College of Arts and Law events The Perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide – Hembrillo Canyon April 1880 DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3 On A Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3 Conservative Birmingham DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationLecture Room 7 - Arts Building Search for:Search All eventsPerformanceResearch seminarsLectures, Talks and Workshops 1Feb Marching with the times: Economic numbers and templates in 1960s Ghana DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Gerardo Serra, University of Manchester 1Feb Our problem of categories: three ways forward for global philosophy of religion DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:00-18:30)LocationRoom G03 - Alan Walters BuildingDescriptionPublic Lecture by Timothy Knepper (Drake University) 1Feb On A Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3DescriptionWar Studies Seminar given by Adam Storring 1Feb The Perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide – Hembrillo Canyon April 1880 DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3DescriptionWar Studies Seminar given by Adam Storring 2Feb What Can Be Learned From a Comparative Study of Miscarriages of Justice? DatesThursday 2 February 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationLaw Room 111DescriptionEvent cancelled 2Feb Looking at Shakespeare from the non-Anglophone World DatesThursday 2 February 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionA JSPS-funded event featuring academics from Waseda University, Japan, who will be speaking about Shakespeare in translation and adaptation outside of the anglophone world. 3Feb Neil Balfour DatesFriday 3 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionIndian-Scottish bass-baritone Neil Balfour joins pianist Sholto Kynoch for a performance in partnership with Oxford Lieder. 4Feb BEASTdome: SANKOFA DatesSaturday 4 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music Building - University of BirminghamDescriptionTurntablist NikNak present her exciting new project, Sankofa. 8Feb How do we now write histories of the exclusion of South Asians from Uganda and their diaspora? DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionSaima Nasar (Bristol) and Becky Taylor (UEA) 8Feb Nunc Roma est, nuper magna taberna fuit. Retail trade, the occupation of public space and the senses in the Roman World' DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Riccardo Olivito (Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca) 8Feb Conservative Birmingham DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationLecture Room 7 - Arts BuildingDescriptionRichard Vinen, author of Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain (2022) 9Feb The traffic of the stage: the social lives of Shakespeare's stories DatesThursday 9 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Charlotte Scott (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust). 10Feb Alexander Gadjiev DatesFriday 10 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA performance from Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev. 15Feb Defending the Defenceless Brutes: Animal Nigerians and the Politics of Metropolitan Emotions DatesWednesday 15 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Saheed Aderinto, Florida International University 16Feb Shakespeare, performance and environmental justice DatesThursday 16 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Katie Brokaw (University of California, Merced). 16Feb WW1 Birmingham nurses DatesThursday 16 February 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Sue Worrall, Doctoral Researcher (Birmingham) 17Feb Gemma Rosefield DatesFriday 17 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionIndian-Scottish bass-baritone Neil Balfour joins pianist Sholto Kynoch for a performance in partnership with Oxford Lieder. 18Feb Baroque-Classical Orchestra DatesSaturday 18 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's foremost early music ensemble presents an evening of sinfonias and operatic overtures on period instruments. 22Feb Classics in the Classroom DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPOSTPONED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION We will be discussing how Classicists in schools and universities can best work together to develop meaningful opportunities for both students and teachers. 22Feb Diaspora by Design: Migration, Mills and Interiors DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionSabrina Rahman (University of Exeter) 23Feb Directing the Tempest - work in progress DatesThursday 23 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare Institute, ZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Elizabeth Freestone and SI students (SI PhD student). 23Feb The Penelopiad DatesThursday 23 February (19:30) - Saturday 25 February 2023 (19:30)LocationGeorge Cadbury HallDescriptionAdapted from Margaret Attwood's novel of the same name. 24Feb Bel Fiore DatesFriday 24 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJacob Heringham explores highlights from an important source of Italian lute music, the Casteliono Lute Book. 25Feb New Music Ensemble DatesSaturday 25 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's New Music Ensemble premieres new works with soprano Suzie Purkis. 1Mar Harmonies for a Habsburg Dynasty DatesWednesday 1 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionCinquecento Renaissance Vokal perform music which would have filled the ears of Habsburg royalty in their chapels and chambers. 2Mar Shakespeare Institute Open Afternoon DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (11:45-16:30)LocationShakespeare Institute - Mason Croft - Church St - Stratford-upon-Avon - CV37 6HP, Zoom - registration requiredDescriptionJoin us at a postgraduate virtual open afternoon for students wishing to study MA and PhD programmes at the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. In person and online event 2Mar Aris Quartet DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA performance from Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev. 2Mar How to direct Shakespeare DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare Institute, ZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Adrian Noble 4Mar Tell It To The Bees / Germa Adan Quartet DatesSaturday 4 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe launch Our City of Stories with this captivating double-bill from renowned storyteller Pyn Stockman and folk musician Germa Adan. 4Mar Where We Once Gathered DatesSaturday 4 March (09:00) - Friday 8 December 2023 (17:00)Location1st Floor Foyer - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHandsworth Wood documentary photographer Herbert Walters exhibits his 2020 Covid Lockdown exhibition. 5Mar University Wind Band & Instrumental Choirs DatesSunday 5 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAn eclectic afternoon with almost 200 student musicians taking to the stage for a celebration of wind instruments. 8Mar Decolonization and Development: New Directions in the Historiography DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 8 March we will be joined by Megan Brown (Swarthmore College) and Alessandro Iandolo (Harvard) to discuss the issues at stake in writing histories of decolonization. 8Mar A History of Nigerian High Fashion: Sade Thomas Fahm and Julie Coker, 1950s-1960s DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Mutiat Oladejo, University of Ibadan 9Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 9 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Chloe Preedy, (University of Exeter) 9Mar Professor Ruth Gilligan Inaugural Lecture DatesThursday 9 March 2023 (18:15-19:15)LocationAlan Walters Building - Room G11DescriptionJoin Professor Ruth Gilligan for her Inaugural Lecture 'The Simpsons and Difficult Sixth Novels: Creative Writing After the Apocalypse'. 10Mar Adam Heron DatesFriday 10 March 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionRising classical star Adam Heron performs works by Elgar, Brahms and Chopin. 10Mar University Brass Band & Chamber Choirs DatesFriday 10 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionRising star Adam Heron performs music by Elgar, Brahms and Chopin. 11Mar Birmingham University Singers & University Upper Voices DatesSaturday 11 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTwo of the UK's finest University choirs rejoice in spring with a season-inspired programme including world premieres. 12Mar University Symphony Orchestra & String Orchestra DatesSunday 12 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionEnjoy the wealth of talent at the University of Birmingham including the winners of the Music Society Solo Competition and the 2022 Composition Prize. 15Mar How Global Was the Age of Revolutions? DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 15 March Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge), Joanna Innes (Oxford) and Peter Hill (Northumbria) will be joining us to discuss the extent to which the Age of Revolutions might be understood as 'global'. 15Mar Virgil's Aeneid and the politics of grief in Augustan Rome' DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Helen Lovatt (Nottingham) 15Mar A queer act of resistance and repair DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh 16Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Pete Kirwan (Mary Baldwin University, Virginia). 16Mar Research process re identification of some commemorative medals DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Dr Ann-Marie Carey, Research Fellow, Birmingham School of Jewellery, BCU 16Mar Belcea Quartet DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionOne of the world's finest string quartets make a welcome return to Barber Concerts. 