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Public events at UCL: April–August 2015
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Welcome to UCL’s public events leaflet, showcasing a range of public talks, lectures, exhibitions, workshops, film screenings and performances taking place throughout summer 2015. There are many great events from April right through until August. Join us to hear Professor Joe Cain speak about Dinosaurs of Victorian London (p07) or come along to hear about whether we may have another hung Parliament after this year’s election in May 2015. (p02). We have some fantastic activities taking place such as Kangaroos and co. (p13) and some exciting new events about ‘Light’ (p10) and the ‘Festival of Stuff’ at the UCL Institute of Making (p14). The events listed here are only a selection of what’s on offer; for more information on each event or for a full listing, please visit our online events calendar: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Slade BA/BFA Show 2015, p24 Vera Prokhorenko, BA Degree Show 2014 Photograph by Mick Farrell.
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Talks Lectures Discussions
A hung Parliament, take two In May 2015, the UK could face another hung Parliament. What types of government could emerge? How will negotiations be conducted – and who governs in the meantime? Crucially, how will this time round differ from 2010? Whitehall experts Professor Robert Hazell and the Rt Hon Peter Riddell explain all. Wed 15 April | 1−2pm Pre-booking essential Council Room, Rubin Building constitution@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4977
The porous university: Creating partnerships in a global city UCL was founded to open up education to all on equal terms. In this lecture, Professor Michael Stewart (UCL Anthropology) explores how we can uphold our founders’ radical empowering spirit while making the university porous to the world around us.
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Tue 5 May | 6:30–7:30pm Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre t.rickards@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 1346
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Strange Creatures: Show ‘n’ tell The curators of the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology’s ‘Strange Creatures’ exhibition showcase a unique object from the museum’s 68,000-strong collection, providing a window on their research for this singular exhibition. Fri 8 May | 1–2pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Law, religion, economics and morality: Maimonides and contemporary tort theory Modern tort law theories conceived by western scholars bear many similarities to those developed 800 years ago in Egypt by Maimonides, the 12th-century Jewish polymath. This lecture by Yuval Sinai (Yale University) presents his complete theory, set in the context of other pre-modern tort theories. Mon 11 May | 6:30–8:30pm Haldane Room ijs@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3520
Education, extremism and criticality
The first smile: A poetics of the ephemeral and lasting
How do we define extremism? What constitutes ‘educational interest’ in extremism? Organised by the Centre for Research and Evaluation in Muslim Education in partnership with the British Educational Research Association Special Interest Group: Religious and Moral Education and Middlesex University.
Who are we? Where do we come from? Who are we becoming? Discover art and poems responding to these fundamental questions in a lecture by Sharon Morris (UCL Slade School) taking in her first audiovisual work Family Portrait (1981) and her current photography, which responds to Mary Dillwyn’s 1853 salt-prints.
Fri 8 May | 9am−5pm Pre-booking essential Tickets: £20, £10 BERA members Jeffery Hall, UCL Institute of Education creme@ioe.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7911 5328
Tue 12 May | 6:30–7:30pm Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre t.rickards@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 1346 03
Talks/lectures/discussions
Re-Launch in conversation: Nadine Mahoney Artist Nadine Mahoney, featured in UCL Art Museum’s Re-Launch exhibition, discusses her enduring collaboration with the museum. As a student at the UCL Slade School of Fine Art, Mahoney conducted detailed research into aspects of the collection that influence her practice to this day.
Slade Salon 2015 As part of the UCL Festival of the Arts, the UCL Slade School of Fine Art is hosting taster presentations on current research projects. The event is followed by a drinks reception in the North Cloisters. Mon 18 May | 6–7:30pm Haldane Room slade.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2313
Tue 12 May | 1–2pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Misleading cases in customary law
What’s in a metaphor?
The writer A. P. Herbert satirised customary law through his comical litigant Alfred Haddock. It is, however, a means of obtaining equitable solutions that are in line with a popular understanding of the law. Hear from Professor Martyn Rady (UCL SSEES) why customary law is both a symbol of supposed backwardness and prestige in central Europe.
We say “I see what you mean”. We speak of the Enlightenment. What is this inner light that helps us think? And where does the Renaissance come into it? Professor Dilwyn Knox (Director, School of European Languages Culture & Society) explains how a passage written in a villa outside 15th-century Florence sheds light on all of this.
Thurs 14 May | 6:30−7:30pm Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre t.rickards@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 1346
Tue 19 May | 6:30–7:30pm Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre t.rickards@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 1346
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Jews believe in saints? The posthumous travels of a medieval rabbi
Eastern European tales and modern Hebrew
Discover the role of myth and superstition in Jewish medieval Europe from Lucia Raspe of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University. This lecture is given in conjunction with the Jewish Historical Society of England.
100 years ago, followers of the Hasidic movement in Eastern Europe wrote tales about the lives of Hasidic rebbes. Dr Lily Kahn explores how the language of the tales is likely to have played a role in the development of modern (Israeli) Hebrew.
