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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.
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Talks
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Legacy in conversation: who was Richard Cooper Jnr?
The secret life of objects: volunteer lunchtime talk
Tue 17 Jan 1–2pm PB UCL Art Museum
Thur 26 Jan & Thur 16 Mar 1:15–1:45pm PB UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Richard Cooper Jnr was a versatile and experimental artist, highly regarded by his contemporaries, yet no thorough study of his life and work exists. At this event, art dealer Tom Edwards tells us more about the artist and his influence.
We have more than 80,000 objects at the UCL Petrie Museum. Discover more about them through a series of short talks given by our team of wonderful volunteers. The stories that you’ll hear will be animated by discussions and object handling.
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One pot per day lunchtime talk
Undead promenade: deconstructing the High Line
Tue 17 Jan 1:15–1:45pm PB UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Join UCL Slade School of Fine Art graduate, artist Kate Keara Pelen to hear about exhibition, ‘One pot per day’. For every day of 2015, Kate produced one soft, hand-made vessel using simple crochet techniques. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16068
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Thur 26 Jan 6:30–7:30pm UCL Bartlett School of Architecture
The High Line, an innovative promenade created on a disused elevated railway in Manhattan, New York, is one of the world’s most iconic new urban landmarks, and is being used as a model for numerous urban redevelopment plans worldwide. This talk presents ideas developed in the forthcoming book Deconstructing the High Line: Postindustrial Urbanism. urbanlaboratory@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 9402
Local roots/global routes: the legacies of slavery in Hackney
Maps and mapmaking in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Sat 28 Jan 11am–1pm 609, UCL Institute of Archaeology
Wed 1 Feb 6–8pm PB UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
This talk will discuss a partnership project between UCL Legacies of British Slave-ownership and Hackney Museum and Archives that aimed to connect Hackney’s global communities with the past through a local lens, and address questions of identity, home and belonging in the present. kyle.lee-crossett.14@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 7495
On the peak of darkness: from the abyss to the light
PB = Prebook
Mapping and maps have an important role in archaeological excavations, but during the First World War in Egypt, they had a more clandestine role to play. A panel will present a variety of views as part of our Archaeology and Espionage season. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16073
Mon 30 Jan, Mon 6 Feb, Mon 13 Feb, Mon 27 Feb, Mon 6 Mar, Mon 13 Mar, Mon 20 Mar & Mon 27 Mar 6–7:30pm The Warburg Institute
Housman Lecture 2017
A series of weekly public readings, in English and Italian, aiming to introduce the beauty, complexity and continuing significance of Dante’s Divina Commedia. The readings are accompanied by commentary and a rich visual display of medieval illuminations. Presented by Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute), John Took (UCL Italian), and Tabitha Tuckett (UCL Library Special Collections).
UCL Greek and Latin regularly host a public lecture named in honour of its most celebrated professor (and poet) A. E. Housman and delivered by a scholar of international distinction. Professor Judith Butler (University of California, Berkeley) will discuss the kinship trouble in The Bacchae.
Wed 8 Feb 6–8pm PB Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre
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t.tuckett@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2827 All events are free unless otherwise stated
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Artefacts of excavation lunchtime tour
Legacy in conversation: innovation in printmaking
Thur 9 Feb 1:15–1:45pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Wed 15 Feb 1–2pm PB UCL Art Museum
Join us for a lunchtime tour of this new exhibition charting the politics of distribution of decades of British excavations between the 1880 and the 1980s. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16074
The secret life of objects: volunteer lunchtime talk Valentine’s Day special Tue 14 Feb 1:15–1:45pm PB UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Love on the Nile: join us for a Valentine’s Day special volunteer lunchtime talk, where we will be discussing love, sex and marriage in ancient Egypt. We will be bringing artefacts to life with stories, discussions and object handling. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16070
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Learn about innovation in printmaking at the UCL Art Museum, directly from the artists. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1000 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16081
Objects of desire Wed 22 Feb 6–8pm PB £5 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Join Egyptologist John J.Johnston and a panel of guests as they delve into the UCL Petrie Museum’s collections to find their objects of desire. Part of LGBTQ History Month. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16075
Legacy in conversation: Liz Rideal on Rome and the Campagna Tue 28 Feb 1–2pm PB UCL Art Museum
Artist and UCL Slade School of Fine Art lecturer Liz Rideal talks about her Leverhulme research project to create images, curate period photographs and organise these into an interactive digital map of Rome and the Campagna, in relation to the Legacy exhibition (p19). college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1000 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16082
Awesome archaeologists: women in archaeology
Artefacts of excavation: ideas slam
PB = Prebook
Wed 22 Mar 6–8:30pm PB UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Join UCL Petrie Museum curator Alice Stevenson as she invites you to judge our ideas slam. Two Egyptologists will present their theories on the origins and purposes of objects in our collection. You’ll become the jury as you decide which theory you prefer, so be prepared to join in the debate and share your ideas. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16077
Wed 8 Mar 6–8pm PB £5 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Come and celebrate the trailblazing women of archaeology. Our panel will look at the who’s who of women in archaeology, both past and present. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16076
All events are free unless otherwise stated
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Family
PB = Prebook
Creature creations
Spy speak
Sat 14 Jan, Sat 11 Feb, Sat 11 Mar & Sat 8 Apr 1:30–4:30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
Tue 14–Thur 16 Feb 2–4pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Create art inspired by the weird and wonderful animals in the UCL Grant Museum, or invent a brand new animal in our family art day with our museum artist.
