Oct Re-coining the Eleventh Century: Value, Religion and Gender in Italy DatesWednesday 27 October 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionCeSMA seminar given by James Norrie (University of Birmingham).
30Oct Linguistics for MFL teachers: Teachers and PGCE students' online CPD event DatesSaturday 30 October 2021 (14:00-16:30)LocationOnlineDescriptionSynchronous Online Workshop (University of Birmingham), 30 October 2021, 2–4.30pm
8Nov The 2021 Hughes Lecture DatesMonday 8 November 2021 (17:30-18:30)DescriptionApproaches to creativity, diversity, and sustainability in education: perspectives from the Shakespeare, Race and Pedagogy project - Wendy Lennon, Fellow of the English Association
9Nov Leaders in Law: Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales DatesTuesday 9 November 2021 (18:00-19:00)LocationOnlineDescriptionLeaders in Law lecture series: Being President - Making and implementing your aspirations, Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales
10Nov Roundtable discussion on Landscape, Nature and Environment DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable to discuss how human interactions have impacted nature and the environment across time.
10Nov Africa Talks: Differing Agendas between Colonial Officials and Local Actors in Colonial Education Provision and Expansion in the Gold Coast,1918 - 1957 DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, University of Bristol
10Nov PhD showcase DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionSadegh Attari and Humma Mouzam discuss their research.
10Nov 'Into The Labyrinth: a Journey into Stoudite ''Cancel Culture'' DatesWednesday 10 November 2021 (17:15-18:15)LocationTeaching & Learning Building 202 (limited spaces) and onlineDescriptionSociety for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Autumn Lecture given by Professor Rosemary Morris.
17Nov Hierarchies of Service: Gender in Britain's Commemorative Landscape DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionProfessor Corinna Peniston-Bird, Department of History, Lancaster University
17Nov Africa Talks: Struggle for Legitimacy and Control DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Nathalie Raunet, Free University Berlin
17Nov Sinuhe, Sex and Snow: What Egyptology does with Poems DatesWednesday 17 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionRichard Parkinson (Oxford) gives the CAHA seminar
24Nov Annual Fage Lecture: The Time of Letters: Epistolarity and Nigerian Newsprint Cultures, 1920s-1960s DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionProfessor Stephanie Newell (English, Yale)
24Nov Keleusate: Ceremony and Architecture in the Great Palace of Constantinople DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAlfredo Calahorra Bartolomé (Madrid) gives the CBOMGS research seminar
24Nov The Medieval Convent Drama Project DatesWednesday 24 November 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionDr Olivia Robinson presents her Swiss National Science Foundation funded research.
1Dec Africa Talks: Michael Sata, Party Branding, and the Politics of Historical Memory in Zambia, c. 2001-2011 DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, University of Cape Town and University of Zambia
1Dec Leisure, Luxury, Austerity, and Citizenship in Archaic and Classical Sparta DatesWednesday 1 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPaul Christesen (Dartmouth) gives the CAHA seminar
8Dec PhD showcase and seasonal celebrations DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAnder Salinas and John Seasholtz discuss their research.
8Dec Romans, Egyptians, and the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717/8) DatesWednesday 8 December 2021 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionPhilip Booth (Oxford) gives the CBOMGS research seminar
9Dec Class concerns: Figuring the abject subject in contemporary British theatre DatesThursday 9 December 2021 (17:00-19:00)LocationLecture Theatre G11, Ground Floor, Barber Institute of Fine Arts (R14), Zoom eventDescriptionDrama and Theatre Arts Talk given by Professor Liz Tomlin (University of Glasgow).
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.
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
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.