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MusicThe Unthanks The Emily Bronte Song Cycle + Special guests The Bookshop Band
27 October 2019
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MusicThe Unthanks The Emily Bronte Song Cycle + Special guests The Bookshop Band
27 October 2019
Middleton Hall -
MusicThe Unthanks The Emily Bronte Song Cycle + Special guests The Bookshop Band
27 October 2019
Middleton Hall -
MusicThe Unthanks The Emily Bronte Song Cycle + Special guests The Bookshop Band
27 October 2019
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Mar
Composer Gavin Bryars’ University of Hull performance
Acclaimed composer Gavin Bryars and his Ensemble will be joined by singer and songwriter Gavin Friday for a performance of Nothing Like the Sun, Bryars’ commission for Opera North and the Royal...
Mar
“It’s been enlightening”
History student Ethan Harding gained valuable work experiences at the University of Hull during the Hull UK City of Culture year: firstly as a Gallery Assistant on a National Portrait Gallery...
Dec
Ben Fowler: Music graduate to international composer
It has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for music graduate Ben Fowler.
Oct
First Government Art Collection exhibition for UK City of Culture
Oct
CAIRNS sculptures to stay until end of 2017
Sep
New BBC festival kicks off in Hull
The University of Hull will help showcase some of the best of British poetry and spoken word this month.
Sep
Catching up with music graduate Ross Flight
Sep
University of Hull prepares to Tell the World
Aug
A chat at the barre with Kevin O’Hare
Kevin O’Hare is coming to the University of Hull on Wednesday 16 August to share his incredible 40-year journey from dancer to Director of the Royal Ballet as the Company prepares to take to the...
Jul
Summer on campus – Larkin and beyond
The University’s programme for Hull 2017 continues this summer, lots to do on campus – and it’s all open to the public.
Previous Events
Society of Graphic Fine Art Members Only Regional Exhibition
The University of Hull is hosting an exhibition of work by members of the Society of Graphic Fine Art (SGFA).
Scottish Colourists from the Fleming Collection
The University of Hull will be showing a major exhibition, Scottish Colourists from the Fleming Collection from 25 May to 15 July 2018.
Event Reviews
It was good to be able to read the information about the paintings and artists - THANKS TO THE...
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.
Event Reviews
There are some amazing original paintings on view, and a great privilege to be able to see them...
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.
Event Reviews
Really enjoyed the trail so came back for a second look. I’ve never been on the campus before and...
Sanctuary Football Match
A football match involving sanctuary seekers, members of the University and our local community.
Stories of Sanctuary
OpenCampus Literary Landscapes Reading Group: ‘Heart of Darkness (1899)’ by Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1899), hosted by Dr Karen Turner
OpenCampus Culture Café Talks - ‘Impacts of environmental change on past & present marine ecosystems
GEMS of Hull: Geology, Environment, Marine Science and Us Series 2: 'The impacts of environmental change on the past and present marine ecosystems'
Rohingya…between two worlds
An evening of projected images and stories to mark the start of Refugee Week
Philip Larkin: Personality, Poetry, Prose
A conference combining new perspectives on Philip Larkin's life and works, a keynote by Professor James Booth and Larkin-focused activities.
“Summer Song” presented by Hull Barbershop Harmony Club
OpenCampus Tea-Time Talks - ‘‘What happened to trust? Trust and mistrust of healthcare professionals
Tea-Time Talks - The mental health of pregnant women and new mums: ‘'What happened to trust? - how pregnant women trust and mistrust healthcare professionals after a previous traumatic birth'
Faces of Slavery Exhibition
An exhibition of photographs by the Guardian from the Modern-day slavery in focus series Faces of Slavery.
Free family music-making workshops with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Walking Towards Ithaca
Hull University Music Society (HUMS) Summer Concert
Lunch Time Concert - Jurij Likin (Oboe)
OpenCampus Literary Landscapes Reading Group: ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ (1967) by Joan Lindsay
Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1967), hosted by Keith Parsons
OpenCampus Tea-Time Talks - ‘Fear of Childbirth’ Open Panel Public Forum’
Tea-Time Talks - The mental health of pregnant women and new mums
White Rose Aesthetics Forum
The White Rose Aesthetics Forum is a collaboration between those working in philosophical aesthetics at the Universities of Leeds, Hull, Sheffield and York.
