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Painting Power: the art of Terence Cuneo

Painting Power: The Art of Terence Cuneo is the Science Museum Group’s contribution to Hull UK City of Culture 2017.

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Cairns

An exhibition of life size sculptures by Icelandic artist Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir placed around the campus, stimulating thought and reflection about the historic connection between Iceland and Hull. 

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An Eyeful of Wry: Government Art Collection

Presenting works rife with wit and a hint of the absurd, An Eyeful of Wry is an exhibition intent on exploring art cut with a wry sense of humour.

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Larkin: New Eyes Each Year

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National Portrait Gallery: Paul Smith to J K Rowling

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School of Law and Politics Annual Law and Politics Lecture: Human Rights – Where Are We Going?

The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP will be presenting the Annual Law and Politics Lecture at the University of Hull.
 

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Claude Debussy: In Memoriam

Students from the University of Hull present a special showcase concert exploring the influential musical legacy of Claude Debussy (1862-1918). 

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Geoffrey Bond ‘The Life and Times of a Lawyer & Broadcaster – why not be a Polymath!’

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Institute of Applied Ethics presents: ‘Snap’ Perception

Institute of Applied Ethics presents:
‘Snap’ Perception: The Ethics of the Photographic Reflex in Contemporary Times
Professor Donna Ladkin, University of Plymouth
 

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Tea-Time Talk: Breakbeat science: groove as rhythm and sound, from funk to footwork

OpenCampus Tea-Time Talk - Creative Conversations 

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Vengeance, Atrocity and the Body

This year, second-year Drama students having been exploring how contemporary performance aesthetics can be used to adapt and appropriate historically distanced plays that deal with themes of violence, atrocity and vengeance. 

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The Systems View of Life: A Science for Sustainable Living

The Centre for Systems Studies invites you to the second Annual Mike Jackson Lecture on Systems Thinking to be delivered by Dr Fritjof Capra, the internationally celebrated award winning writer, scientist, educator and activist.

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Sound Art of the Railways

Two musical works housed in each of the University’s two 1935 Giles Gilbert Scott-designed telephone kiosks.

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Hull Chamber Music Presents: Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Hugo Ticciati In Recital

The Virtuoso Violin

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OpenCampus Reading Group: Matilda (1988), Roald Dahl

OpenCampus Reading Group - Reliving Children’s Favourite Literature

Speaker: Professor Valerie Sanders, School of Arts, University of Hull.  

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Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Hugo Ticciati in Recital

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Children’s rights and modern slavery

Children’s rights and the current and possible impact of the work of the Children’s Commissioners on children caught up in modern slavery and exploitation.

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Tea-time Talk: Performing Craftivism: Resistant Bodies in Protest Spaces

OpenCampus Tea-Time Talk - Creative Conversations 

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Institute of Applied Ethics Annual Debate 2018: “On immigration and integration”

"David Goodhart vs. Lord Bhikhu Parekh: On immigration and integration"

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‘We Trust in God’: searching for Franklin’s crew in the Archives

‘We Trust in God’: searching for Franklin’s crew in the Archives
Jeremy Michell
National Maritime Museum

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Acoustic & Electronic Orchestra

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Austrian Short Film Festival in Hull

The OeAD lecturers at nine universities throughout the UK are screening the short films that were nominated for the Austrian Film Prize, as well as the winning film.

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Making Performance: The Birds By Aristophanes

A tale of two friends trying to start a new life that turns into a daring bid to usurp the gods and overthrow Zeus. 

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Third Annual Andrew Marvell Lecture 'Marvell and Manuscript Culture'

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The Mikado

The Hull University Gilbert and Sullivan Society will be performing one of Gilbert and Sullivan's witty musical satires 'The Mikado' at Middleton Hall.

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Cultural Transformations - The Impacts of Hull UK City of Culture 2017

Welcome to our major conference exploring the outcomes and impacts of Hull’s year in the cultural spotlight.

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CLAC #3

CLAC is a series of cutting-edge new music and performance art.

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I Am Human - Leadership, Empowerment & Entrepreneurial Thinking

This public event provides insight into the common subconscious mistakes and missed opportunities that we as humans fail to correct or take advantage of.

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Our PhD students.  What’s going on at WISE?

Please join us to support a number of our current PhD students who will be talking about their research projects

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Making Performance: Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare

A hilarious interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy inspired by the psychedelic revolution of the 1960’s. 

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Moving Moments

Ready to move, express yourself through your body, share your experiences of 2017?

Moving Moments is part of the event series ‘The Conversation Continues,’ which derives from the research project ‘Gendering Cities of Culture’ situated within the GRACE Project.

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Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God mix?

Speaker: John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics (Emeritus) at Oxford University and internationally renowned speaker on the interface between science, philosophy and religion.

