UCL Brainfood April–September 2018

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Brain Food Public events at UCL: April–September 2018

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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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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

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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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