OpenCampus Culture Café Talks - Mass extinctions: past, present and future
GEMS of Hull: Geology, Environment, Marine Science and Us Series 2: ‘Mass extinctions: past, present and future’
Brexit: What Happened and Where Do We Go from Here?
Centre for European Union Studies (CEUS)
Hayward Lecture 2019
Brexit: What Happened and Where Do We Go from Here?
Professor Anand Menon
King’s College London and Director of UK in a Changing Europe
The bond of family: Slavery, commerce and culture in the British Atlantic world
25th Anniversary Screening of The Shawshank Redemption & Guest Speakers
Chinese Whispers Concert
The Confucius Institute at the University of Hull is again pleased to host a free music event, the Chinese Whispers Concert 3, on Tuesday 30 April 2019, at 18:30, in the Middleton Hall.
Theatre Through The Decades A musical theatre extravaganza with orchestra
This musical theatre showcase takes the audience through the last century of musical theatre.
Musical Beginnings: Inspirations and Memories
Anti-slavery politics in the Age of Reform
OpenCampus Tea-Time Talks - Fear of childbirth
Tea-Time Talks - The mental health of pregnant women and new mums: ‘Fear of childbirth; considering the continuum of expectant mothers’ fear, from almost free of fear to severe or disabling fear.'
Talegate Theatre Company Presents The Little Mermaid, shrimply the best panto
Swimming to Middleton Hall this Easter 2019
OpenCampus Literary Landscapes Reading Group: ‘Wind in the Willows (1908)’ by Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows (1908), hosted by Sue Hull
OpenCampus Culture Café Talks - Geology, Environment & Marine Sciences
GEMS of Hull: Geology, Environment, Marine Science and Us Series 2: Talk by Professor Mike Rogerson and Laura Bastianini
Theatre for Children
Nothing Like The Sun: The Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Commissioned by Opera North and the Royal Shakespeare Company, this haunting, dramatic piece for chamber group and voices weaves Gavin Bryars’ music through eight of Shakespeare's most meditative sonnets. The ensemble includes Bryars himself, tenor John Potter, American soprano Claron McFadden and cult Dublin singer-songwriter Gavin Friday. The selected poems focus on themes of time and memory, and each sonnet is spoken by Friday before Potter and McFadden sing Bryars’ setting, allowing for...
Event Reviews
The Shifting Status of of Authors in the World: Randomness and Unpredictability
The Garnet Rees Memorial Lecture 2019 - Speaker Professor Susan Bassnett, Professor of Comparative Literature at the Universities of Glasgow and Warwick.
General Systems Theory and its Relevance in Today’s World: Tackling the Grand Challenges of Our Time
The Centre for Systems Studies 2019 Annual Mike Jackson Lecture on Systems Thinking
The Battle of the Atlantic over Two World Wars
Blaydes House Maritime History Seminar Series 2018-19
The Battle of the Atlantic over Two World Wars
Michael Duffy, University of Exeter
Language Advocacy and Activism: the View from Wales
Walter Presents to Yorkshire
Join us for an evening with Walter Iuzzolino - the curator of Walter Presents – who will talk about the ground-breaking channel’s vision for world drama, and be the first to see the first episode of their dazzling new show ‘The Mafia only Kills in Summer’.
OpenCampus Tea-Time Talks - ‘Bonding with the unborn baby’
Tea-Time Talks - The mental health of pregnant women and new mums
The Newland Lectures - Policing Performance
Freedom Talks: In conversation with Guardian investigative journalist Annie Kelly
A landmark Bill to help eradicate modern slavery received Royal Assent on 26 March 2015. The Modern Slavery Act was the first of its kind in Europe, and one of the first in the world, to specifically address slavery and trafficking in the 21st century.
Nansica’s Liberty
Come and experience a thought-provoking and engaging night of story, dance, poetry, and art hosted by the Afro Street Dance Society.