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Hull University welcomes survivor, Uri Winterstein from the Holocaust Educational Trust

On Monday 12th March, 6pm, Wilberforce Lecture Theatre 1. Students from Hull University will hear testimony from Holocaust survivor, Uri Winterstein, as part of a visit organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).

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The Chinese Whispers Concert

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CLAC #2: New Music & Performance Art Series

CLAC is a series of cutting-edge new music and performance art. CLAC #2 will present three very different projects from Yorkshire-based performers and composers:

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Two Waldocks

Rossini: Duetto for cello and double bass
Edgar Meyer: Duo for cello and double bass
Aaron Minsky: Crack of Dawn, Like Crazy and Train Whistle for solo cello
Jimmi Hendrix: Star-Spangled Banner arr. C.Waldock for solo cello
Teppo Hauta-Aho: Kadenza for solo double bass
Paganini: Fantasia for Cello and Double Bass

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Making Performance: Grimm Tales Adapted by Nathan Hall

Join a band of travelling players to hear stories of charming princes, wicked villains and daring heroes in this steampunk inspired, immersive adaptation of the Grimm Tales.
 

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Jazz and Popular Music Showcase

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The Women Pirates: Image and Reality

The Women Pirates: Image and Reality
John Appleby
Liverpool Hope University

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OpenCampus Reading Group: Coraline (2002), Neil Gaiman.

Speaker: Sandra Mills, PhD Candidate in English Literature, University of Hull.  

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Culture Cafe: Distant-Water Man: William Oliver, 1884-1959

OpenCampus Culture Cafe - ‘Hull: Culture, History, Place’

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Kinsky Trio Prague in Recital

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Hull Chamber Music Presents: Kinsky Trio Prague In Recital

Arensky: Trio no I in D minor op. 32
Shostakovich: Trio no I in C minor op 8
Smetana: Trio in G minor op 15

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Making Performance: Tainted

Tainted is a new devised piece that explores the lives of an isolated community living in fear of a ruthless government. 

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FameLab

FameLab returns to Hull on Wednesday 28th February for another night of intrigue and scientific entertainment. 

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Opera North Whistle Stop Opera: Don Giovanni

If you haven’t ever been to a live opera and want to try a bite-sized version first, or you just fancy experiencing it right under your nose, then Whistle Stop Opera is for you.
 

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Crosswire in Hull

Crosswire is a monthly gig night run by Leeds College of Music that showcases the best emerging bands and artists from across the Popular Music, Production and Songwriting courses.

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Tea-Time Talk: “Rewriting the Corporeal Other”: Examining Contemporary Portrayals of Disability

OpenCampus Tea-Time Talk - ‘The Contemporary Body’  

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History Makers on Tour: Painting Power - The Art of Terence Cuneo

Get creative at the Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull, with our free family event.

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Tom Townsend

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The Nature of Truth: Truth and Logic in the Philosophy of H.H. Joachim

Sponsored by the Centre of Idealism and New Liberalism:
Professor Giacomo Rinaldi
University of Urbino, Italy

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Institute of Applied Ethics presents: ‘Rights to Natural Resources and Human Rights’

Institute of Applied Ethics presents:
‘Rights to Natural Resources and Human Rights’
Dr Petra Gümplová (University of Erfurt, Germany)
 

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Anatomy Nights

Dr Kat Sanders, a Lecturer in Clinical Anatomy at the Hull York Medical School, will take you on a tour of the heart: Where is it? How does it do what it does? What happens when things go wrong? 

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Mussolini’s Philosopher?  The Development of Giovanni Gentile’s Political Thought

Sponsored by the Centre of Idealism and New Liberalism
Professor Giacomo Rinaldi (University of Urbino, Italy)

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Hull Chamber Music Presents: Countess of Munster Musical Trust Recital

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Rosetta

Internationally developed, Award winning, motion tracking dance.

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Rosetta

Internationally developed, Award winning, motion tracking dance.

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University of Hull NQT Conference 2018

 “Remaining Resilient & Fostering Creativity”

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‘Inspired in Hull’ with James Graham (Drama, 2003)

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Tea-Time Talk: Discussing Dolls: Horror and the Human Double

OpenCampus Tea-Time Talk - ‘The Contemporary Body’  

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Tackling Modern Slavery in Hertfordshire: A Multi-Agency Vision

By Detective Sergeant Duncan Montague, Serious and Organised Crime Unit, Hertfordshire Police: Operation Tropic. 

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The First 6,000 UK Steamships

The First 6,000 UK Steamships
Peter Solar
Université Saint-Louis—Bruxelles

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OpenCampus Reading Group - Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997), J K Rowling.

OpenCampus Reading Group - Reliving Children’s Favourite Literature

Speaker: Rebecca Morris, PhD Candidate in English Literature, University of Hull. 

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Culture Cafe: The Sporting Life of the City

OpenCampus Culture Cafe - ‘Hull: Culture, History, Place’

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Snow White (1916)

The film that inspired Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) featuring live keyboard by Jonny Best.

