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BRAIN FOOD Public events at UCL: January–April 2018
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BRAIN FOOD IS CHANGING… UCL is changing how we announce our events, including Brain Food. If you are already on our mailing list, or would like to sign up to receive the latest updates by post and/or email, please visit: http://eepurl.com/ddnvcj or you can complete and return the form on the back page of this edition. Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to welcoming you to a UCL event soon! If you need assistance, please contact: events@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2000 Watch or listen online youtube.com/UCLTV soundcloud.com/uclsound The events listed here are just a selection of what’s on offer, and are correct at time of going to press. For more information on each event and the most up-to-date listings, please visit our online events calendar: events.ucl.ac.uk Please note: all events are free unless otherwise stated. 2 events.ucl.ac.uk
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Talks
‘Before the plunge’, NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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The science and culture of sleep and sleeplessness Wed 10 Jan 11:15am–9pm Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Rd, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 3GA
Sleep is an enormous part of our lives and has fascinated scientists, artists and writers for centuries: why do we sleep? And why do we sometimes struggle to sleep? This symposium will include perspectives on sleep and sleeplessness from neuroscientists, clinicians, historians, artists and cultural critics. +44 (0)20 7679 3533 k.whitehead@ucl.ac.uk
Lies, damned lies, and project plans Wed 10 Jan 6:30–7:30pm Room G12, 22 Gordon Street
Infrastructure projects have a notorious and expensive record of failed delivery. The seeds of failure for large projects are often sown through poor initial planning processes. Professor Jeffrey Pinto (Penn State Erie) considers the “seven deadly sins” of infrastructure planning, which include human bias, miscalculations and wilful negligence. bscpm.comms@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 3304 bit.ly/damnedliesandprojectplans 02 events.ucl.ac.uk
The Bartlett School of Architecture International Lecture Series Wed 10 Jan–Wed 28 Mar 6:30–7:30pm Christopher Ingold Auditorium
This weekly lecture series welcomes renowned speakers from around the world such as Sir Peter Cook (CRAB Studio), SueAnne Ware (University of Newcastle, Australia), Winka Dubbeldam (Archi-tectonics) and Thomas Heatherwick (Heatherwick Studio). architecture.comms@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 6159
What is a university education and where is it going? Thu 11 Jan 11:30am–2pm Jeffery Hall, UCL Institute of Education
Former Minister for Higher Education, Lord David Willetts, will reflect on where universities have come from and where they are going, discussing his own transformative system reforms – including the £9k fee regime and the enduring power of higher education to expand people’s lives. A free lunch will be provided. anna.phillips@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7331 5255
Egypt Exploration Society Friday spotlight – The Delta Surveys Fri 12 Jan 1:15–2pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
As part of the Egypt Exploration Society’s Friday spotlight, Dr Patricia Spencer will chart the many ways in which archaeologists survey key sites in Egypt, starting with Petrie’s involvement with the EES back in 1883. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 bit.ly/ UCLCultureEvents
Open access megajournal platform launch Tue 16 Jan 4–6pm UCL Anatomy JZ Young Lecture Theatre
Join UCL Press, the UK’s first fully open access university press, for the launch of its new open access megajournal platform. The event will feature guest talks from other megajournal publishers and a Q&A panel session, followed by a drinks reception. i.caswell@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 354 95739
Work stress in modern digitised work
PB = Prebook
Wed 17 Jan 5–6pm Galton Lecture Theatre
As part of the external speaker seminar series at UCL’s Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Professor Nico Dragano of the University of Dusseldorf will speak about work stress in the modern digitalised work, and analyse what kind of work stress the new economy faces. f.bortolotti@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0) 20 3108 6286
What if we really wanted evidence-informed practice in the classroom? Tue 23 Jan 5:45–7pm Jeffery Hall, UCL Institute of Education
Challenge our panel of leading commentators and decide for yourself whether evidenceinformed practice is a realistic goal for education. Join Becky Francis, Director at the UCL Institute of Education, as chair, and let your voice be heard. In association with TES. +44 (0)20 7612 6056 ioe.events@ucl.ac.uk