Alexandra Vaduva in Recital
Scarlatti - Sonatas K380 in E major (Cortege) and K9 in D minor (Pastorale)
Schubert - Sonata D537 in A minor
Enescu - Suite op. 3 no. 1 (Dans le style ancien)
Bartok - Suite op. 14
Enescu - Choral and Carillon nocturne from Suite op. 18 no. 3
Beethoven - Sonata op. 27 no.2 in C sharp minor (Moonlight)
The Full Rich Life and the Abuses of Literacy: Why we need to keep reading Richard Hoggart
Speaker: Lynsey Hanley – Author and Broadcaster
Ferens Fine Art Lecture - Sabina Jaskot-Gill of the National Portrait Gallery, London
Ferens Fine Art Lecture Series 2019
OpenCampus Literary Landscapes Reading Group: ‘Three Men in a Boat (1889)’ by Jerome K Jerome
Jerome K Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (1889), hosted by David Bagchi
OpenCampus Culture Café Talks – Hull to South Georgia
GEMS of Hull: Geology, Environment, Marine Science and Us Series 2: 'From Hull to South Georgia: the Antarctic from the heroic age of adventure to the present-day'
Perpetual Motion Machine
Creating the Past: Cultural Programming inspired by Heritage within Hull UK City of Culture 2017
A free public seminar organised by Culture, Place and Policy Institute
Advancing freedom and social justice: new insights from radical and alternative models of schooling
Dr Max A. Hope, University of Hull
Event Reviews
Drip Drip Drip, a darkly comic and taboo-busting new play
Pipeline Theatre, known for indelible characters and breathtaking production values, take you on a break-neck, darkly comic and taboo-busting journey, through an NHS phantasmagoria
Event Reviews
Fantastic , so clever , and funny, .. would like to find out more about it !!
“Building Justice Behind Prison Walls”
– Inspired in Hull with Marcella Goligher, Governor of HMP Humber Part of the International Women’s Day Celebrations
HEARO Diffusion
Human trafficking, exploitation and modern slavery
Human trafficking, exploitation and modern slavery - the evolution of the prosecution and thinking out of the box
What does it mean to be Human? God, Neuroscience and Human Identity
What does it mean to be human? Can we solve the mystery of who we are by learning more about the brain? Or are we more than the sum total of our neurons? Join Professor John Wyatt as he explores this fascinating and multi-dimensional topic.
The Newland Lectures - Investigating Historical Instruments
Working Women in Eighteenth-Century Maritime London
Blaydes House Maritime History Seminar Series 2018-19
Working Women in Eighteenth-Century Maritime London
Margarette Lincoln, Goldsmiths, University of London
Event Reviews
Great speaker. Very interesting talk. Lovely venue. Fantastic hospitality and reception. Thank you...
Weather Beaten Album Launch, Katie Spencer + support
Event Reviews
I’ve been following Katie for two or three years now so I thought I knew what to expect but this...
Mali Hayes
A Jazzy-Nu-R&B type Neo Soul.
Supported by Future Bubblers & Help Musicians UK!
FameLab Returns – Could you be the next Champion Science Communicator?
The search is on for the new voices of science communication!
The University of Hull is hosting heats of FameLab, the UK’s biggest communications competition to discover new talent to engage and entertain the public in breaking down science, engineering, technology and maths concepts into three-minute talks.
OpenCampus Tea-Time Talks - ‘Mental health in pregnancy, birth and the transition to motherhood’
Tea-Time Talks - The mental health of pregnant women and new mums: 'Love, Guilt and Separation
When Cellos Speak… Music & The Holocaust
A collaboration in words and music between Martin Goodman (writer) and Brice Catherin (cellist).
Ensemble 360: ‘Giddy Goat’ Family Concert with Narrator Ruth Rosales
The New Arab Urban: Gulf Cities between Growth and Distress
The Newland Lectures - Benjamin Britten and the Prodigal Sons
Lost Voice Guy
Gag Reflex in association with Andrew Roach Talent
presents
LOST VOICE GUY
University of Hull NQT Conference 2019
Elias String Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet in D minor K421
Britten: String Quartet no. 2 in C major
Schumann: String Quartet no. 1 in A minor
Watching the Detectives: Promoting and Sustaining an Ethical Police Force
The Institute of Applied Ethics is excited to host a session with Matt Baldwin, head of the Humberside Police Professional Standards Department.