Thurs 21 May | 6:30–8pm Pearson Lecture Theatre ijs@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3520
Thurs 28 May | 6:30–8pm Haldane Room ijs@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3520
Strange Creatures: Show ‘n’ tell The curators of the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology’s Strange Creatures exhibition showcase a unique object from the museum’s 68,000-strong collection, providing a window on their research for this singular exhibition. Fri 22 May | 1–2pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Misleading cases in customary law, 14 May
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Talks/lectures/discussions
Housman Lecture 2015: The Strange Creatures: Show ‘n’ tell ‘construction’ of Pindar’s victory odes The curators of the UCL Grant The classical poet Pindar frequently likened his victory odes to precious objects, and used language associated with the erection of dedicated monuments. Find out why from Professor Leslie Kurke (University of California, Berkeley) at this lecture hosted by UCL Greek & Latin in honour of its most celebrated professor and poet. Thurs 4 June | 6−7pm Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre classicsoffice@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)207 679 7522
Re-Launch in conversation: Janne Malmros
Museum’s Strange Creatures exhibition showcase a unique object from the museum’s 68,000-strong collection, providing a window on their research for this singular exhibition. Fri 5 June | 1−2pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Focus on the Positive
Featured in UCL Art Museum’s Re-Launch exhibition, artist and UCL Slade School of Fine Art alumna Janne Malmros leads us in an image hunt in UCL Art Museum, highlighting ways in which she has drawn on exhibits from the museum and other collections to create new artworks.
Worried about the world’s problems? Come and hear UCL researchers’ potential solutions, which have been inspired by the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology, and help decide which ones receive funding. All proceeds from the paid bar will go towards conservation of the museum’s collection.
Thurs 4 June | 1–2pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Wed 10 June | 6:30–9pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
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Strange Creatures: Show ‘n’ tell
How Jesus celebrated Passover
The curators of the UCL Grant Museum’s Strange Creatures exhibition showcase a unique object from the museum’s 68,000-strong collection, providing a window on their research for this singular exhibition.
Discover numerous ways that the Last Supper has been interpreted from Anthony Grafton, a pre-eminent historian of early modern Europe, and Henry Putnam, University Professor at Princeton University, and Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
Fri 12 June | 1−2pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Thurs 25 June | 6:30–8pm Garden Room, Wilkins Building ijs@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3520
Dinosaurs of Victorian London The Crystal Palace dinosaur models were unveiled in 1854 and took the world by storm. Historian of science Professor Joe Cain explains how these models, still on display today, helped shape public perceptions of dinosaurs. A free drinks reception and a private view of the Strange Creatures exhibition follows. Tue 23 June | 6:30−9pm J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Dinosaurs of Victorian London, 23 June
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Activities Workshops Family events
The Light Project: Ancient innovations Learn about the importance of lighting in ancient Egyptian temples, tombs and the afterlife from Cambridge PhD student Meghan Strong, and gain insights from her work with lamps in the UCL Petrie collection. Join us in recreating temple lighting outside the museum. Thurs 16 April | 6−8pm Pre-booking essential | Tickets £3 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Draw it like Stubbs What animal would you draw if you only had drunken descriptions of a greyhound, wild dog, hare, deer, goat, mouse, jerboa and sheep to go on? George Stubbs came up with a kangaroo. A light-hearted evening of animal drawing. Part of the Strange Creatures series.
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Tue 21 April | 6:30–9pm Pre-booking essential UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
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The Light Project: Ancient symbolism The Light Project: Capturing light Get to grips with the symbolism of hieroglyphs and learn how light (and what else) was involved in offerings at ancient Egyptian temples at this workshop from Ildiko Kalnoky and Louise Atherton, UCL MA Egyptology students. Light up your own hieroglyphs at the installation outside the museum produced by Output Arts. Thurs 23 April | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential | Tickets £3 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Explore photographs and films of excavations from the archives of the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, and learn about their role in early archaeology with historian Amara Thornton (UCL Institute of Archaeology) and colleagues. Thurs 30 April | 6−8pm Pre-booking essential | Tickets £3 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Creating strange creatures Come along to the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology and draw inspiration from the astonishing natural world to create your own animal artwork, with the help of a museum artist. Part of the Strange Creatures series. Sat 25 April | 1–4pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
The Light Project: Ancient symbolism, 23 April
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Activities/workshops/family events
On Light
Draw it like Stubbs
Light is the stuff of magic, but its ubiquity can mean we take it for granted. Join UCL and Wellcome Collection scientists, historians, artists and architects for a long weekend of discussions, performances, installations and walks that will illuminate the cultural and scientific importance of light.
What animal would you draw if you only had drunken descriptions of a greyhound, wild dog, hare, deer, goat, mouse, jerboa and sheep to go on? George Stubbs came up with the kangaroo. A light-hearted evening of animal drawing. Part of the Strange Creatures series.