All events are free unless otherwise stated
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In conversation with Yvonne Feng Wed 24 Jan 1–2pm PB UCL Art Museum
Coldstream Prize winner 2017 Yvonne Feng discusses her practice and the impact of winning the annual prize of the Slade School of Fine Art on her career as a young female artist. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3549 5738 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=17060
Norway as a bureaucratic bully-state in Europe Tue 6 Feb 6–7pm UCL Bloomsbury Theatre
Join Professor Bjørn Bandlien of Høgskolen i Sorøst-Norge and learn about Norway during the 1280s. Back then, Norway was ruled by a council consisting of barons. Some say it was chaotic, others view it as a period highly skilled in appropriating political, judicial and cultural ideas found elsewhere in Europe. Come along and decide for yourself. richardcole@alumni.harvard.edu +44 (0)7598 826 707
What if we really wanted to support schools facing the greatest challenge? Tue 6 Feb 5:45–7pm Jeffery Hall, Institute of Education
Challenge sector leaders’ views on the policies and interventions that should be prioritised in order to cut through the problems faced by schools in the most challenging circumstances. Join us in the debate and let your voice be heard. In association with TES. ioe.events@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7612 6056
Egypt Exploration Society Friday spotlight – Memphis: capital of Egypt Fri 9 Feb 1:15–2pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
As part of the Egypt Exploration Society’s Friday spotlight, Manon Schutz will guide us through the EES archives to look at the discoveries made in 1982 of UCL’s Dr David Jeffreys survey of one of the most important administrative seats of ancient Egypt’s Dynastic period, originally investigated by Petrie. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 bit.ly/UCLCultureEvents
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Lunchtime talks by Petrie UCL Student Volunteers Wed 14 Feb 1:15–1:45pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Join one of our UCL student volunteers as they offer an insight into their chosen objects in the collection that reflect on the theme of love and desire to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
UCL wakes up to death Thur 15 Feb 6–9pm, PB £7 South Cloisters, UCL Main Building
How does one grieve in modern society? Join us on the 270th anniversary of Jeremy Bentham’s death for a celebratory wake and immersive event to explore the ways that we celebrate the end of a life, and how we can plan for our own ‘good death’.
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Responding to children in the 21st century
Objects of desire
5:45–7pm Tue 20 Feb Jeffery Hall, Institute of Education
As a society, we want young people to fulfil their potential. How then can we best respond to their needs in order to achieve this? This lecture addresses the case of children in state care and the longer term impacts on those young people of having been in care. ioe.events@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7612 6056
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Thur 22 Feb 6–8pm PB
Join Egyptologist John J. Johnson and special guests who will discuss their chosen objects from the Petrie Museum’s collection in relation to their work and research that tell us something about the concepts of female desire, both modern and ancient. Part of LGTBQ+ History Month. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=17049
All events are free unless otherwise stated
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Lunchtime talks by Petrie UCL Student Volunteers Wed 28 Feb 1:15–1:45pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Join one of the UCL student volunteers as they introduce objects of their choice reflecting their areas of interest and research. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 bit.ly/UCLCultureEvents
The writings of Málar og máldagar in late medieval Iceland Tue 6 Mar 6–7pm UCL Bloomsbury Theatre
Join Professor Agnes Arnórsdóttir of Aarhus Universitet, and learn about the writing of Málar og máldagar in the late medieval age in Iceland. This workshop will both focus on the origin of these written agreements about property and how they were used as evidence for ownership of landed property.
Sleep across the animal kingdom
+44 (0)7598 826 707 richardcole@alumni.harvard.edu
Wed 28 Feb 6–7pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
What if we wanted all kids to love maths?
Do all animals sleep? How can we tell? Join us for this evening event in which Dr James Jepson, Dr Jason Rihel and Kimberley Whitehead will discuss sleep patterns from flies to humans.