Join in activities that will you have you cracking codes, deciphering doodles and being fluent in spy speak before the day is over!
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Explore zoology Sat 28 Jan, Sat 25 Feb, Sat 25 Mar & Sat 22 Apr 1–4pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
Ever wondered how heavy an elephant tusk is? How sharp a shark’s tooth is? Or how many teeth a dolphin has? Bring along budding zoologists to be inspired by the natural world. zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
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Weird and wonderful wildlife Tue 14 Feb–Sat 18 Feb 1:30–4:30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
Flying lizards, giant starfish, duck-billed platypuses, thorny devils & spiny anteaters: the UCL Grant Museum is home to weird and wonderful wildlife. Take part in hands-on, specimen-based activities and come face-to-face with these beasts! zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
All events are free unless otherwise stated
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Lunch Hour Lectures 1:15–1:55pm Tuesdays & Thursdays Darwin Lecture Theatre
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Bring your lunch and your curiosity!
The neurobiology of beauty
Panel – spotlight on emerging research
Tue 17 Jan
Tue 24 Jan
The experience of beauty, whether derived from perceptual sources, as in visual or musical beauty, or cognitive ones, as in mathematical beauty, correlates with activity in the same part of the brain: field A1 of the medial orbito-frontal cortex. Professor Semir Zeki discusses the questions this raises about the uses of beauty.
Since 1826, UCL has championed independent thought by attracting and nurturing the world’s best minds. Join us as three of our researchers present their ideas to tackle the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.
Professor Semir Zeki UCL Division of Cell & Developmental Biology
Various speakers; facilitated by UCL Culture
The Arctic on the fast track of change
Cosmic archaeology
Thur 26 Jan
Thur 19 Jan
Telescopes may be the closest thing that we have to time machines: the farther in space we look, the earlier in the history of the universe we get to see. Dr Amelie Saintonge shows how, by observing galaxies across cosmic time, we can deduce which mechanisms are key in driving their evolution.
Nowhere else on Earth are we witnessing such dramatic changes in response to a warming climate. Join Professor Julienne Stroeve as she discusses the transforming of the Arctic Ocean, including the impact on native communities, shipping, fishing, natural resource extraction, weather patterns and sea levels across the globe.