17Mar Trio Sonorité DatesFriday 17 March 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTrio Sonorité join us under the auspices of Illuminate Women's Music to give a platform for historical and contemporary repertoire by women composers. 17Mar Jazz Orchestra feat. Malcolm MacFarlane DatesFriday 17 March 2023 (20:00-22:00)LocationCBSO CentreDescriptionScottish guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane brings his own compositions to University's Jazz Orchestra and features as a guest soloist. 18Mar Celebrating Stage and Screen DatesSaturday 18 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionUniversity Chorus and Birmingham Symphonic Brass present an evening of music from the stage and screen. 19Mar Philharmonic Orchestra DatesSunday 19 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's Philharmonic Orchestra perform works by Grace Williams and Tchaikovsky as well as a premiere by Scott Wilson. 22Mar 'Women Palavers': Marriage, and Gender Struggles in Colonial Abeokuta, Southwestern Nigeria DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Morenikeji Asaaju, University of Birmingham 22Mar The Legacy of Terrorism: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (16:00-18:00)LocationOnline - a link will be sent to you before the eventDescriptionAn online event about Terrorism and Memory: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims 22Mar University Camerata DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (19:00-21:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA small cohort of Master Choral Conducting students from across the globe hone their skills as part of our extensive choral programme. 23Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 23 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar Stuart Hampton-Reeves (University of Warwick). 23Mar Professor John Child Inaugural Lecture DatesThursday 23 March 2023 (18:00-19:00)LocationLaw Building Lecture Theatre 1DescriptionJoin Professor John Child for his Inaugural Lecture. "Wrong on many levels": Understanding crimes across and between events 24Mar Journeys End DatesFriday 24 March 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHelen Charlston and duo partner Keval Shah present a programme exploring the idea of journeys and the passing of time. 24Mar Alvin Davis And His Band DatesFriday 24 March 2023 (20:00-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAlvin Davis joins us with his live band for an evening of soulful, smooth, R&B, Reggae, and pop infused jazz. 1Apr Medieval English Theatre Conference: Bodies, Embodiment and Early Theatre DatesSaturday 1 April 2023 (08:00-20:00)LocationAlan Walters Building G11DescriptionThe conference will consider bodies and embodiment in relation to any aspect of early theatre. 12Apr Alessandro Stradella's (1678) The Power of Paternal Love DatesWednesday 12 April (19:00) - Saturday 15 April 2023 (17:00)LocationCrescent Theatre - Sheepcote Street - B16 8AEDescriptionAlessandro Stradella's 1678 opera 'La Forza dell'amor paterno' returns to the stage for the first time since the 17th century with this Barber Opera production. 19Apr New Directions in Birmingham and Black Country History DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 19 April we will be joined by a series of PhD students and professional archivists to discuss what the future directions of Birmingham and Black Country History might be. 19Apr The Ideological Scramble for Africa: How the pursuit of Anticolonial Modernity shaped a Postcolonial Order, 1945-1966 DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Frank Gerits, Utrecht University 19Apr 'Debating benefactions, democracy and tyranny in the later Hellenistic world DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Benjamin Gray (Birkbeck). 20Apr Title TBC DatesThursday 20 April 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Hannah August (Massey University, New Zealand). 20Apr Birmingham's 18C copper trade DatesThursday 20 April 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Dr Duncan Frankis, Lecturer, Newman University 26Apr Practices of Judgment in Early Modern Europe DatesWednesday 26 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussing the ways in which judgment was refined, exercised and practiced in Early Modern Europe. 3May The perils of interpreting: the extraordinary story of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionHenrietta Harrison, Oxford with commentary from Shirley Ye, Birmingham 3May New Africanist Perspectives on the British Colonial ''Migrated Archives'' DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Tim Livsey, Northumbria University 3May Healing texts: bodies and grammar in Gellius and Galen DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Jessica Lightfoot (Birmingham). 17May What kind of access does the digital provide? DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (14:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAs part of our 2022-23 focus on 'Material Inequalities' the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities at the University of Birmingham will be hosting a discussion exploring digital access. 17May Ennius' Euhemerus, Lactantius, and the case against fragment reconstruction DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar series 2022-23 (online seminar): Hannah Čulik-Baird (UCLA) 24May The harbor of Khufu on the Red Sea Shore: on the footsteps of the workers who built the Great Pyramid DatesWednesday 24 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Pierre Tallet (Sorbonne Université) 6Jun Queer nostalgia: Ernst Hildebrand, homoerotica, and memory in post-war Berlin DatesTuesday 6 June 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Ty Vanover (University of California, Berkeley). 7Jun Authenticity and Adaptation: Association of Adaptation Studies 2023 DatesWednesday 7 June (09:00) - Friday 9 June 2023 (17:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThe question of authenticity has implications for the thinking in adaptation studies, which this conference will address. 15Jun Noël Coward: Past, Present and Future DatesThursday 15 June (00:00) - Friday 16 June 2023 (00:00)LocationUniversity of Birmingham - Edgbaston - B15 2TTDescriptionAn 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. 22Jun Filibusters in Birmingham: a Conference on Wyndham Lewis DatesThursday 22 June (00:00) - Friday 23 June 2023 (00:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThis conference will focus on the doubled and doubling identity announced in the title of Lewis's 1932 work: the filibuster. 28Jun The Literary Twilight Zone: Nonfictional Fiction, 1820–1920 DatesWednesday 28 June 2023 (00:00)LocationMuirhead Tower 12th Floor SuiteDescriptionThis one-day academic workshop, hosted by the Nineteenth-Century Centre, brings together scholars interested in fiction's relationships with the creation of knowledge. 29Jun Pre-reflective Agency conference DatesThursday 29 June 2023 (08:30-17:45)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescription[Internal] Pre-reflective Agency conference 'The piecemeal business' constitutive of our ethical lives 30Aug EuroSLA 32 DatesWednesday 30 August (00:00) - Saturday 2 September 2023 (00:00)LocationAston Webb building, University of BirminghamDescriptionThe 32nd Conference of the European Second Language Association 3Feb Neil Balfour DatesFriday 3 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionIndian-Scottish bass-baritone Neil Balfour joins pianist Sholto Kynoch for a performance in partnership with Oxford Lieder. 4Feb BEASTdome: SANKOFA DatesSaturday 4 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music Building - University of BirminghamDescriptionTurntablist NikNak present her exciting new project, Sankofa. 10Feb Alexander Gadjiev DatesFriday 10 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA performance from Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev. 17Feb Gemma Rosefield DatesFriday 17 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionIndian-Scottish bass-baritone Neil Balfour joins pianist Sholto Kynoch for a performance in partnership with Oxford Lieder. 18Feb Baroque-Classical Orchestra DatesSaturday 18 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's foremost early music ensemble presents an evening of sinfonias and operatic overtures on period instruments. 23Feb The Penelopiad DatesThursday 23 February (19:30) - Saturday 25 February 2023 (19:30)LocationGeorge Cadbury HallDescriptionAdapted from Margaret Attwood's novel of the same name. 24Feb Bel Fiore DatesFriday 24 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJacob Heringham explores highlights from an important source of Italian lute music, the Casteliono Lute Book. 25Feb New Music Ensemble DatesSaturday 25 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's New Music Ensemble premieres new works with soprano Suzie Purkis. 1Mar Harmonies for a Habsburg Dynasty DatesWednesday 1 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionCinquecento Renaissance Vokal perform music which would have filled the ears of Habsburg royalty in their chapels and chambers. 2Mar Aris Quartet DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA performance from Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev. 4Mar Tell It To The Bees / Germa Adan Quartet DatesSaturday 4 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe launch Our City of Stories with this captivating double-bill from renowned storyteller Pyn Stockman and folk musician Germa Adan. 5Mar University Wind Band & Instrumental Choirs DatesSunday 5 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAn eclectic afternoon with almost 200 student musicians taking to the stage for a celebration of wind instruments. 