Talks/Lectures/Discussions
Pop-up talk: The future of printing techniques Join artist Ling Chiu for an introduction to fine art printmaking techniques. Using UCL Art Museum’s extensive collection of prints as a starting point, learn about serigraphy, photo etching and photolithography. Discuss the future of graphic work on paper with an overview of recent developments such as photopolymer and giclee/pigment printing. Tues 27 May | 1–2pm | talk UCL Art Museum m.rouleau@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
A decade in Digital Humanities In this lecture, Professor Terras looks back at the decade that she has spent at UCL working in the area of applying computing to different areas of humanistic research, ranging from Jeremy Bentham’s manuscripts and Roman documents from Hadrian’s Wall, to 3D scanning of museum collections and an app for text analysis. Tues 27 May | 6.30–7.30pm | lecture Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre t.rickards@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 1346 09
Mestizo Genomics: race mixture, nature and science in Latin America Drawing on ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, the contributors to Mestizo Genomics will explore how the concepts of race, ethnicity, nation and gender enter into, and are affected by, genomic research. Introduced by co-author Peter Wade. Wed 28 May | 5.30–7.30pm | lecture Pre-booking essential Lecture Theatre 103 UCL Institute of the Americas ucl-ia@ucl.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 3108 9721
What’s making the world fat? (and what can we do?) Obesity is a major risk factor in many non-communicable diseases – and it’s a global problem. In this wide-ranging symposium, experts in their fields will come together to discuss drivers of obesity in early childhood, how we can build healthier cities and what the global food industry can do. Mon 2 June | 5–7pm | symposium Pre-booking essential A.V. Hill Lecture Theatre c.hoyland@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7905 2352