Dr Amelie Saintonge UCL Physics & Astronomy
Professor Julienne Stroeve UCL Earth Sciences
All events are free unless otherwise stated
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The global reach of EU law Tue 31 Jan
Given the global reach of EU law, it may be harder for the UK to ‘take back control’ than those who favoured withdrawal from the EU might have supposed. This lecture will explore the techniques that the EU uses to extend the application of its laws to countries outside of the EU. Professor Joanne Scott UCL Faculty of Laws
Planetary economics: getting to a stable climate with a healthy economy Thur 2 Feb
Why has it been so hard to get to grips with climate change? This scientific, but also deeply moral, problem challenges our thinking: it is psychologically distant, yet caused by local actions; solutions are technological, yet politically loaded. Professor Michael Grubb will discuss why we require economic policy that transcends normal economic theories. Professor Michael Grubb UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
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Can we ever have a crime-free world? Tue 7 Feb
Professor Kate Bowers will discuss how crime rates have dropped over the past few decades and what we need to do to keep them down. Some research on crime control challenges our assumptions about blame and responsibility, the role of the police and our own impact. Professor Kate Bowers UCL Security & Crime Science
“The youth of our middling rich”: how egalitarian were UCL’s founders? Thur 9 Feb
When the plan for a university for London was outlined by the poet Thomas Campbell in 1825 in a letter to The Times, the establishment unleashed a storm of controversy. We are proud of our radical roots, but how accurate is UCL’s self-image? Learn about our founders and their relationship with England’s establishment. Mr Colin Penman UCL Library Services
The battle within: mobilising our immune system to fight cancer
Knowledge and law: exploring landscape in the context of wind energy
Tue 21 Feb
Tue 28 Feb
For more than 100 years, scientists have tried to use the immune system to control cancer. A number of high-profile clinical trials have now finally shown this is a valid approach. Find out about the science that led to these new therapies and where this area of research is likely to take us.
Landscape is not just physical, but also filled with symbolic, social and cultural attachments. The impacts of large wind energy projects on landscapes can be enormously contentious to the communities asked to host them. This lecture will examine how the legal process for consenting ‘nationally significant’ wind farms shapes our knowledge of landscape.
Dr Sergio Quezada UCL Cancer Institute
Cooling babies to protect the brain: one of the success stories for baby care Thur 23 Feb
Cooling babies deprived of oxygen at birth improves their chances of growing up without disabilities such as cerebral palsy, blindness and epilepsy. Professor Nicola Robertson of the UCL Institute for Women’s Health will present her pioneering work with the Neonatal Neuroprotection Group on cooling therapy. Professor Nicola J Robertson UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health
Professor Maria Lee UCL Laws
Adventures in the seventh dimension Thur 2 Mar
In seven dimensions there exist special shapes that may help us unlock the mysteries of the universe. Looking for this unique geometry is challenging, but nature holds a possible solution (specifically, bubbles and thermodynamics). Dr Jason Lotay takes us on a mathematical journey across multiple dimensions, exploring their role in art, science and popular culture. Dr Jason Lotay UCL Mathematics
All events are free unless otherwise stated
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Women against pit closures: women in the miners’ strike of 1984–5 Tue 7 Mar (to mark International Women’s Day)
The miners’ strike of 1984–5 was able to continue for as long as it did because of a support network run by women in mining communities. They fundraised, fed miners and their families, went on picket lines and spoke in support of the strike. Find out about their politics and their interactions with feminist supporters. Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite UCL History
Swearing as a second language: should we teach ‘bad language’ to language learners? Thur 9 Mar
The language learner is often well-versed in polite phrases, but lacks the necessary guidance on how to be rude. Swearing can shock and offend, yet this powerful form is largely ignored in foreign language learning. Dr Horan will discuss swearing practices in different languages, and whether we could teach the art of swearing. Dr Geraldine Horan UCL German 12 events.ucl.ac.uk
Heads you win: tails you lose – the leadership gamble Tue 14 Mar In a volatile and uncertain world where everybody and everything is on the move, Kathryn Riley, Professor of Urban Education, asks are we getting the leaders that we need to head up our schools? Are we recruiting leaders who focus on short term results, or those who offer our youngsters a world of possibilities? Professor Kathryn Riley UCL Institute of Education
How can 21st century research on autism empower London’s teachers? Tue 16 Mar
The wealth of new knowledge that we are developing on autism tends to stay within the lab. Yet teachers are the most important people working with children who have autism. Dr Mintz will explore how this research can be made accessible, discussing current practices and how two London schools have tried out an innovative approach. Dr Joseph Mintz UCL Institute of Education