10Mar Adam Heron DatesFriday 10 March 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionRising classical star Adam Heron performs works by Elgar, Brahms and Chopin. 10Mar University Brass Band & Chamber Choirs DatesFriday 10 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionRising star Adam Heron performs music by Elgar, Brahms and Chopin. 11Mar Birmingham University Singers & University Upper Voices DatesSaturday 11 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTwo of the UK's finest University choirs rejoice in spring with a season-inspired programme including world premieres. 12Mar University Symphony Orchestra & String Orchestra DatesSunday 12 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionEnjoy the wealth of talent at the University of Birmingham including the winners of the Music Society Solo Competition and the 2022 Composition Prize. 16Mar Belcea Quartet DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionOne of the world's finest string quartets make a welcome return to Barber Concerts. 17Mar Trio Sonorité DatesFriday 17 March 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTrio Sonorité join us under the auspices of Illuminate Women's Music to give a platform for historical and contemporary repertoire by women composers. 17Mar Jazz Orchestra feat. Malcolm MacFarlane DatesFriday 17 March 2023 (20:00-22:00)LocationCBSO CentreDescriptionScottish guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane brings his own compositions to University's Jazz Orchestra and features as a guest soloist. 18Mar Celebrating Stage and Screen DatesSaturday 18 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionUniversity Chorus and Birmingham Symphonic Brass present an evening of music from the stage and screen. 19Mar Philharmonic Orchestra DatesSunday 19 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's Philharmonic Orchestra perform works by Grace Williams and Tchaikovsky as well as a premiere by Scott Wilson. 22Mar University Camerata DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (19:00-21:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA small cohort of Master Choral Conducting students from across the globe hone their skills as part of our extensive choral programme. 24Mar Journeys End DatesFriday 24 March 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHelen Charlston and duo partner Keval Shah present a programme exploring the idea of journeys and the passing of time. 24Mar Alvin Davis And His Band DatesFriday 24 March 2023 (20:00-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAlvin Davis joins us with his live band for an evening of soulful, smooth, R&B, Reggae, and pop infused jazz. 12Apr Alessandro Stradella's (1678) The Power of Paternal Love DatesWednesday 12 April (19:00) - Saturday 15 April 2023 (17:00)LocationCrescent Theatre - Sheepcote Street - B16 8AEDescriptionAlessandro Stradella's 1678 opera 'La Forza dell'amor paterno' returns to the stage for the first time since the 17th century with this Barber Opera production. 1Feb Marching with the times: Economic numbers and templates in 1960s Ghana DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Gerardo Serra, University of Manchester 8Feb How do we now write histories of the exclusion of South Asians from Uganda and their diaspora? DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionSaima Nasar (Bristol) and Becky Taylor (UEA) 8Feb Nunc Roma est, nuper magna taberna fuit. Retail trade, the occupation of public space and the senses in the Roman World' DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Riccardo Olivito (Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca) 8Feb Conservative Birmingham DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationLecture Room 7 - Arts BuildingDescriptionRichard Vinen, author of Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain (2022) 15Feb Defending the Defenceless Brutes: Animal Nigerians and the Politics of Metropolitan Emotions DatesWednesday 15 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Saheed Aderinto, Florida International University 16Feb WW1 Birmingham nurses DatesThursday 16 February 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Sue Worrall, Doctoral Researcher (Birmingham) 22Feb Classics in the Classroom DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPOSTPONED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION We will be discussing how Classicists in schools and universities can best work together to develop meaningful opportunities for both students and teachers. 22Feb Diaspora by Design: Migration, Mills and Interiors DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionSabrina Rahman (University of Exeter) 8Mar Decolonization and Development: New Directions in the Historiography DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 8 March we will be joined by Megan Brown (Swarthmore College) and Alessandro Iandolo (Harvard) to discuss the issues at stake in writing histories of decolonization. 8Mar A History of Nigerian High Fashion: Sade Thomas Fahm and Julie Coker, 1950s-1960s DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Mutiat Oladejo, University of Ibadan 15Mar How Global Was the Age of Revolutions? DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 15 March Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge), Joanna Innes (Oxford) and Peter Hill (Northumbria) will be joining us to discuss the extent to which the Age of Revolutions might be understood as 'global'. 15Mar Virgil's Aeneid and the politics of grief in Augustan Rome' DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Helen Lovatt (Nottingham) 15Mar A queer act of resistance and repair DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh 16Mar Research process re identification of some commemorative medals DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Dr Ann-Marie Carey, Research Fellow, Birmingham School of Jewellery, BCU 22Mar 'Women Palavers': Marriage, and Gender Struggles in Colonial Abeokuta, Southwestern Nigeria DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Morenikeji Asaaju, University of Birmingham 22Mar The Legacy of Terrorism: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (16:00-18:00)LocationOnline - a link will be sent to you before the eventDescriptionAn online event about Terrorism and Memory: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims 19Apr New Directions in Birmingham and Black Country History DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 19 April we will be joined by a series of PhD students and professional archivists to discuss what the future directions of Birmingham and Black Country History might be. 19Apr The Ideological Scramble for Africa: How the pursuit of Anticolonial Modernity shaped a Postcolonial Order, 1945-1966 DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Frank Gerits, Utrecht University 19Apr 'Debating benefactions, democracy and tyranny in the later Hellenistic world DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Benjamin Gray (Birkbeck). 20Apr Birmingham's 18C copper trade DatesThursday 20 April 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Dr Duncan Frankis, Lecturer, Newman University 26Apr Practices of Judgment in Early Modern Europe DatesWednesday 26 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussing the ways in which judgment was refined, exercised and practiced in Early Modern Europe. 3May The perils of interpreting: the extraordinary story of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionHenrietta Harrison, Oxford with commentary from Shirley Ye, Birmingham 3May New Africanist Perspectives on the British Colonial ''Migrated Archives'' DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Tim Livsey, Northumbria University 3May Healing texts: bodies and grammar in Gellius and Galen DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Jessica Lightfoot (Birmingham). 17May What kind of access does the digital provide? DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (14:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAs part of our 2022-23 focus on 'Material Inequalities' the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities at the University of Birmingham will be hosting a discussion exploring digital access. 17May Ennius' Euhemerus, Lactantius, and the case against fragment reconstruction DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar series 2022-23 (online seminar): Hannah Čulik-Baird (UCLA) 24May The harbor of Khufu on the Red Sea Shore: on the footsteps of the workers who built the Great Pyramid DatesWednesday 24 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Pierre Tallet (Sorbonne Université) 6Jun Queer nostalgia: Ernst Hildebrand, homoerotica, and memory in post-war Berlin DatesTuesday 6 June 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Ty Vanover (University of California, Berkeley). 1Feb Marching with the times: Economic numbers and templates in 1960s Ghana DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Gerardo Serra, University of Manchester 1Feb Our problem of categories: three ways forward for global philosophy of religion DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:00-18:30)LocationRoom G03 - Alan Walters BuildingDescriptionPublic Lecture by Timothy Knepper (Drake University) 1Feb On A Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3DescriptionWar Studies Seminar given by Adam Storring 1Feb The Perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide – Hembrillo Canyon April 1880 DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3DescriptionWar Studies Seminar given by Adam Storring 2Feb Looking at Shakespeare from the non-Anglophone World DatesThursday 2 February 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionA JSPS-funded event featuring academics from Waseda University, Japan, who will be speaking about Shakespeare in translation and adaptation outside of the anglophone world. 