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Brain Food Public events at UCL: April–September 2018
ucl.ac.uk/events
UCL hosts an amazing array of events open to the public. This is just a small selection, so check our online events calendar for a full listing, and feed your brain by email by subscribing to our enewsletter: http://eepurl.com/ddnvcj
Activities & Performances Whodunnit? Dress up in your best sleuth costume, and help us solve our ‘DISAPPEARED! Museums Murder Mystery’, or join ‘My East London’ a set of walking tours, discovering identity.
Exhibitions
Will Spratley, BA/BFA Degree Show 2017
Admire works by the next generation of artists and architects at the Slade School of Fine Art and Bartlett School of Architecture Degree Shows, both highlights of the UCL calendar, and keep your eye out for Vote 100, a year-long series of events, celebrating UCL women.
April
Locations
9 Jan – 8 Jun
Tue–Fri, Prize & prejudice 13:00–17:00
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5 Feb – 14 Dec
09:30–17:00 “Dangers and delusions”? Perspectives on the women’s suffrage movement
09
Mar – Dec 09:00–19:00 Disruptors and innovators: journeys in gender equality at UCL
11
13:30–16:30 Creature creations
04
10–14 Apr 13:00–17:00 Family fun for Easter holidays
12
7 Apr
13 Apr
13:15–14:00 EES Friday Spotlight: The forgotten fragments, the oxyrhynchus papyri and the Graeco-Roman branch
12
18 Apr
14:00–15:00 Grand Challenges Showcase 2018
15
19 Apr
18:00–21:00 Papyrus for the people launch event Pre-book
12
20 Apr
13:00–16:00 Papyrus for the people open afternoon
12
21 Apr
13:30–16:30 Explore zoology
04
25 Apr
18:00–19.30 Revival – a series of devised pieces based on the 12 papyrus collection by UEL drama students Pre-book
26 Apr
13:15–13:45 The object habit: lunchtime talks by Petrie UCL student volunteers
12
27 Apr
13:00–17:00 Rewriting art history Pre-book
02
Key Activities & Performances Exhibitions Family Festivals Talks
May 1 May
Locations
09:00–18:00 WAVECRAFT: Two pioneers of EEG and their world 13 17:30–18:30 UCL Chamber Music Club Concert
05
18:00–20:00 Jeremy Bentham’s Expansive Aesthetics: Pushpin 10 Too – Professor Frances Ferguson (Chicago) 2 May
18:00–19:45 Deconstructing energy narratives and futures in Africa
16
3 May
12:30–14:00 Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour at the ZSL London Zoo
17
18:00–20:00 Central Saint Martins exhibition opening night Pre-book
12
10 May
12:30–14:00 Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour at the ZSL London Zoo
17
12 May
13:30–16:30 Creature creations
04
15 May
17:45–19:00 What if… we were able to say more about how the brain learns?
08
16 May
13:00–14:00 The object habit: lunchtime talks by Petrie UCL student volunteers
12
17 May
12:30–14:00 Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour at the ZSL London Zoo
17
19:00–21:00 MUSO: Singing museums to life Pre-book £7
04
13:10–13:55 UCL Chamber Music Club concert
05
18 May
18:00–21:00 DISAPPEARED! A UCL Museums Murder Mystery 15 Pre-book 19–24 May 10:00–20:00 Slade Undergraduate Degree Show 22 May
14
17:45–19:00 Knowledge in education: why philosophy matters 08 18:00–20:00 Bentham and Dumont on taste and literature – Emmanuelle de Champs (Cergy-Pointoise)
10
18:30–21:00 Confessions to the mirror Pre-book £7
02
12:30–14:00 Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour at the ZSL London Zoo
17
13:00–20:00 Women on paper Pre-book
02
26 May
13:30–16:30 Explore zoology
04
29 May – 2 Jun
13:00–16:30 Weird and wonderful wildlife
04
29 May
18:00–20:00 Bentham and the arts seminar – Carey Young (UCL)
10
30 May
17:30–18:30 UCL Chamber Music Club concert
05
24 May
June
Locations
4–8 Jun
Lunchtime – evening
5 Jun
18:00–20:00 Pentagon petal: from pain to pleasure – Fran Cottell (UAL) & Marianne Mueller (SSAAD)
10
7–17 Jun
10:00–20:00 Slade Graduate Degree Show
14
7 Jun
16:30–18:00 My east London: walking tours, discovering identity
06
UCL Festival of Culture
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18:30–20:30 Adaptive architecture: The story behind the walls 06 15 Jun