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Selina Slater In Recital

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Tea-Time Talk: Cyberpunk and the Body as Project

OpenCampus Tea-Time Talk - ‘The Contemporary Body’  

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Workshop: the History of Legal Philosophy and its Relevance

(Sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the Institute of Applied Ethics, University of Hull)
 

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OpenCampus Reading Group: The Tulip Touch (1996), Anne Fine

OpenCampus Reading Group - Reliving Children’s Favourite Literature

Speaker: Dr Karen Turner, University of Hull. 

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Culture Cafe: Migration and the Port City of Hull

OpenCampus Culture Cafe - ‘Hull: Culture, History, Place’

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Culture Cafe: The Origins and Early Development of Kingston upon Hull: an archaeological perspective

OpenCampus Culture Cafe - ‘Hull: Culture, History, Place’

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Evaluating the Political Effects of Anti-Slavery and Anti-Trafficking Activism

by Professor Joel Quirk, University of the Witwatersrand. 

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The Royal Navy and the Launch of the Shipwrecked Mariners Society

‘To assist the unfortunate sufferers’: The Royal Navy and the Launch of the Shipwrecked Mariners Society, 1839-40
Cathryn Pearce
University of Greenwich

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Tea-Time Talk: Recycling the Human Body in contemporary speculative fiction

OpenCampus Tea-Time Talk - ‘The Contemporary Body’  

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Brian Lavery and the Sinking of H308 St. Finbarr

Christmas 1966, and an explosion ripped a firestorm through the super-modern freezer stern trawler H308 St Finbarr. 

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Festival Concert

This concert features performances by Staff-led Ensembles at the University of Hull which include the University of Hull Camerata and Jazz Æsthetic.

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A worldwide association of traffickers: white slavery panics in interwar France

by Professor Kate Marsh, University of Liverpool.

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A Winter Showcase of New Writing and Music

This is a night of pure, unabashed talent.

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Sold out: Richard Hoggart’s The Uses of Literacy: A 60th Anniversary Public Lecture

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BP Cultural Visions Lecture Series: Ian Blatchford, Director of the Science Museum Group

Looking at the journey from inspiration to creativity featuring Ian Blatchford, Director of the Science Museum Group.

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Sold out: Simon Armitage in the City of Culture

Simon Armitage’s poetry is inspired by the language and landscape of West Yorkshire, where he was born, and looks beyond to larger global concerns. His latest collection The Unaccompanied takes us on a series of journeys from Yorkshire to the edge of the end of the world. 

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Sport and the arts: international perspectives

The Culture, Place and Policy Institute (CPPI) at the University of Hull is very pleased to invite you to this seminar, organised in collaboration with Fields of Vision. 

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CultureCafe: The Port and The Town, 1778-1914

Speaker: Dr Martin Wilcox, Lecturer in History, University of Hull

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Students Showcase 2: Classical

The University of Hull is celebrating the incredible talents of its students once again as it invites current classical performers and composers to show the city what they’re made of in the second of this year’s student showcases.

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Rights Education and Are Child Workers in Britain Exploited?

By Dr Allison Dunhill, University of Hull and Dr Amanda Simpson, University of the West of Scotland

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BP Cultural Visions Lecture: Clara Drummond

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War at Sea in the Middle Ages: weapons and tactics

War at Sea in the Middle Ages: weapons and tactics
Susan Rose
Roehampton University

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HUPAS Presents Encore

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Sold out - Annual Carol Service

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Join the University of Hull Chapel Choir for the University’s annual Carol Service. Everyone is welcome. 

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HUMS Gone Wild

Hull University Music Society Winter Concert 2017

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BBC Singers & Sam Corkin Advent Reimagined: Antiphons for choir and saxophone

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Dr David Kennedy Commemoration Evening

We are inviting you to a commemoration evening for our colleague and friend, David Kennedy, who died in March.

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The Cultural Legacy of ageing well with Dementia in Hull

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Artist talk: Jason Bruges on Where Do We Go From Here?

Using Studio projects as a springboard for conversation, Jason Bruges discusses how art and technology combine to generate spectacle, entertainment and equally stimulate learning and new ideas.

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An Evening with Reece Shearsmith

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Writer and performer Reece Shearsmith was born and raised in Hull before finding fame with the comedy sketch group The League of Gentlemen alongside Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Jeremy Dyson, which was the basis of the highly successful BBC television show. 

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French Film Festival - The Workshop / L’Atelier

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French Film Festival - Before Summer Ends

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CultureCafe: The Merchant’s Golden Age: Hull 1650-1780

Speaker: Dr David Neave, Former Senior Lecturer in Regional and Local History and Fellow of the University of Hull. 

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Ellipsis Ensemble

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The Institute of Applied Ethics presents: Blood Oil

The Institute of Applied Ethics presents: ‘Blood Oil’
Professor Leif Wenar (Kings College London)

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