8Feb How do we now write histories of the exclusion of South Asians from Uganda and their diaspora? DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionSaima Nasar (Bristol) and Becky Taylor (UEA) 8Feb Nunc Roma est, nuper magna taberna fuit. Retail trade, the occupation of public space and the senses in the Roman World' DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Riccardo Olivito (Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca) 8Feb Conservative Birmingham DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationLecture Room 7 - Arts BuildingDescriptionRichard Vinen, author of Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain (2022) 9Feb The traffic of the stage: the social lives of Shakespeare's stories DatesThursday 9 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Charlotte Scott (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust). 15Feb Defending the Defenceless Brutes: Animal Nigerians and the Politics of Metropolitan Emotions DatesWednesday 15 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Saheed Aderinto, Florida International University 16Feb Shakespeare, performance and environmental justice DatesThursday 16 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Katie Brokaw (University of California, Merced). 22Feb Classics in the Classroom DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPOSTPONED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION We will be discussing how Classicists in schools and universities can best work together to develop meaningful opportunities for both students and teachers. 23Feb Directing the Tempest - work in progress DatesThursday 23 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare Institute, ZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Elizabeth Freestone and SI students (SI PhD student). 2Mar How to direct Shakespeare DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare Institute, ZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Adrian Noble 8Mar Decolonization and Development: New Directions in the Historiography DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 8 March we will be joined by Megan Brown (Swarthmore College) and Alessandro Iandolo (Harvard) to discuss the issues at stake in writing histories of decolonization. 8Mar A History of Nigerian High Fashion: Sade Thomas Fahm and Julie Coker, 1950s-1960s DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Mutiat Oladejo, University of Ibadan 9Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 9 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Chloe Preedy, (University of Exeter) 9Mar Professor Ruth Gilligan Inaugural Lecture DatesThursday 9 March 2023 (18:15-19:15)LocationAlan Walters Building - Room G11DescriptionJoin Professor Ruth Gilligan for her Inaugural Lecture 'The Simpsons and Difficult Sixth Novels: Creative Writing After the Apocalypse'. 15Mar How Global Was the Age of Revolutions? DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 15 March Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge), Joanna Innes (Oxford) and Peter Hill (Northumbria) will be joining us to discuss the extent to which the Age of Revolutions might be understood as 'global'. 15Mar Virgil's Aeneid and the politics of grief in Augustan Rome' DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Helen Lovatt (Nottingham) 15Mar A queer act of resistance and repair DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh 16Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Pete Kirwan (Mary Baldwin University, Virginia). 22Mar 'Women Palavers': Marriage, and Gender Struggles in Colonial Abeokuta, Southwestern Nigeria DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Morenikeji Asaaju, University of Birmingham 22Mar The Legacy of Terrorism: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (16:00-18:00)LocationOnline - a link will be sent to you before the eventDescriptionAn online event about Terrorism and Memory: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims 23Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 23 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar Stuart Hampton-Reeves (University of Warwick). 23Mar Professor John Child Inaugural Lecture DatesThursday 23 March 2023 (18:00-19:00)LocationLaw Building Lecture Theatre 1DescriptionJoin Professor John Child for his Inaugural Lecture. "Wrong on many levels": Understanding crimes across and between events 1Apr Medieval English Theatre Conference: Bodies, Embodiment and Early Theatre DatesSaturday 1 April 2023 (08:00-20:00)LocationAlan Walters Building G11DescriptionThe conference will consider bodies and embodiment in relation to any aspect of early theatre. 19Apr New Directions in Birmingham and Black Country History DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 19 April we will be joined by a series of PhD students and professional archivists to discuss what the future directions of Birmingham and Black Country History might be. 19Apr The Ideological Scramble for Africa: How the pursuit of Anticolonial Modernity shaped a Postcolonial Order, 1945-1966 DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Frank Gerits, Utrecht University 19Apr 'Debating benefactions, democracy and tyranny in the later Hellenistic world DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Benjamin Gray (Birkbeck). 20Apr Title TBC DatesThursday 20 April 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Hannah August (Massey University, New Zealand). 26Apr Practices of Judgment in Early Modern Europe DatesWednesday 26 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussing the ways in which judgment was refined, exercised and practiced in Early Modern Europe. 3May The perils of interpreting: the extraordinary story of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionHenrietta Harrison, Oxford with commentary from Shirley Ye, Birmingham 3May New Africanist Perspectives on the British Colonial ''Migrated Archives'' DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Tim Livsey, Northumbria University 3May Healing texts: bodies and grammar in Gellius and Galen DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Jessica Lightfoot (Birmingham). 17May What kind of access does the digital provide? DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (14:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAs part of our 2022-23 focus on 'Material Inequalities' the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities at the University of Birmingham will be hosting a discussion exploring digital access. 17May Ennius' Euhemerus, Lactantius, and the case against fragment reconstruction DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar series 2022-23 (online seminar): Hannah Čulik-Baird (UCLA) 24May The harbor of Khufu on the Red Sea Shore: on the footsteps of the workers who built the Great Pyramid DatesWednesday 24 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Pierre Tallet (Sorbonne Université) 6Jun Queer nostalgia: Ernst Hildebrand, homoerotica, and memory in post-war Berlin DatesTuesday 6 June 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Ty Vanover (University of California, Berkeley). 15Jun Noël Coward: Past, Present and Future DatesThursday 15 June (00:00) - Friday 16 June 2023 (00:00)LocationUniversity of Birmingham - Edgbaston - B15 2TTDescriptionAn 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. 28Jun The Literary Twilight Zone: Nonfictional Fiction, 1820–1920 DatesWednesday 28 June 2023 (00:00)LocationMuirhead Tower 12th Floor SuiteDescriptionThis one-day academic workshop, hosted by the Nineteenth-Century Centre, brings together scholars interested in fiction's relationships with the creation of knowledge. 29Jun Pre-reflective Agency conference DatesThursday 29 June 2023 (08:30-17:45)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescription[Internal] Pre-reflective Agency conference 'The piecemeal business' constitutive of our ethical lives 30Aug EuroSLA 32 DatesWednesday 30 August (00:00) - Saturday 2 September 2023 (00:00)LocationAston Webb building, University of BirminghamDescriptionThe 32nd Conference of the European Second Language Association
The Perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide – Hembrillo Canyon April 1880 DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3
On A Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3
Conservative Birmingham DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationLecture Room 7 - Arts Building
1Feb Marching with the times: Economic numbers and templates in 1960s Ghana DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Gerardo Serra, University of Manchester
1Feb Our problem of categories: three ways forward for global philosophy of religion DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:00-18:30)LocationRoom G03 - Alan Walters BuildingDescriptionPublic Lecture by Timothy Knepper (Drake University)
1Feb On A Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3DescriptionWar Studies Seminar given by Adam Storring
1Feb The Perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide – Hembrillo Canyon April 1880 DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3DescriptionWar Studies Seminar given by Adam Storring
2Feb What Can Be Learned From a Comparative Study of Miscarriages of Justice? DatesThursday 2 February 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationLaw Room 111DescriptionEvent cancelled
2Feb Looking at Shakespeare from the non-Anglophone World DatesThursday 2 February 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionA JSPS-funded event featuring academics from Waseda University, Japan, who will be speaking about Shakespeare in translation and adaptation outside of the anglophone world.