Tue 6 Mar Jeffrey Hall, Institute of Education 5:45–7pm
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We need numeracy at work, as citizens to understand economic news, as consumers to work out the best deal, and the list goes on. But it is something that, as a nation, we are not good at, so how can we combat this problem? Join us in the debate. In association with TES. +44 (0)20 7612 6056 ioe.events@ucl.ac.uk
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Small Press Project Slade Research Centre
The natural history of witchcraft
Thur 8 Mar 11am–late evening Slade Research Centre, 16 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0NS
Sat 10 Mar 6:00–8:30pm, PB £5 UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
In an era of widely disseminated digital images, the Small Press Project responds to a material turn for publishing. The event brings together educational institutions, small press publishers, distributors, performers, musicians, makers and researchers to discuss this turn. An accompanying exhibition runs from 5–11 March, 11am–5pm at the Slade Research Centre. Slade.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2313
Using objects from the Grant Museum of Zoology, art historian Petra Lange-Berndt is joined by Sarah Wade, Jane Wildgoose and Simon Costin to explore the significance of natural substances in the history of witchcraft, from taxidermy to dried plants. d.veall@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=17050
Women in ancient Egypt
Egypt Exploration Society Friday spotlight – Hilary Waddington, photographer
Thur 22 Mar 6–8pm PB UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Fri 9 Mar 1:15–2pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Drawing on the collection including the papyrus texts, life for women in ancient Egypt will be under the spotlight in this talk as part of the centenary of the Representation of the People’s Act.
Susan Biddle will present some of the archives from the EES, along with objects held in the Petrie Museum from Amarna, and the film footage of excavations at Amarna during the 1930s to reveal the career of the tantalising photographer Hilary Waddington – an architect, surveyor, camera man and film producer. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 bit.ly/UCLCultureEvents
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Bureaucratic memory: managing Anglo-Nordic genealogy Tue 10 Apr 6–7pm IAS Seminar Room 19 UCL Bloomsbury Theatre
In this workshop, Professor Tim Machan (University of Notre Dame) will discuss the institutional memories of various 19th-century Anglo-American organisations, and how those organisations attempted to appropriate medieval Scandinavian heritage. +44 (0)7598 826 707 richardcole@alumni.harvard.edu
Your universe, the 13th UCL festival of astronomy and particle physics Thu 22 Mar – Sat 24 Mar 8am–6pm Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre South Cloisters and Garden Room
This festival is a series of public lectures and exhibitions on cosmology, telescopes, extra solar planets and more. In case of clear weather, telescopes will be out in the front quad pointing at the Sun, the planet Venus and the Moon. All programme details are available on the festival website: www.ucl.ac.uk/youruniverse. f.diego@ucl.ac.uk
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Encore! They raised the roof the first time around. For this mini-series, we’ve invited our most popular LHL speakers back for a curtain call.
Lunch Hour Lectures 1:10–1:55pm Select Tuesdays & Thursdays Darwin Lecture Theatre
Opposites Attract This mini-series showcases groundbreaking research that bridges the gap between two seemingly unrelated fields. Taboo From sex and sexuality to the seven deadly sins, this mini-series will challenge societal taboos by daring to speak the unspoken.
