Our events showcase the latest research and thinking in a variety of subjects – from psychology to history, literature to politics, linguistics to law. Events organised by the British International Research Institutes are also listed.
3 Jul 2020
Professor Simon Schama FBA recounts the remarkable stories of artists who, under extreme stress, have created art that has altered the course of art forever.
7 - 8 Jul
This conference marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Roberto Gerhard in 1970.
8 Jul 2020
Fiona Stafford discusses a diary kept by a woman in 1941, whose new normal involved rationing, restrictions, isolation and air raids .
21 Jul 2020
As far-right violence grows in both volume and visibility globally, this timely symposium takes a close look at its core aspects.
22 - 23 Jul
Quentin Skinner's 1969 essay 'Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas' was a groundbreaking challenge to textual interpreters. This conference will critically examine the essay and it's legacy.
10 - 11 Sep
Cut-Ups@60 explores a landmark in cultural history: the 60th anniversary of the cut-up methods launched in Paris and developed in London by Brion Gysin and William Burroughs.
6 - 7 Oct
The conference brings together a range of experts from the Global South and North, focusing on the representation of menstruation and menstrual stigma across a range of disciplines, geographic areas, and menstruators’ experiences.
11 - 14 Nov
On 29 December 1170, four knights murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket inside Canterbury Cathedral. News of this sacrilegious violence spread quickly and Becket became one of the most famous martyrs in medieval Europe.