3Feb Neil Balfour DatesFriday 3 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionIndian-Scottish bass-baritone Neil Balfour joins pianist Sholto Kynoch for a performance in partnership with Oxford Lieder.
4Feb BEASTdome: SANKOFA DatesSaturday 4 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music Building - University of BirminghamDescriptionTurntablist NikNak present her exciting new project, Sankofa.
8Feb How do we now write histories of the exclusion of South Asians from Uganda and their diaspora? DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionSaima Nasar (Bristol) and Becky Taylor (UEA)
8Feb Nunc Roma est, nuper magna taberna fuit. Retail trade, the occupation of public space and the senses in the Roman World' DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Riccardo Olivito (Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca)
8Feb Conservative Birmingham DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationLecture Room 7 - Arts BuildingDescriptionRichard Vinen, author of Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain (2022)
9Feb The traffic of the stage: the social lives of Shakespeare's stories DatesThursday 9 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Charlotte Scott (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust).
10Feb Alexander Gadjiev DatesFriday 10 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA performance from Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev.
15Feb Defending the Defenceless Brutes: Animal Nigerians and the Politics of Metropolitan Emotions DatesWednesday 15 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Saheed Aderinto, Florida International University
16Feb Shakespeare, performance and environmental justice DatesThursday 16 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Katie Brokaw (University of California, Merced).
16Feb WW1 Birmingham nurses DatesThursday 16 February 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Sue Worrall, Doctoral Researcher (Birmingham)
17Feb Gemma Rosefield DatesFriday 17 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionIndian-Scottish bass-baritone Neil Balfour joins pianist Sholto Kynoch for a performance in partnership with Oxford Lieder.
18Feb Baroque-Classical Orchestra DatesSaturday 18 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's foremost early music ensemble presents an evening of sinfonias and operatic overtures on period instruments.
22Feb Classics in the Classroom DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPOSTPONED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION We will be discussing how Classicists in schools and universities can best work together to develop meaningful opportunities for both students and teachers.
22Feb Diaspora by Design: Migration, Mills and Interiors DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionSabrina Rahman (University of Exeter)
23Feb Directing the Tempest - work in progress DatesThursday 23 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare Institute, ZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Elizabeth Freestone and SI students (SI PhD student).
23Feb The Penelopiad DatesThursday 23 February (19:30) - Saturday 25 February 2023 (19:30)LocationGeorge Cadbury HallDescriptionAdapted from Margaret Attwood's novel of the same name.
24Feb Bel Fiore DatesFriday 24 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJacob Heringham explores highlights from an important source of Italian lute music, the Casteliono Lute Book.
25Feb New Music Ensemble DatesSaturday 25 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's New Music Ensemble premieres new works with soprano Suzie Purkis.
1Mar Harmonies for a Habsburg Dynasty DatesWednesday 1 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionCinquecento Renaissance Vokal perform music which would have filled the ears of Habsburg royalty in their chapels and chambers.
2Mar Shakespeare Institute Open Afternoon DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (11:45-16:30)LocationShakespeare Institute - Mason Croft - Church St - Stratford-upon-Avon - CV37 6HP, Zoom - registration requiredDescriptionJoin us at a postgraduate virtual open afternoon for students wishing to study MA and PhD programmes at the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. In person and online event
2Mar Aris Quartet DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA performance from Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev.
2Mar How to direct Shakespeare DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare Institute, ZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Adrian Noble
4Mar Tell It To The Bees / Germa Adan Quartet DatesSaturday 4 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe launch Our City of Stories with this captivating double-bill from renowned storyteller Pyn Stockman and folk musician Germa Adan.
4Mar Where We Once Gathered DatesSaturday 4 March (09:00) - Friday 8 December 2023 (17:00)Location1st Floor Foyer - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHandsworth Wood documentary photographer Herbert Walters exhibits his 2020 Covid Lockdown exhibition.
5Mar University Wind Band & Instrumental Choirs DatesSunday 5 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAn eclectic afternoon with almost 200 student musicians taking to the stage for a celebration of wind instruments.
8Mar Decolonization and Development: New Directions in the Historiography DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 8 March we will be joined by Megan Brown (Swarthmore College) and Alessandro Iandolo (Harvard) to discuss the issues at stake in writing histories of decolonization.
8Mar A History of Nigerian High Fashion: Sade Thomas Fahm and Julie Coker, 1950s-1960s DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Mutiat Oladejo, University of Ibadan
9Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 9 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Chloe Preedy, (University of Exeter)
9Mar Professor Ruth Gilligan Inaugural Lecture DatesThursday 9 March 2023 (18:15-19:15)LocationAlan Walters Building - Room G11DescriptionJoin Professor Ruth Gilligan for her Inaugural Lecture 'The Simpsons and Difficult Sixth Novels: Creative Writing After the Apocalypse'.
10Mar Adam Heron DatesFriday 10 March 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionRising classical star Adam Heron performs works by Elgar, Brahms and Chopin.
10Mar University Brass Band & Chamber Choirs DatesFriday 10 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionRising star Adam Heron performs music by Elgar, Brahms and Chopin.
11Mar Birmingham University Singers & University Upper Voices DatesSaturday 11 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTwo of the UK's finest University choirs rejoice in spring with a season-inspired programme including world premieres.
12Mar University Symphony Orchestra & String Orchestra DatesSunday 12 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionEnjoy the wealth of talent at the University of Birmingham including the winners of the Music Society Solo Competition and the 2022 Composition Prize.
15Mar How Global Was the Age of Revolutions? DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 15 March Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge), Joanna Innes (Oxford) and Peter Hill (Northumbria) will be joining us to discuss the extent to which the Age of Revolutions might be understood as 'global'.
15Mar Virgil's Aeneid and the politics of grief in Augustan Rome' DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Helen Lovatt (Nottingham)
15Mar A queer act of resistance and repair DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh
16Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Pete Kirwan (Mary Baldwin University, Virginia).
16Mar Research process re identification of some commemorative medals DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Dr Ann-Marie Carey, Research Fellow, Birmingham School of Jewellery, BCU
16Mar Belcea Quartet DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionOne of the world's finest string quartets make a welcome return to Barber Concerts.
17Mar Trio Sonorité DatesFriday 17 March 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTrio Sonorité join us under the auspices of Illuminate Women's Music to give a platform for historical and contemporary repertoire by women composers.
17Mar Jazz Orchestra feat. Malcolm MacFarlane DatesFriday 17 March 2023 (20:00-22:00)LocationCBSO CentreDescriptionScottish guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane brings his own compositions to University's Jazz Orchestra and features as a guest soloist.
18Mar Celebrating Stage and Screen DatesSaturday 18 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionUniversity Chorus and Birmingham Symphonic Brass present an evening of music from the stage and screen.
19Mar Philharmonic Orchestra DatesSunday 19 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's Philharmonic Orchestra perform works by Grace Williams and Tchaikovsky as well as a premiere by Scott Wilson.