13:15–14:00 EES Friday Spotlight: Buhen: a site submerged
12
16 Jun
13:30–16:30 Creature creations
04
19 Jun
18:00–20:00 The image of Bentham - Dr Carolyn Shapiro (Falmouth University)
10
24 Jun
11:00–15:00 The Bartlett Summer Show Family Day
03
30 Jun
13:30–16:30 Explore zoology
04
7 Jul
13:00–17:00 Festival of Stuff
07
14 Jul
13:30–16:30 Creature creations
04
28 Jul
13:00–16:00 Explore zoology
04
July
September 29 Sep
10:00–17:00 It’s All Academic Festival 2018
All events are free of charge, unless otherwise stated ucl.ac.uk/events
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Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT +44 (0)20 7679 2000
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 3BS
07 UCL Institute of Making
Malet Place, London South Cloisters, Wilkins WC1H 7JG Building, Gower Street 08 Jeffery Hall London WC1E 6BT 13 UCL Institute of Education, Mon–Fri, 1–5pm 20 Bedford Way, London +44 (0)20 7679 2540 WC1H 0AL college.art@ucl.ac.uk 09 UCL Main Library 03 The Bartlett School 14 Wilkins Building, Gower of Architecture Street, London WC1E 6BT UCL, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB 10 Moot Court Bentham House, 04 UCL Grant Museum 4–8 Endsleigh Gardens, of Zoology 15 London WC1H 0EG 21 University Street, London WC1E 6DE 11 Octagon Gallery Mon–Sat, 1–5pm Wilkins Building, Gower 16 +44 (0)20 3108 2052 Street, London WC1E 6BT zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk culture@ucl.ac.uk
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Euston Square
1–19 Torrington Place London WC1E 7HB
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Slade School of Fine Art UCL Quad, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT +44 (0)20 7679 2313 slade.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk
Huxley Lecture Theatre, Outer Circle, ZSL London Zoo, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4SX
Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT +44 (0)7903 104764 jhouse@ucl.ac.uk
Goodge Street
Queen Square Library (off map) 23 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
17 London Zoo (off map)
05 Haldane Room
ERSITY STREET
Egyptian Archaeology Malet Place, London WC1H 7JG Tues–Sat, 1–5pm +44 (0)20 7679 4138 events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk
Festivals Be inspired and join activities, talks and events based on UCL’s amazing research at the ‘It’s all Academic Festival’ and the ‘Festival of Culture’, and explore the science of materials at the ‘Festival of Stuff’.
Family Bring your little ones along to the Grant Museum of Zoology to make some creature creations during half term or, if you feel in fine voice, come and ‘Sing Museums to Life’ at MUSO on 17 May.
Talks
Karen Roe
Our famous Lunch Hour Lectures are on tour at the ZSL London Zoo! Bring your sarnies and listen to fascinating talks among the birds and the bees. If humans are more your thing, try ‘What if...we were able to say more about how the brain learns’ at the Institute of Education.
Activities & Performan University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT +44 (0)20 7679 2000
For further information about any of our events, please visit our website: ucl.ac.uk/events
Getting to UCL By tube Underground stations near UCL’s main campus: Euston Square (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City Lines) Goodge Street (Northern Line) Warren Street (Northern and Victoria Lines) By rail Mainline railway stations near UCL’s main campus: Euston, King’s Cross and St Pancras International
By bus Buses serving Gower Street: 134, 390, 10, 73, 24, 29, 14 By car The Bloomsbury area has metered parking and visitors are strongly advised not to travel to UCL by car. Accessibility UCL aims to make all its events accessible. If you require any information about any accessibility requirements, please contact UCL Disability Services on: +44 (0)20 7679 0100 disability@ucl.ac.uk
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