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Activities & performances
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Dead, life drawing Thur 12 Jan, Thur 23 Feb, Thur 16 Mar & Thur 27 Apr 6:30–9pm PB £8 UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
With our cabinets full of (not so alive) life models from across the animal kingdom, in some remarkable poses: come and join us for a lively evening of drawing. The price of the ticket includes wine and all materials will be provided. zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16063
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: piano Tue 17 Jan 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room
A concert of piano music, showcasing the talents of pianist members of the UCL Chamber Music Club. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764 ucl.ac.uk/chambermusic
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In the dark x Grant Musuem of Zoology Tue 24 Jan 7–9pm PB £8 UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
‘In the dark x Grant Museum of Zoology’ is a year-long collaboration celebrating the natural world through sound. Join us for an evening of audio cinema as we explore the sounds of ponds with Helen Greaves (UCL Geography) and sound artist Action Pyramid. zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16067
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: baroque Thur 26 Jan 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room
A programme of baroque music, including music for recorder. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764 ucl.ac.uk/chambermusic
Sophocles’s Antigone Wed 1–Fri 3 Feb 7:30–10pm & 2:30–5pm PB £10 Shaw Theatre
UCL Greek and Latin and the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre present an amateur production of Sophocles’s Antigone. This play explores the struggle between state and familial responsibility. Obligations to the state and to traditional religious practice are strained, in a dedicated attempt by Antigone to transgress the traditional gender values by which she is bound. t.mackenzie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 8792
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: new performers Thur 2 Feb 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room
New performers’ concert: an opportunity to hear up-and-coming talent from the UCL Chamber Music Club. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764 ucl.ac.uk/chambermusic
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: American experimental
PB = Prebook
Fri 10 Feb 1:10–1:55pm Haldane Room
A lunchtime concert of American experimental music, including a performance of Terry Riley’s minimalist classic In C. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764 ucl.ac.uk/chambermusic
Valentine’s at the Grant Museum of Zoology Tue 14 Feb 6:30–9pm PB £6 UCL Grant Museum of Zoology
Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it: so where better to do it yourself than with us? Whether you’re looking for love, or seeking to impress your Valentine date, join us for this Valentine’s-themed late opening. zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
All events are free unless otherwise stated
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Voicing the past – an enactment of Petrie’s war lectures
UCL Art Museum Film Club: The Draughtman’s Contract
Wed 15 Feb 6–8pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Tue 21 Feb 6:30–8:30pm PB £2 UCL Art Museum
Join us as we take you back 100 years and re-enact some of the lectures that Petrie gave during the First World War. Come dressed up and join in the war effort by knitting some socks for our boys. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: Zoltán Kodály Mon 20 Feb 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room
“Music should belong to everyone”: this concert will present a musical portrait of the Hungarian composer and pedagogue Zoltán Kodály on the 50th anniversary of his death. It will include chamber music for string and vocal ensembles, and extracts from his educational work. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764 ucl.ac.uk/chambermusic
Join us for a screening of Peter Greenaway’s disquieting interpretation of an artist’s relationship to his patrons on the eve of the 18th century. The film will be introduced in the context of the ‘Legacy’ exhibition (p19) and Richard Cooper Jnr’s landscape drawings. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1000 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16083
Your Universe 2017 Thur 2–Sat 4 Mar Various times UCL Main Campus
Come to UCL’s 12th festival of astronomy and particle physics, featuring lectures, panel discussions, live demonstrations and telescopes looking at the Sun, Venus, the Moon and Jupiter (weather permitting). Our 2017 theme is ‘Giant worlds and their moons’: a celebration of remote exploration and astonishing discoveries, showing our solar system as never before. f.diego@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0) 79749 17878 ucl.ac.uk/youruniverse
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UCL Chamber Music Club concert: Stabat Mater
UCL Art Museum Film Club: A Room with a View
Fri 3 Mar 1:10–1:55pm Haldane Room
Tue 21 Mar 6:30–8:30pm PB £2 UCL Art Museum
A concert centred on a performance of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, scored for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo.
Join us for a screening of James Ivory’s lavish vision of the Grand Tour with an introduction contextualising the importance of European travel in the work of Richard Cooper Jnr and the ‘Legacy’ exhibition (p19).