22Mar 'Women Palavers': Marriage, and Gender Struggles in Colonial Abeokuta, Southwestern Nigeria DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Morenikeji Asaaju, University of Birmingham
22Mar The Legacy of Terrorism: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (16:00-18:00)LocationOnline - a link will be sent to you before the eventDescriptionAn online event about Terrorism and Memory: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims
22Mar University Camerata DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (19:00-21:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA small cohort of Master Choral Conducting students from across the globe hone their skills as part of our extensive choral programme.
23Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 23 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar Stuart Hampton-Reeves (University of Warwick).
23Mar Professor John Child Inaugural Lecture DatesThursday 23 March 2023 (18:00-19:00)LocationLaw Building Lecture Theatre 1DescriptionJoin Professor John Child for his Inaugural Lecture. "Wrong on many levels": Understanding crimes across and between events
24Mar Journeys End DatesFriday 24 March 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHelen Charlston and duo partner Keval Shah present a programme exploring the idea of journeys and the passing of time.
24Mar Alvin Davis And His Band DatesFriday 24 March 2023 (20:00-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAlvin Davis joins us with his live band for an evening of soulful, smooth, R&B, Reggae, and pop infused jazz.
1Apr Medieval English Theatre Conference: Bodies, Embodiment and Early Theatre DatesSaturday 1 April 2023 (08:00-20:00)LocationAlan Walters Building G11DescriptionThe conference will consider bodies and embodiment in relation to any aspect of early theatre.
12Apr Alessandro Stradella's (1678) The Power of Paternal Love DatesWednesday 12 April (19:00) - Saturday 15 April 2023 (17:00)LocationCrescent Theatre - Sheepcote Street - B16 8AEDescriptionAlessandro Stradella's 1678 opera 'La Forza dell'amor paterno' returns to the stage for the first time since the 17th century with this Barber Opera production.
19Apr New Directions in Birmingham and Black Country History DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 19 April we will be joined by a series of PhD students and professional archivists to discuss what the future directions of Birmingham and Black Country History might be.
19Apr The Ideological Scramble for Africa: How the pursuit of Anticolonial Modernity shaped a Postcolonial Order, 1945-1966 DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Frank Gerits, Utrecht University
19Apr 'Debating benefactions, democracy and tyranny in the later Hellenistic world DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Benjamin Gray (Birkbeck).
20Apr Title TBC DatesThursday 20 April 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Hannah August (Massey University, New Zealand).
20Apr Birmingham's 18C copper trade DatesThursday 20 April 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Dr Duncan Frankis, Lecturer, Newman University
26Apr Practices of Judgment in Early Modern Europe DatesWednesday 26 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussing the ways in which judgment was refined, exercised and practiced in Early Modern Europe.
3May The perils of interpreting: the extraordinary story of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionHenrietta Harrison, Oxford with commentary from Shirley Ye, Birmingham
3May New Africanist Perspectives on the British Colonial ''Migrated Archives'' DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Tim Livsey, Northumbria University
3May Healing texts: bodies and grammar in Gellius and Galen DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Jessica Lightfoot (Birmingham).
17May What kind of access does the digital provide? DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (14:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAs part of our 2022-23 focus on 'Material Inequalities' the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities at the University of Birmingham will be hosting a discussion exploring digital access.
17May Ennius' Euhemerus, Lactantius, and the case against fragment reconstruction DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar series 2022-23 (online seminar): Hannah Čulik-Baird (UCLA)
24May The harbor of Khufu on the Red Sea Shore: on the footsteps of the workers who built the Great Pyramid DatesWednesday 24 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Pierre Tallet (Sorbonne Université)
6Jun Queer nostalgia: Ernst Hildebrand, homoerotica, and memory in post-war Berlin DatesTuesday 6 June 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Ty Vanover (University of California, Berkeley).
7Jun Authenticity and Adaptation: Association of Adaptation Studies 2023 DatesWednesday 7 June (09:00) - Friday 9 June 2023 (17:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThe question of authenticity has implications for the thinking in adaptation studies, which this conference will address.
15Jun Noël Coward: Past, Present and Future DatesThursday 15 June (00:00) - Friday 16 June 2023 (00:00)LocationUniversity of Birmingham - Edgbaston - B15 2TTDescriptionAn 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.
22Jun Filibusters in Birmingham: a Conference on Wyndham Lewis DatesThursday 22 June (00:00) - Friday 23 June 2023 (00:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionThis conference will focus on the doubled and doubling identity announced in the title of Lewis's 1932 work: the filibuster.
28Jun The Literary Twilight Zone: Nonfictional Fiction, 1820–1920 DatesWednesday 28 June 2023 (00:00)LocationMuirhead Tower 12th Floor SuiteDescriptionThis one-day academic workshop, hosted by the Nineteenth-Century Centre, brings together scholars interested in fiction's relationships with the creation of knowledge.
29Jun Pre-reflective Agency conference DatesThursday 29 June 2023 (08:30-17:45)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescription[Internal] Pre-reflective Agency conference 'The piecemeal business' constitutive of our ethical lives
30Aug EuroSLA 32 DatesWednesday 30 August (00:00) - Saturday 2 September 2023 (00:00)LocationAston Webb building, University of BirminghamDescriptionThe 32nd Conference of the European Second Language Association
3Feb Neil Balfour DatesFriday 3 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionIndian-Scottish bass-baritone Neil Balfour joins pianist Sholto Kynoch for a performance in partnership with Oxford Lieder.
4Feb BEASTdome: SANKOFA DatesSaturday 4 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music Building - University of BirminghamDescriptionTurntablist NikNak present her exciting new project, Sankofa.
10Feb Alexander Gadjiev DatesFriday 10 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA performance from Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev.
17Feb Gemma Rosefield DatesFriday 17 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionIndian-Scottish bass-baritone Neil Balfour joins pianist Sholto Kynoch for a performance in partnership with Oxford Lieder.
18Feb Baroque-Classical Orchestra DatesSaturday 18 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's foremost early music ensemble presents an evening of sinfonias and operatic overtures on period instruments.
23Feb The Penelopiad DatesThursday 23 February (19:30) - Saturday 25 February 2023 (19:30)LocationGeorge Cadbury HallDescriptionAdapted from Margaret Attwood's novel of the same name.
24Feb Bel Fiore DatesFriday 24 February 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJacob Heringham explores highlights from an important source of Italian lute music, the Casteliono Lute Book.
25Feb New Music Ensemble DatesSaturday 25 February 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's New Music Ensemble premieres new works with soprano Suzie Purkis.
1Mar Harmonies for a Habsburg Dynasty DatesWednesday 1 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionCinquecento Renaissance Vokal perform music which would have filled the ears of Habsburg royalty in their chapels and chambers.
2Mar Aris Quartet DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA performance from Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev.
4Mar Tell It To The Bees / Germa Adan Quartet DatesSaturday 4 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe launch Our City of Stories with this captivating double-bill from renowned storyteller Pyn Stockman and folk musician Germa Adan.
5Mar University Wind Band & Instrumental Choirs DatesSunday 5 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAn eclectic afternoon with almost 200 student musicians taking to the stage for a celebration of wind instruments.
10Mar Adam Heron DatesFriday 10 March 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionRising classical star Adam Heron performs works by Elgar, Brahms and Chopin.
