Event Archive

McOpera - Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time

There is a pre-concert talk about Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. This will take place in King' s College Chapel at 18.30hrs with the concert starting at 19.30hrs.

Professor Adrian Forty - On Nations and Materials

Nineteenth century architectural thinkers took for granted that there was a relation between the materials of which buildings were built and the locality in which they stood. In the twentieth century, that relationship was dissolved by the development of supposedly 'universal' materials - steel, concrete, plasterboard - but no new...

Winter Night at the Museums

A free fun filled evening of activities for all ages.

The Snow Queen (part of Winter Night at the Museums)

Join us for a fun-filled evening of crafts and storytelling for all ages as part of Winter Night at the Museums.

Slow Life - Simulations of Nature Using Simple Algorithms

Genetic Moo will run a creative coding workshop for 10 people for two days. Participants will learn basic coding techniques and how they can be used to make art.

Roger Taylor and John Perivolaris - In Dialogue with George Washington Wilson - CANCELLED

This event was cancelled

Roger Taylor, the internationally renowned historian of mid-19th century British photography, joins independent documentary and fine art photographer John Perivolaris in an informal discussion about George Washington Wilson and contemporary photographic views of the city.

Funeralscapes

A lecture giving an overview of this project investigating performance at funerals through the ages.

Rhythms of Labour: Singing at Work in Britain and Its Silencing Seminar

Professor Marek Korczynski (from the University of Nottingham) will speak about why occupations had singing cultures and what factors led to their silencing.

Subversions of Classical Learning

International, interdisciplinary conference investigates how Classical learning was changed, manipulated, re-and mis-interpreted, performed, and subverted (deliberately or otherwise) in Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the early modern world.

The Bronze Age Neolithic? Problems of Continuity and Chronology

Lecture by Dr Alex Gibson, Reader in Prehistory, University of Bradford. Organised by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in association with The Prehistoric Society.