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To Infinity and Beyond! Take a giant leap into another galaxy, exploring all things space. It’s going to be out of this world... #trending Hot off the press! This miniseries invites comment on current affairs and headline hitting topics. events.ucl.ac.uk 09
Encore! – A Renaissance theme park: the lost ‘garden of marvels’ at Pratolino
The cradle of humanity – why did the changing landscape of Africa make us so smart
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In the late century, Grand Duke Francesco de Medici had a garden built in the hills near Florence to please his Venetian mistress Bianca Cappello. This park at Pratolino became hugely famous in its time and this lecture will recreate it – taking the audience on a tour of this strange and mythical place. Professor Philip Steadman UCL Bartlett School of Architecture tinyurl.com/y8uyfzla
Taboo – The rising culture of non-drinking: are we getting sick of being sick? Thu 25 Jan PB
Adolescence is the time when children are likely to experiment with risky behaviours such as drinking alcohol. While around the age of 15 is the time when children are likely to engage with alcohol, nowadays, fewer are doing so. This lecture will give an overview of the factors that shape youth (non)drinking culture. Dr Noriko Cable The International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health tinyurl.com/yccgyudj 10 events.ucl.ac.uk
Humans are weak and have no natural weapons, but because we are super smart, we are the world’s top predator. But why did evolution favour the brainy ape? Mark Maslin investigates the environmental changes in Africa that made us so smart. Professor Mark Maslin UCL Geography tinyurl.com/y9skr298
#trending – The passenger rail network: a public good or a profit maker? Tue 6 Feb PB
The subject of many newspaper columns and supposed poster child of a success of private sector involvement in transport provision: Britain’s railways. Come find out more about the complex nature of Britain’s publicly subsidised, privately operated railway system and how political aspirations to take it back into the public sector might be realised. Nicole Badstuber UCL Engineering tinyurl.com/y8uyfzla
Taboo – Lesbian mothers and practices of conception in post-war Britain Thu 8 Feb PB
This lecture will explore the history of lesbian motherhood in Britain 1945–1978 – a period when cultural attitudes largely assumed that it was impossible to be both a lesbian and a mother. Drawing on press reports and accounts from lesbian mothers themselves, the talk will consider their experiences and social attitudes toward them. Dr Rebecca Jennings UCL History tinyurl.com/y8amkgqy
What happened to the hydrogen economy? Tue 20 Feb PB
In the early noughties, the hydrogen economy was touted as the next energy global revolution. Then it disappeared from view. What happened? In this talk, we’ll explore how fuel cell vehicles have developed over the past 15 years, and whether we will ever drive one – we might even test one during the lecture! Dr Paul Dodds UCL Energy Institute tinyurl.com/yczq8fg8
Opposites Attract – Understanding sleep and sleeplessness: can science and cultural history be used together?
PB = Prebook
Thu 22 Feb PB
Sleep is an enormous part of our lives: why do we do it? And why do we sometimes struggle to do so? Biology cannot fully explain our experience of sleep. Writers have always been fascinated by it. So, is it possible to combine science with literary and cultural history to understand sleep better? Ms Kimberley Whitehead, UCL Life Sciences, and Professor Matthew Beaumont, UCL English tinyurl.com/yd6ektlw
#trending – What’s your bias? Psychological insights into political conflicts Tue 27 Feb PB
This talk explores recent psychological research that offers some insight into why we disagree on topics such as inequality, nationalism and immigration. This research suggests that our political decisions sometimes reflect deep-seated individual differences in our psychology. Dr Lee De-Wit UCL Psychology and Language Sciences tinyurl.com/y7zxruun
All events are free unless otherwise stated
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Encore! – The birds and the bees: animal sex in medieval art
Putting the doubt into science teaching
Thu 1 Mar PB
“Birds do it, bees do it” goes the refrain of a popular song. But how different species ‘do it’ is left to the imagination. Taking in examples from illuminated manuscripts, Professor Mills will highlight some of the surprisingly varied responses to this theme during the Middle Ages.
The process of science is beset on all sides by epistemic doubt i.e. how do we know that a result is right if we don’t already know the answer? Professor Sella will describe a new project for first year students, which introduces them to societally important chemistry that incorporates a strong element of uncertainty.