10Mar University Brass Band & Chamber Choirs DatesFriday 10 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionRising star Adam Heron performs music by Elgar, Brahms and Chopin.
11Mar Birmingham University Singers & University Upper Voices DatesSaturday 11 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTwo of the UK's finest University choirs rejoice in spring with a season-inspired programme including world premieres.
12Mar University Symphony Orchestra & String Orchestra DatesSunday 12 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionEnjoy the wealth of talent at the University of Birmingham including the winners of the Music Society Solo Competition and the 2022 Composition Prize.
16Mar Belcea Quartet DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionOne of the world's finest string quartets make a welcome return to Barber Concerts.
17Mar Trio Sonorité DatesFriday 17 March 2023 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTrio Sonorité join us under the auspices of Illuminate Women's Music to give a platform for historical and contemporary repertoire by women composers.
17Mar Jazz Orchestra feat. Malcolm MacFarlane DatesFriday 17 March 2023 (20:00-22:00)LocationCBSO CentreDescriptionScottish guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane brings his own compositions to University's Jazz Orchestra and features as a guest soloist.
18Mar Celebrating Stage and Screen DatesSaturday 18 March 2023 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionUniversity Chorus and Birmingham Symphonic Brass present an evening of music from the stage and screen.
19Mar Philharmonic Orchestra DatesSunday 19 March 2023 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University's Philharmonic Orchestra perform works by Grace Williams and Tchaikovsky as well as a premiere by Scott Wilson.
22Mar University Camerata DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (19:00-21:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA small cohort of Master Choral Conducting students from across the globe hone their skills as part of our extensive choral programme.
24Mar Journeys End DatesFriday 24 March 2023 (13:00-14:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionHelen Charlston and duo partner Keval Shah present a programme exploring the idea of journeys and the passing of time.
24Mar Alvin Davis And His Band DatesFriday 24 March 2023 (20:00-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAlvin Davis joins us with his live band for an evening of soulful, smooth, R&B, Reggae, and pop infused jazz.
12Apr Alessandro Stradella's (1678) The Power of Paternal Love DatesWednesday 12 April (19:00) - Saturday 15 April 2023 (17:00)LocationCrescent Theatre - Sheepcote Street - B16 8AEDescriptionAlessandro Stradella's 1678 opera 'La Forza dell'amor paterno' returns to the stage for the first time since the 17th century with this Barber Opera production.
1Feb Marching with the times: Economic numbers and templates in 1960s Ghana DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Gerardo Serra, University of Manchester
8Feb How do we now write histories of the exclusion of South Asians from Uganda and their diaspora? DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionSaima Nasar (Bristol) and Becky Taylor (UEA)
8Feb Nunc Roma est, nuper magna taberna fuit. Retail trade, the occupation of public space and the senses in the Roman World' DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Riccardo Olivito (Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca)
8Feb Conservative Birmingham DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationLecture Room 7 - Arts BuildingDescriptionRichard Vinen, author of Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain (2022)
15Feb Defending the Defenceless Brutes: Animal Nigerians and the Politics of Metropolitan Emotions DatesWednesday 15 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Saheed Aderinto, Florida International University
16Feb WW1 Birmingham nurses DatesThursday 16 February 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Sue Worrall, Doctoral Researcher (Birmingham)
22Feb Classics in the Classroom DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPOSTPONED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION We will be discussing how Classicists in schools and universities can best work together to develop meaningful opportunities for both students and teachers.
22Feb Diaspora by Design: Migration, Mills and Interiors DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionSabrina Rahman (University of Exeter)
8Mar Decolonization and Development: New Directions in the Historiography DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 8 March we will be joined by Megan Brown (Swarthmore College) and Alessandro Iandolo (Harvard) to discuss the issues at stake in writing histories of decolonization.
8Mar A History of Nigerian High Fashion: Sade Thomas Fahm and Julie Coker, 1950s-1960s DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Mutiat Oladejo, University of Ibadan
15Mar How Global Was the Age of Revolutions? DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 15 March Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge), Joanna Innes (Oxford) and Peter Hill (Northumbria) will be joining us to discuss the extent to which the Age of Revolutions might be understood as 'global'.
15Mar Virgil's Aeneid and the politics of grief in Augustan Rome' DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Helen Lovatt (Nottingham)
15Mar A queer act of resistance and repair DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh
16Mar Research process re identification of some commemorative medals DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Dr Ann-Marie Carey, Research Fellow, Birmingham School of Jewellery, BCU
22Mar 'Women Palavers': Marriage, and Gender Struggles in Colonial Abeokuta, Southwestern Nigeria DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Morenikeji Asaaju, University of Birmingham
22Mar The Legacy of Terrorism: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (16:00-18:00)LocationOnline - a link will be sent to you before the eventDescriptionAn online event about Terrorism and Memory: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims
19Apr New Directions in Birmingham and Black Country History DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 19 April we will be joined by a series of PhD students and professional archivists to discuss what the future directions of Birmingham and Black Country History might be.
19Apr The Ideological Scramble for Africa: How the pursuit of Anticolonial Modernity shaped a Postcolonial Order, 1945-1966 DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Frank Gerits, Utrecht University
19Apr 'Debating benefactions, democracy and tyranny in the later Hellenistic world DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Benjamin Gray (Birkbeck).
20Apr Birmingham's 18C copper trade DatesThursday 20 April 2023 (19:00-20:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionCentre for West Midlands History Research Seminar: Dr Duncan Frankis, Lecturer, Newman University
26Apr Practices of Judgment in Early Modern Europe DatesWednesday 26 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussing the ways in which judgment was refined, exercised and practiced in Early Modern Europe.
3May The perils of interpreting: the extraordinary story of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionHenrietta Harrison, Oxford with commentary from Shirley Ye, Birmingham
3May New Africanist Perspectives on the British Colonial ''Migrated Archives'' DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Tim Livsey, Northumbria University
3May Healing texts: bodies and grammar in Gellius and Galen DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Jessica Lightfoot (Birmingham).
17May What kind of access does the digital provide? DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (14:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAs part of our 2022-23 focus on 'Material Inequalities' the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities at the University of Birmingham will be hosting a discussion exploring digital access.
17May Ennius' Euhemerus, Lactantius, and the case against fragment reconstruction DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar series 2022-23 (online seminar): Hannah Čulik-Baird (UCLA)
24May The harbor of Khufu on the Red Sea Shore: on the footsteps of the workers who built the Great Pyramid DatesWednesday 24 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Pierre Tallet (Sorbonne Université)
6Jun Queer nostalgia: Ernst Hildebrand, homoerotica, and memory in post-war Berlin DatesTuesday 6 June 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Ty Vanover (University of California, Berkeley).
1Feb Marching with the times: Economic numbers and templates in 1960s Ghana DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Gerardo Serra, University of Manchester
1Feb Our problem of categories: three ways forward for global philosophy of religion DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:00-18:30)LocationRoom G03 - Alan Walters BuildingDescriptionPublic Lecture by Timothy Knepper (Drake University)
1Feb On A Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3DescriptionWar Studies Seminar given by Adam Storring
1Feb The Perils of Dihydrogen Monoxide – Hembrillo Canyon April 1880 DatesWednesday 1 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationArts Building, Lecture Theatre 3DescriptionWar Studies Seminar given by Adam Storring
2Feb Looking at Shakespeare from the non-Anglophone World DatesThursday 2 February 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionA JSPS-funded event featuring academics from Waseda University, Japan, who will be speaking about Shakespeare in translation and adaptation outside of the anglophone world.