j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764 ucl.ac.uk/chambermusic
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: ensembles
PB = Prebook
college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1000 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16084
Tue 14 Mar 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room
A concert showcasing ensembles formed by the UCL student, staff and alumni members of this year’s UCL Chamber Music Club. j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764 ucl.ac.uk/chambermusic
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Exhibitions
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Cabinets of consequence Wed 1 Jun 2016–Fri 21 April 2017 9am–7pm Octagon Gallery
This exhibition explores the interplay between human, animal, environmental and technological activity, within the context of ecological change – drawing upon UCL’s research and collections to trace the multiple effects of everyday materials and artefacts. Produced by the UCL Public & Cultural Engagement Unit and designed by artists Helena Hunter and Mark Peter Wright. sussanah.chan@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3163
Legacy: an exhibition of prints, drawings and artist albums by Richard Cooper Jnr Mon 9 Jan–Fri 14 Mar 1–5pm (Mon–Fri) UCL Art Museum
Richard Cooper Jnr was a versatile and experimental artist, highly regarded by his contemporaries, yet no thorough study of his life and work exists. Our exhibition ‘Legacy’ addresses this by bringing together his innovative prints and drawings, including albums compiled by the artist himself. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1000
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Artefacts of excavation Tue 31 Jan–Sat 29 Apr 1–5pm (Tue–Sat) UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Join us for a launch of a new exhibition that charts the politics of distribution of British excavations from Egypt between the 1880s and the 1980s. events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
East side stories: Londoners in transition Mon 30 Jan–Fri 15 Dec 9:30am–5pm (Mon–Fri) UCL Main Library
East London has a long and fascinating history of regeneration and change. This exhibition provides snapshots of everyday lives as the metropolis expanded and new communities emerged over the centuries. Touching on education, trade, leisure and health, ‘East side stories’ draws on the collections and archives held by UCL Library Services. k.cheney@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 4306
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Pop-up exhibition: printing innovation at UCL Wed 1 Feb 1–5pm PB UCL Art Museum
UCL Art Museum’s volunteers have put together a pop-up exhibition of highlights from the collection with a focus on printing innovation at the UCL Slade School of Fine Art. Brought to you by UCL Culture and the UCL Slade School Fine of Art. college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1000 ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/ booking?ev=16080
Diary Wed 1 Jun 2016 –Fri 21 April 2017
9am–7pm
Cabinets of consequence
p19
Mon 9 Jan –Fri 14 Mar
1–5pm (Mon–Fri)
Legacy: an exhibition of prints, drawings and artist albums by Richard Cooper Jnr
p19
Thur 12 Jan
6:30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
p14
Sat 14 Jan
1:30–4:30pm
Creature creations
p07
Tue 17 Jan
1–2pm
Legacy in conversation: who was Richard Cooper Jnr?
p02
Tue 17 Jan
1:15–1:45pm
One Pot Per Day lunchtime talk
p02
Tue 17 Jan
1:15–1:55pm
The neurobiology of beauty
p09
Tue 17 Jan
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: piano
p14
Thur 19 Jan
1:15–1:55pm
Cosmic archaeology
p09
Tue 24 Jan
1:15–1:55pm
Panel – spotlight on emerging research
p09
Tue 24 Jan
7–9pm
In the dark x Grant Musuem of Zoology
p14
Thur 26 Jan
1:15–1:45pm
The secret life of objects: volunteer lunchtime talk
p02
Thur 26 Jan
1:15–1:55pm
The Arctic on the fast track of change
p09
Thur 26 Jan
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: baroque
p14
Thur 26 Jan
6:30–7:30pm
Undead promenade: deconstructing the High Line
p02
Sat 28 Jan
11am–1pm
Local roots/global routes: the legacies of slavery in Hackney
p03
Sat 28 Jan
1–4pm
Explore zoology
p07
Mon 30 Jan –Fri 15 Dec
9:30am–5pm (Mon–Fri)
East side stories: Londoners in transition
p20
Mon 30 Jan
6–7:30pm
On the peak of darkness: from the abyss to the light
p03
Tue 31 Jan – Sat 29 Apr
1–5pm (Tue–Sat)
Artefacts of excavation
p20
Tue 31 Jan
1:15–1:55pm
The global reach of EU law
p10
Wed 1 Feb
1–5pm
Pop-up exhibition: printing innovation at UCL
p20
Wed 1 Feb
6–8pm
Maps and mapmaking in the 19th and early 20th centuries
p03
Wed 1 –Fri 3 Feb
7:30–10pm & 2:30–5pm
Sophocles’ Antigone
p15
Thur 2 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
Planetary economics: getting to a stable climate with a healthy economy
p10
Thur 2 Feb
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: new performers
p15
Mon 6 Feb
6–7:30pm
On the peak of darkness: from the abyss to the light
p03
Tue 7 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
Can we ever have a crime-free world?
