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 Jun 2020
Having taken part in a large empirical study of film viewing across the UK in 2011, Ian Christie will identify some of the benefits, including unexpected ones, that we may gain from viewing films.
10 Jun 2020
Eminent political scientist Cass Sunstein FBA joins Hetan Shah to discuss nudge and sludge in the age of COVID-19.
2 - 3 Jul
Fifty years later we consider how the arts shaped the Anglophone 1970s women’s movement and how the legacy of that relationship resonates today
7 - 8 Jul
This conference marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Roberto Gerhard in 1970.
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.