Professor Robert Mills UCL History of Art tinyurl.com/y8jqdze5
Professor Andrea Sella UCL Chemistry tinyurl.com/ycv99yct
#trending – Tick-tock of the biological clock
Taboo – Sex and socialism: What the Bolshevik revolution meant for the history of prostitution in 20th century Russia
Thu 8 Mar PB
Globally, women are increasingly delaying the birth of their first child, as they lead very different lives to their mothers. But a woman’s fertility declines with age, significantly so by the mid-30s. Professor Harper is working on an arts project to increase fertility awareness and studying social egg freezing, which may help some women delay fertility. Professor Joyce Harper UCL Institute for Women’s Health tinyurl.com/y9ddm4rf
Tue 13 Mar PB
Thu 15 Mar PB
In 1918, the Bolshevik government ‘decriminalised’ prostitution. But, by 1932, women accused of selling sex were being sent to labour camps. What explains this apparent reversal? This lecture will explore this question and discuss new approaches to the history of prostitution and other ‘taboo’ subjects in the wake of the Russian Revolution’s centenary. Dr Philippa Hetherington UCL SSEES tinyurl.com/y9fbgwj
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Creature creations
Killer carnivores
Sat 20 Jan, Sat 3 Mar 1:30–4:30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
Tue 13–Sat 17 Feb 1:30–4:30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
Create works of art inspired by some of the weird and wonderful animals that call the Grant Museum home or invent your very own brand new animal, give it a name and add it to our collection in our family art day with a museum artist.
From lions to pythons and sharks to crocodiles, join us as we investigate the amazing ways that meat-eaters find, catch and eat their prey. Take part in our specimen-based activities and get up close to our skulls and skeletons. This event is free and there is no need to book.
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Explore zoology Sat 3 Feb, Sat 17 Mar 1–4pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
Ever wondered what the inside of a turtle’s shell looks like or how many teeth a tiger has? Bring along your budding zoologists for our family hands-on, specimenbased activities and be inspired to ask these questions and many more with our enthusiastic museum educators. This event is free and there is no need to book. zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0) 20 3108 2052 bit.ly/UCLCultureEvents
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Family fun for half term Tue 13–Sat 17 Feb 1–5pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Join in the fun at the Petrie this half term with our young archaeologist pack: ‘Bones, Beads & Boxes’, which takes you on a journey through the museum to find out more about the characters behind its collection of Egyptian artefacts. The event is free and offered as a drop in. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 bit.ly/UCLCultureEvents
UCL Vote 100
Courtesy of E F Marrian
Join us for a year-long programme of exhibitions, talks, tours, comedy and performance that will reveal the wide-ranging impact of the pioneering women who built UCL and imaginatively explore the battles still to be won. This programme marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, which extended the right to vote to women for the first time. Find out more at bit.ly/UCLVote100. Talks:
In conversation: Yvonne Feng, Coldstream Prize 2017, p04 Women in Egypt, p08 Activities & Performances: The Spirit of Slade Ladies Past, p18 Life Drawing 1918, p19 Confession to the Mirror, p19 Exhibitions: Prize & prejudice, p 21 Disrupters and innovators: Journeys in gender equality at UCL, p23 UCL Female Firsts, p23
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Activities & Performances
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UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series
UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series
Tue 16 Jan 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room
Fri 26 Jan 1:10–1:55pm Haldane Room
A varied programme presented by ensembles and soloists, including Rubbra’s Sonata No.3 for violin and piano and the first movement from George Enescu’s Sonata No.2 for cello and piano.
‘Around 1917’: marking last year’s centenary of the Russian Revolution, we present a programme of music by modernist and avant-garde Russian composers from both pre- and post-revolutionary years, featuring instrumental and vocal works by Mosolov, Lourié, Deshevov and others.