p10
Wed 8 Feb
6–8pm
Housman Lecture 2017
p03
Thur 9 Feb
1:15–1:45pm
Artefacts of excavation lunchtime tour
p04
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Diary Thur 9 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
“The youth of our middling rich”: how egalitarian were UCL’s founders?
p10
Fri 10 Feb
1:10–1:55pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: American experimental
p15
Sat 11 Feb
1:30–4:30pm
Creature creations
p07
Mon 13 Feb
6–7:30pm
On the peak of darkness: from the abyss to the light
p03
Tue 14 Feb
1:15–1:45pm
The secret life of objects: volunteer lunchtime talk Valentine’s Day special
p04
Tue 14 –Sat 18 Feb
1:30–4:30pm
Weird and wonderful wildlife
p07
Spy speak
p07
Tue 14 2–4pm –Thur 16 Feb Tue 14 Feb
6:30–9pm
Valentine’s at the Grant Museum of Zoology
p15
Wed 15 Feb
1–2pm
Legacy in conversation: innovation in printmaking
p04
Wed 15 Feb
6–8pm
Voicing the past – an enactment of Petrie’s war lectures
p16
Mon 20 Feb
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: Zoltán Kodály
p16
Tue 21 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
The battle within: mobilising our immune system to fight cancer
p11
Tue 21 Feb
6:30–8:30pm
UCL Art Museum Film Club: The Draughtman’s Contract
p16
Wed 22 Feb
6–8pm
Objects of desire
p04
Thur 23 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
Cooling babies to protect the brain: one of the success stories for baby care
p11
Thur 23 Feb
6:30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
p14
Sat 25 Feb
1–4pm
Explore zoology
p07
Mon 27 Feb
6–7:30pm
On the peak of darkness: from the abyss to the light
p03
Tue 28 Feb
1–2pm
Legacy in conversation: Liz Rideal on Rome and the Campagna
p05
Tue 28 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
Knowledge and law: exploring landscape in the context of wind energy
p11
Thur 2 –Sat 4 Mar
Various times
Your Universe 2017
p16
Thur 2 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
Adventures in the seventh dimension
p11
Fri 3 Mar
1:10 –1:55pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: Stabat Mater
p17
Mon 6 Mar
6–7:30pm
On the peak of darkness: from the abyss to the light
p03
Tue 7 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
Women against pit closures: women in the miners’ strike of 1984–5 (to mark International Women’s Day)
p12
Wed 8 Mar
6–8pm
Awesome archaeologists: women in archaeology
p05
Thur 9 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
Swearing as a second language: should we teach ‘bad language’ to language learners?
p12
Sat 11 Mar
1:30–4:30pm
Creature creations
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Mon 13 Mar
6–7:30pm
On the peak of darkness: from the abyss to the light
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Tue 14 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
Heads you win: tails you lose – the leadership gamble
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Tue 14 Mar
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert: ensembles
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Tue 16 Mar
1:15–1:45pm
The secret life of objects: volunteer lunchtime talk
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Tue 16 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
How can 21st century research on autism empower London’s teachers?
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Thur 16 Mar
6:30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
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Mon 20 Mar
6–7:30pm
On the peak of darkness: from the abyss to the light
p03
Tue 21 Mar
6:30–8:30pm
UCL Art Museum Film Club: A Room with a View
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Wed 22 Mar
6–8:30pm
Artefacts of excavation: ideas slam
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Sat 25 Mar
1–4pm
Explore zoology
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Mon 27 Mar
6–7:30pm
On the peak of darkness: from the abyss to the light
p03
Sat 8 Apr
1:30–4:30pm
Creature creations
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Sat 22 Apr
1–4pm
Explore zoology
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Thur 27 Apr
6:30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
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Contacts 01 UCL main
campus Gower Street London WC1E 6BT +44 (0)20 7679 2000 ucl.ac.uk
02 UCL Institute
of Archeology 31–34 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PY +44 (0) 20 7679 7495 03 UCL Art
Museum South Cloisters, Wilkins Building, Gower Street London WC1E 6BT Mon–Fri, 1–5pm college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540 ucl.ac.uk/museums/uclart 04 UCL Bartlett
School of Architecture 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB architecture@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 9646 05 Darwin Lecture
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Room Wilkins Building Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT jhouse@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764 08 UCL Grant
Museum of Zoology Rockefeller Building 21 University Street London WC1E 6DE Mon–Sat, 1–5pm zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052 ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology 09 Octagon
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