8Feb How do we now write histories of the exclusion of South Asians from Uganda and their diaspora? DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionSaima Nasar (Bristol) and Becky Taylor (UEA)
8Feb Nunc Roma est, nuper magna taberna fuit. Retail trade, the occupation of public space and the senses in the Roman World' DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Riccardo Olivito (Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca)
8Feb Conservative Birmingham DatesWednesday 8 February 2023 (17:30-19:00)LocationLecture Room 7 - Arts BuildingDescriptionRichard Vinen, author of Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain (2022)
9Feb The traffic of the stage: the social lives of Shakespeare's stories DatesThursday 9 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Charlotte Scott (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust).
15Feb Defending the Defenceless Brutes: Animal Nigerians and the Politics of Metropolitan Emotions DatesWednesday 15 February 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Saheed Aderinto, Florida International University
16Feb Shakespeare, performance and environmental justice DatesThursday 16 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Katie Brokaw (University of California, Merced).
22Feb Classics in the Classroom DatesWednesday 22 February 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationZoomDescriptionPOSTPONED DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION We will be discussing how Classicists in schools and universities can best work together to develop meaningful opportunities for both students and teachers.
23Feb Directing the Tempest - work in progress DatesThursday 23 February 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare Institute, ZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Elizabeth Freestone and SI students (SI PhD student).
2Mar How to direct Shakespeare DatesThursday 2 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare Institute, ZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Adrian Noble
8Mar Decolonization and Development: New Directions in the Historiography DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:00-16:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 8 March we will be joined by Megan Brown (Swarthmore College) and Alessandro Iandolo (Harvard) to discuss the issues at stake in writing histories of decolonization.
8Mar A History of Nigerian High Fashion: Sade Thomas Fahm and Julie Coker, 1950s-1960s DatesWednesday 8 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Mutiat Oladejo, University of Ibadan
9Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 9 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Chloe Preedy, (University of Exeter)
9Mar Professor Ruth Gilligan Inaugural Lecture DatesThursday 9 March 2023 (18:15-19:15)LocationAlan Walters Building - Room G11DescriptionJoin Professor Ruth Gilligan for her Inaugural Lecture 'The Simpsons and Difficult Sixth Novels: Creative Writing After the Apocalypse'.
15Mar How Global Was the Age of Revolutions? DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 15 March Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge), Joanna Innes (Oxford) and Peter Hill (Northumbria) will be joining us to discuss the extent to which the Age of Revolutions might be understood as 'global'.
15Mar Virgil's Aeneid and the politics of grief in Augustan Rome' DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Helen Lovatt (Nottingham)
15Mar A queer act of resistance and repair DatesWednesday 15 March 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh
16Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 16 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Pete Kirwan (Mary Baldwin University, Virginia).
22Mar 'Women Palavers': Marriage, and Gender Struggles in Colonial Abeokuta, Southwestern Nigeria DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Morenikeji Asaaju, University of Birmingham
22Mar The Legacy of Terrorism: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims DatesWednesday 22 March 2023 (16:00-18:00)LocationOnline - a link will be sent to you before the eventDescriptionAn online event about Terrorism and Memory: The 1985 Air India Bombing and Its Victims
23Mar Title TBC DatesThursday 23 March 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar Stuart Hampton-Reeves (University of Warwick).
23Mar Professor John Child Inaugural Lecture DatesThursday 23 March 2023 (18:00-19:00)LocationLaw Building Lecture Theatre 1DescriptionJoin Professor John Child for his Inaugural Lecture. "Wrong on many levels": Understanding crimes across and between events
1Apr Medieval English Theatre Conference: Bodies, Embodiment and Early Theatre DatesSaturday 1 April 2023 (08:00-20:00)LocationAlan Walters Building G11DescriptionThe conference will consider bodies and embodiment in relation to any aspect of early theatre.
19Apr New Directions in Birmingham and Black Country History DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionOn Wednesday 19 April we will be joined by a series of PhD students and professional archivists to discuss what the future directions of Birmingham and Black Country History might be.
19Apr The Ideological Scramble for Africa: How the pursuit of Anticolonial Modernity shaped a Postcolonial Order, 1945-1966 DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Frank Gerits, Utrecht University
19Apr 'Debating benefactions, democracy and tyranny in the later Hellenistic world DatesWednesday 19 April 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Benjamin Gray (Birkbeck).
20Apr Title TBC DatesThursday 20 April 2023 (15:00-16:00)LocationThe Shakespeare InstituteDescriptionShakespeare Institute Thursday seminar with Hannah August (Massey University, New Zealand).
26Apr Practices of Judgment in Early Modern Europe DatesWednesday 26 April 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionRoundtable discussing the ways in which judgment was refined, exercised and practiced in Early Modern Europe.
3May The perils of interpreting: the extraordinary story of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (14:00-15:30)LocationZoomDescriptionHenrietta Harrison, Oxford with commentary from Shirley Ye, Birmingham
3May New Africanist Perspectives on the British Colonial ''Migrated Archives'' DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (15:15-16:45)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionAfrica Talks seminar given by Tim Livsey, Northumbria University
3May Healing texts: bodies and grammar in Gellius and Galen DatesWednesday 3 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationArts-LR1, Online via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Jessica Lightfoot (Birmingham).
17May What kind of access does the digital provide? DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (14:00-16:00)LocationZoomDescriptionAs part of our 2022-23 focus on 'Material Inequalities' the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities at the University of Birmingham will be hosting a discussion exploring digital access.
17May Ennius' Euhemerus, Lactantius, and the case against fragment reconstruction DatesWednesday 17 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar series 2022-23 (online seminar): Hannah Čulik-Baird (UCLA)
24May The harbor of Khufu on the Red Sea Shore: on the footsteps of the workers who built the Great Pyramid DatesWednesday 24 May 2023 (16:00-17:30)LocationOnline via ZoomDescriptionDepartment of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Pierre Tallet (Sorbonne Université)
6Jun Queer nostalgia: Ernst Hildebrand, homoerotica, and memory in post-war Berlin DatesTuesday 6 June 2023 (16:15-17:30)LocationBarber Lecture Theatre - Barber Institute - University of BirminghamDescriptionLecture by Ty Vanover (University of California, Berkeley).
15Jun Noël Coward: Past, Present and Future DatesThursday 15 June (00:00) - Friday 16 June 2023 (00:00)LocationUniversity of Birmingham - Edgbaston - B15 2TTDescriptionAn 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.
28Jun The Literary Twilight Zone: Nonfictional Fiction, 1820–1920 DatesWednesday 28 June 2023 (00:00)LocationMuirhead Tower 12th Floor SuiteDescriptionThis one-day academic workshop, hosted by the Nineteenth-Century Centre, brings together scholars interested in fiction's relationships with the creation of knowledge.
29Jun Pre-reflective Agency conference DatesThursday 29 June 2023 (08:30-17:45)LocationEdgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RSDescription[Internal] Pre-reflective Agency conference 'The piecemeal business' constitutive of our ethical lives
30Aug EuroSLA 32 DatesWednesday 30 August (00:00) - Saturday 2 September 2023 (00:00)LocationAston Webb building, University of BirminghamDescriptionThe 32nd Conference of the European Second Language Association