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The future is now Thu 18 Jan 6.30–8pm The Shaw Theatre
Sci-fi is becoming science fact daily. What’s coming next? Join UCL Mechanical Engineering for an entertaining, sci-fi-tinged showcase, exploring our exciting research and tomorrow’s engineering wonders. Hosted by Dr Helen Czerski and Prof Mark Miodownik with special guests ‘Festival of the Spoken Nerd’. mecheng@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1347 http://bit.ly/2A31WiL
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UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series Thu 1 Feb 1:10–1:55pm Haldane Room
A concert welcoming members making their début as performers with the Chamber Music Club. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764 ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music
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The Spirit of Slade ladies past
The London Salon: queer night scenes
Thu 1 Feb 7–9pm, PB £5
Tue 13 Feb PB 7–10pm £15 (£11 for students) Museum of London
UCL Art Museum
Among the class of 1918 at the UCL Slade School of Fine Art, many female students had a keen interest in spiritualism and the occult brought on by the war. Join us to commune with the Spirit of Slade Ladies Past over the course of this immersive evening event, developed in collaboration with artists and researchers. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3549 5738 www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=17061
UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series Fri 9 Feb 1:10–1:55pm Haldane Room
To mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Sir Michael Tippett, the programme will explore his vocal, instrumental and ensemble compositions, alongside works by his contemporaries and others showing some connection with Tippett’s oeuvre. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764 ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music
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UCL Urban Laboratory curates a queer ball of performance, storytelling and provocations on the ways LGBTQ+ people create night-spaces in the city. Contributors will discuss how those with non-conforming gender and sexual identities have contributed to urban change, as well as challenges and opportunities that LGBTQ+ communities face in queering London at night today. urbanlaboratory@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7001 9844 bit.ly/QueerNightScenes
UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series Mon 19 Feb 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room
A celebration of Debussy in the centenary year of his death, including his Violin Sonata, Syrinx for solo flute, piano music and songs. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764 ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music
Bright Club presents: Thu 22 Feb 7–9:30pm Stratford Circus Theatre
To celebrate the 10-year celebration of the UCL Public Engagement Unit, we’ll be inviting previous Bright Club performers to give us one more night of stand-up comedy. bright-club@ucl.ac.uk http://bit.ly/UCLCultureEvents
Life drawing 1918 Tue 27 Feb 6:30–8:30pm, PB UCL Art Museum
What was the experience of life drawing at the UCL Slade School of Fine Art in 1918? Join us for this evening of life drawing with a historical twist. Refreshments and basic materials will be provided. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3549 5738 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=17062
UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series Fri 2 Mar 1:10–1:55pm Haldane Room
UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series
PB = Prebook
Tue 13 Mar 5.30–6.30pm Haldane Room
Ensembles, formed from current and former students and staff of UCL, will perform chamber music, including a movement from Ernest Chausson’s rarely heard Piano Trio in G minor, Op.3. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764 ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music
Confession to the mirror Tue 13 Mar 6:30–9pm, PB £7 UCL Art Museum
Join us for a screening of Slade artist Sarah Pucil’s film, Confessions To The Mirror (2016), and a discussion of gender, politics and space as part of a programme of events for the museum’s ‘Prize & Prejudice’ exhibition. Refreshments will be provided. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3549 5738 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=17064
A concert involving UCL Music Society performers; the main piece will be Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764 ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music
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Exhibitions
Dorothy Coke,Female Figure Standing (detail), 1918, UCL Art Museum 5219, Š Copyright holder
UCL Museum Studies MA exhibition: sex and symbolism (until 27 Apr 18) 9:30am–5pm A. G. Leventis Gallery UCL Institute of Archaeology
Visit the Institute of Archaeology for an exciting new exhibition on sex and symbolism! Organised by the Museum Studies MA students, this exhibition will use art, archaeology and modern material culture to explore how seduction, sensuality and sex have been represented through time. esme.loukota.16@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0) 207679 7495
What does it mean to be human? (until 28 Feb 18) 9am–7pm Octagon Gallery
