Events

The Cottingley Fairies: A Study in Deception

Event date: Tuesday 8th of June 2021 - Thursday 17th of November 2022 (Every day)
Categories: Exhibitions

Just over one hundred years ago Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published the Cottingley fairies photographs in “The Strand Magazine”.

A black and white image of a young person with fairies dancing around them

Visiting Artist's Talk — Jessica Rost

Event date: Monday 25th of October 2021, 02:00pm - 04:00pm
Categories: Lectures and seminars

For this week's Visiting Artist's Talk (VAT), we welcome sculptor and performance artist, Jessica Rost.

The Return: a sculpture featuring two illuminated owls by Jessica Rost at the Greenwich and Docklands Festival 2021.

Shaping the course of modern science: William Henry Bragg and his legacy at the University of Leeds

Event date: Tuesday 26th of October 2021 - Saturday 5th of March 2022 (Every day)
Categories: Exhibitions

Sir William Henry Bragg, and his son Lawrence, changed the way we understand the world around us, all from a laboratory at the University of Leeds.

Sir William Henry Bragg with a spectrometer in 1922.

University of Leeds at COP26

Event date: Tuesday 26th of October 2021, 03:00pm - 04:00pm
Categories: Lectures and seminars

Meet members of the University of Leeds community who will be attending COP26, the United Nations climate negotiations, and share any messages that you would like them to take along.

Aerial view of the University of Leeds campus featuring the Parkinson Building.

The government’s ‘anti-woke’ agenda and the future of the arm’s length principle — Ed Vaizey

Event date: Wednesday 27th of October 2021, 04:00pm - 05:00pm
Categories: Lectures and seminars

In this event organised by the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage, Ed Vaizey will draw on his experience of working with museums as a Conservative Minister of Culture.

People at a Black Lives Matter protest outside the Museum of the Home carrying signs and banners.

Get creative: life drawing with Rob Oldfield

Event date: Saturday 30th of October 2021, 02:00pm - 04:00pm

Rob Oldfield is back! Join the Galleries' old friend, artist and life drawing tutor extraordinaire in this online life drawing class.

All Souls Day

Event date: Monday 1st of November 2021, 01:00pm - 05:10pm

The Claire Chapel in the Emmanuel Centre will be open 1–5pm for people to drop-in and light a candle in memory of a loved one.

Democratic design — Michael Saward

Event date: Monday 1st of November 2021, 04:00pm - 05:30pm
Categories: Lectures and seminars

This talk is part of the Museum Legitimacies Event Series 2021-22 — political innovation in, against and beyond art galleries, museum and heritage organisations.

Democratic design for museums, galleries and heritage: workshop discussion

Event date: Tuesday 2nd of November 2021, 03:30pm - 05:00pm
Categories: Lectures and seminars

Following Michael Saward’s exploration of democracy as a design challenge, this workshop will ask – what democratic design challenges do we face in museums, galleries and heritage?

Environmental Groups and Legal Expertise

Event date: Wednesday 3rd of November 2021, 03:00pm - 04:00pm
Categories: Lectures and seminars

Professor Carolyn Abbot and Professor Maria Lee join us to discuss their book, Environmental Groups and Legal Expertise.