OpenCampus Literary Landscapes Reading Group: ‘Wuthering Heights (1847)’, by Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847), hosted by Ruth Quinn
OpenCampus Culture Café Talks - Geology, Environment & Marine Sciences: ‘Geological Gems and Jewels’
GEMS of Hull: Geology, Environment, Marine Science and Us Series 2
Filmmaker Pamela Tom presents her documentary, Tyrus – 7 Feb 2019
What’s going on at the Wilberforce Institute?
The Newland Lectures - Adventures in Music PR
Myths and Broadsides in the Naval Ideology of the Later Stuart Age:
Blaydes House Maritime History Seminar Series 2018-19
Myths and Broadsides in the Naval Ideology of the Later Stuart Age: or, how to make Christopher Columbus an Englishman
J.D. Davies, Society for Nautical Research
Winterreise James Newby, baritone Gary Matthewman, piano
The City of Culture archive: Sharing with the World what was ‘Made in Hull’ - Simon Wilson
We are seeking to preserve, catalogue and make available to the public the City of Culture archive whilst Hull is still UK City of Culture - that is by December 2020.
Working closely with the University's Culture, Place and Policy Institute the archive seeks to appeal to academic audiences but also to a public which has demonstrated a huge appetite for engaging with culture. We also want to ensure that the legacy and momentum from 2017 is not lost and hope that the archive itself will inspire...
The Young ‘Uns, The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
Three time BBC Radio 2 Folk award winners The Young 'uns present a new and unique piece of modern folk theatre.
The Greatest Showcase
OpenCampus Tea-Time Talks - ‘Maternal Wellbeing’
Tea-Time Talks - The mental health of pregnant women and new mums
Event Reviews
An evening with astronaut Michael Foale
Struggling to find a gift for an avid space fan? Need something fun in the calendar to make January more bearable? Or maybe you’re just keen to see the homecoming of one of the world’s most experienced astronauts? Whatever your motivation, we’ve got just the thing...
OpenCampus Literary Landscapes Reading Group: ‘The Woman in Black (1983)’ by Susan Hill
Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black (1983), hosted by Aly Edwards
Mermaids Ashore: Norwegian seamen’s wives and the transformation of Norwegian shipping 1960-1990
Blaydes House Maritime History Seminar Series 2018-19
Mermaids Ashore: Norwegian seamen's wives and the transformation of Norwegian shipping 1960-1990
Stig Tenold, Norwegian Business School
Hull Gotta Sing
School Choirs and Community Choirs will sing an array of songs of their choice. The evening will be complemented by talented, local, young solo singers.
AFO Choir Christmas Carol
OpenCampus Tea-Time Talk - ‘From superego to super gut’
OpenCampus Tea-Time Talk - ‘From superego to super gut: Transitioning from psychoanalysis to psychobiology in understanding the relationship of food to reproductive mental wellbeing’
Speaker: Professor Colin R. Martin, Professor of Perinatal Mental Health, University of Hull.
MESG Research Seminar US-Israel Relationships 1947-2001 Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Middle East Study Group Research Seminar US-Israel Relationships 1947-2001 Professor Raphael Cohen Almagor
Christmas Concert
Winter Song
Get into the Christmas spirit with an evening of a capella music in the style of Barbershop Harmony, presented by Hull University Barbershop Society, Humber Harmony, with special guests The Emerald Guard.
100 Demons: Hull by Manchester Collective
Symphonie pour une Femme Seule
‘Presenting “Slavery and the Country House”: the English Heritage experience’
‘Presenting “Slavery and the Country House”: the English Heritage experience’, by Dr Andrew Hann
Festival Concert
The University of Hull boasts an array of ensembles directed by our music staff, providing students with expert guidance to realise their musical potential.