For several decades, the preserved heads of Jeremy Bentham and Flinders Petrie – two intellectuals related to UCL – have been hidden from view. Following on from a project to extract their DNA, this exhibition asks: what does the scientific interrogation of our dead bodies tell us about how we think about ourselves? culture@ucl.ac.uk
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Prize & prejudice Tues 9 Jan–Fri 8 June 1–5pm UCL Art Museum
This UCL Art Museum exhibition is dedicated to the artistic ambition, struggles and successes of artists emerging from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art during its foundation years. Taking as its focus the class of 1918, it explores the experiences of the prize-winning women artists now largely forgotten due to prejudice and circumstance. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3549 5738 bit.ly/UCLCultureEvents
Colour & emotion 16 January – 21 February All day The Street Gallery, UCLH
This exhibition is the outcome of an interdisciplinary and collaborative research project looking at colour, sensation and emotion, funded by a UCL Grand Challenges: Human Wellbeing Award. It brings together artists, a human geographer, speech and language therapists and adults with acquired communication difficulties in a series of co-production workshops in January–March 2017. Slade.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2313 ucl.ac.uk/slade/events
All events are free unless otherwise stated
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Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
Internal beauty – Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva Wed 17 Jan–Wed 28 Mar 1–5pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
Creating artworks from animal internal organs, Elpida HadziVasileva draws attention to parts of the body that we would sometimes rather forget. ‘Internal beauty’ is an exhibition resulting from her residency in biomedical research labs (funded by Wellcome Trust), considering nutrition, our gut and how man-made, microscopic materials can fix problems. zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0) 20 3108 2052 bit.ly/UCLCultureEvents 22 events.ucl.ac.uk
UCL Health Creatives exhibition: The art of science & health. Mon 5 Feb– Fri 2 March 9am–6pm South Cloisters, Wilkins Building
A ‘visual feast’ of work produced by UCL Health Creatives, a group of medical photographers, designers, digital developers and videographers. The exhibition displays a snapshot of the depth, breadth and quality of work undertaken for UCL, allied trusts and wider health and research communities. j.noctor@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7813 8212 healthcreatives.co.uk/ theartofscienceandhealth
“Dangers and delusions”? Perspectives on the women’s suffrage movement Mon 5 Feb–Fri 14 Dec 9:30am–5pm UCL Main Library, Wilkins Building
Displaying items from UCL Special Collections, this exhibition examines the actions and reactions attending the women’s suffrage movement from the 1860s up to the Representation of the People Act 1918. Satirical commentaries are set alongside campaign literature and petitions for and against legislative change. k.cheney@ucl.ac.uk +44(0)20 3108 4306 ucl.ac.uk/library/exhibitions
Disrupters and innovators: journeys in gender equality at UCL
UCL Female Firsts Thurs 8 March–Fri 27 April
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South Cloisters
Since the first women got the right to vote in 1918, society has changed dramatically. UCL Female Firsts reflects on both the remarkable achievements of women progressing in areas where they were previously absent, and considers more broadly progress and barriers towards equality. This new exhibition is a development of ‘Women at UCL: presence and absence’; exploring the institutional change that has taken place since the founding of UCL in 1826 – from the initial decision to admit women in 1878 to the re-negotiating of spaces and positions that is still taking place today. v.james@ucl.ac.uk houseofdoors.org
Thurs 8 Mar–Fri 9 Sep 9am–7pm Octagon Gallery
The first two decades of the 20th century were times of huge opportunity and significant barriers for women at UCL. This exhibition explores the contributions of some of them, in research and education and in broader society in that period. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3549 5738 bit.ly/UCLCultureEvents
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What does it mean to be human?
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9.30am–5pm
UCL Museum Studies MA exhibition: sex and symbolism
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1–5pm
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p21
1–5pm
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11:15am–9pm
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Wed 10 Jan
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11:30am–2pm
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Fri 12 Jan
1:15–2pm
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4–6pm
Egypt Exploration Society Friday Spotlight – The Delta Surveys Open access megajournal platform launch
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UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series
p17
5–6pm
Work stress in modern digitised work
p03
Tue 16 Jan
6:30–8pm
The Future is now
p17
Thu 18 Jan
1:10–1:55pm
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Sat 20 Jan
1:30–4:30pm
Creature creations
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Tue 23 Jan
5:45–7pm
What if we really wanted evidence-informed practice in the classroom?
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Wed 24 Jan
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Tue 16 Jan Wed 17 Jan
p03
1–2pm
In conversation with Yvonne Feng
Thu 25 Jan
1:10–1:55pm
Fri 26 Jan
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Taboo – The rising culture of non-drinking: are we getting p10 sick of being sick? UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series p17
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UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series
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Thu 1 Feb
1:10–1:55pm
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Thur 1 Feb
Thu 1 Feb
7–9pm
The cradle of humanity – why did the changing landscape of Africa make us so smart The Spirit of Slade ladies past
Sat 3 Feb
1–4pm
Explore zoology
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Mon 5 Feb–Fri 14 Dec Tue 6 Feb
9.30am–5pm
“Dangers and delusions”? Perspectives on the women’s suffrage movement
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1:10–1:55pm
Tue 6 Feb
6–7pm
#trending – The passenger rail network: a public good or p10 a profit maker? Norway as a bureaucratic bully-state in Europe p04
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Tue 6 Feb
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Fri 9 Feb
1:10–1:55pm
What if we really wanted to support schools facing the greatest challenge? Taboo – Lesbian mothers and practices of conception in post-war Britain UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series
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Fri 9 Feb
1:15–2pm
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1:30–4:30pm
Egypt Exploration Society Friday Spotlight – Memphis: capital of Egypt Killer carnivores
1–5pm
Family fun for half term
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7–10pm
The London Salon: queer night scenes
p18
1:15–1:45pm
Lunchtime talks by Petrie UCL Student Volunteers
p05
6–9pm
UCL wakes up to death
p05
5.30–6.30 pm
UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series
p18
1:10–1:55pm
What happened to the hydrogen economy?
p11
5:45–7pm
Responding to children in the 21st century
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Tue 22 Feb
1:10–1:55pm
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Thur 22 Feb
6–8pm
Opposites Attract – Understanding sleep and sleeplessness: can science and cultural history be used together? Objects of desire
Thu 22 Feb
7pm–9:30pm
Bright Club presents
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Thu 27 Feb
1:10–1:55pm
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Tue 27 Feb
6:30–8:30pm
#trending – What’s your bias? Psychological insights into political conflicts Life drawing 1918
1:15–1:45pm
Lunchtime talks by Petrie UCL Student Volunteers
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6–7pm
Sleep across the animal kingdom
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Thu 1 Mar
1:10–1:55pm
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Fri 2 Mar
9am –6pm
Fri 2 Mar
1:10–1.:55 pm
Encore! – The birds and the bees: animal sex in medieval art UCL Health Creatives exhibition: The art of science & health. UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series
1:30–4:30pm
Creature creations
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Tue 6 Mar
6–7pm
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Tue 6 Mar
5:45–7pm
The writings of Málar og máldagar in late medieval Iceland What if we wanted all kids to love maths?
Thurs 8 Mar –Fri 9 Sep Thurs 8 March–Fri 27 April
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Disrupters and innovators: journeys in gender equality at UCL UCL Female Firsts
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Sat 3 Mar
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#trending – Tick-tock of the biological clock
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Small Press Project Slade Research Centre
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Fri 9 Mar
11am–late evening 1:15–2pm
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Sat 10 Mar
6–8:30pm
Egypt Exploration Society Friday spotlight – Hilary Waddington, photographer The natural history of witchcraft
1:10–2pm
Putting the doubt into science teaching
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5.30–6.30 pm
UCL Chamber Music Club – concert series
p19
6:30–9pm
Confession to the mirror
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Thu 15 Mar
1:10–1:55pm
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Sat 17 Mar
1–4pm
Taboo – Sex and socialism: What the Bolshevik revolution meant for the history of prostitution in 20th century Russia Explore zoology
Thu 22 Mar –Sat 24 Mar Thur 22 Mar
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6–8pm
Your Universe, the 13th UCL festival of astronomy and particle physics Women in ancient Egypt Bureaucratic memory: managing Anglo-Nordic genealogy
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