Fri 1 May–Mon 4 May | 1–5pm UCL main campus & Wellcome Collection www.wellcomecollection.org +44 (0)20 3108 1198
Light Join the Institute of Making for an extravaganza of materials and making inspired by the theme of light. Sat 2 May | 1−5pm UCL Institute of Making www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/events +44 (0)20 7679 0625
Tue 12 May | 6:30–9pm Pre-booking essential UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
The Light Project: All that glitters – Egyptian light in London Walk from Cleopatra’s Needle on the Embankment to Monument with Dr Debbie Challis and Helen Pike (UCL Petrie Museum) to learn how ancient Egyptian beliefs about capturing light have influenced modern ideas. What is a pyramidion and how does it work? What does a prism do? Where does the sun make London glitter? Thurs 14 May | 2–4pm Pre-booking essential | Tickets £5 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
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Murder Mystery: museums at night
UCL Festival of the Arts
Join UCL Museums for an evening of intrigue and subterfuge. Are you a Sherlock or a Sarah Lund, or even a Cagney and Lacey? Solve clues across the museums to uncover the murderer. Teams of up to five are welcome, with prizes for the winners and for best dressed detectives.
What was London like at night before electricity? How do different cultural media influence the role of passions such as love, rage and envy in politics? What did Mendelssohn do for a plate of sweet dumplings and cream strudel? Now in its third year, the festival celebrates the arts through a varied five-day programme of free events.
Fri 15 May | 6:30–9pm Pre-booking essential Cruciform Lecture Theatre zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052 http://uclmuseums.eventbrite.co.uk
Mon 18–Fri 22 May | All day Pre-booking essential UCL Main Campus www.ucl.ac.uk/festival-of-the-arts +44 (0)20 7679 1350
Strange Creatures at night Visit the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology for a special late opening of the exhibition, Strange Creatures: the art of unknown animals. Take in an evening of art, performance, games and live taxidermy over a glass of wine or beer for a fresh perspective on the natural world. Sat 16 May | 6:30–9pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
The Light Project: capturing light, 30 April
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The great Grant knit-a-thon
Collecting the emerging
Knitters of London, bring your needles to the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology and help knit animal skins in 12 hours. Non-knitters can enjoy the Strange Creatures exhibition over a glass of wine and hear from co-curator Sarah Wade how museums can use contemporary art and craft to engage visitors.
As UCL Art Museum reopens after refurbishment, we re-examine its place in UCL, the museum sector and the art world. Artists, curators, collectors, academics and art historians explore philosophical, ethical and practical issues at play when building a collection of contemporary art. In collaboration with the Zabludowicz Collection.
Tue 19 May | 10am–10pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Fri 22–Sat 23 May | 1–7pm Pre-booking essential UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Games at the Grant
Creating strange creatures
Shuffle your cards and roll some dice on this night of fun and fierce competition inspired by art, language, literature and the animals, with UCL researchers as your games masters. Part of UCL Festival of the Arts.
Come along to the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology and draw inspiration from the astonishing natural world to create your own animal artwork, with the help of a museum artist. Part of the Strange Creatures series.
Wed 20 May | 6:30−9pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Sat 23 May | 1–4pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
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Kangaroos and co. Bandicoots, quolls, wombats and devils: Australia is home to a world of remarkable animals. Join us to take part in our fun, hands-on specimen-based activities as we celebrate the wonderful world of marsupials. Tue 26–Sat 30 May | 1–4:30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Characters and Collections book launch Characters and Collections, a book about the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, is published this week by UCL Press. Join us for a launch where characters behind this world-class collection come to life in the museum on its 100th anniversary of being open to the public. Thurs 11 June | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 Press not publishing
Draw it like Stubbs
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What animal would you draw with only drunken descriptions of a greyhound, wild dog, hare, deer, goat, mouse, jerboa and sheep to go on? George Stubbs came up with a kangaroo. A light-hearted evening of animal drawing. Part of the Strange Creatures series. Tue 2 June | 6.30–9pm Pre-booking essential UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052 http://drawitlikestubbsmay.eventbrite.co.uk Creating strange creatures, 24 May
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Festival of stuff Block out your diary for a five-day extravaganza of stuff! There will be four days of bookable masterclasses featuring nano-scale making, weaving and wood chiselling. Join us on the final day when we will be taking over the street with making and material activities to get involved with. Tue 23–Fri 26 June | 10am–5pm Sat 27 June | 1pm–5pm (open house day) Pre-booking essential for events Tues–Fri UCL Institute of Making www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/events +44 (0)20 7679 0625
Characters and Collections Scorecards Pick up cards about objects, people and collections at the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology throughout the summer holidays. Notch up more points by exploring the museum to find out more about your ancient Egyptian object or museum person. Family activity (but all can play!). Part of the Petrie centenary celebrations Tue 21 July – Fri 28 August | 1–5pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Creating strange creatures Come along to the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology and draw inspiration from the astonishing natural world to create your own animal artwork, with the help of a museum artist. Part of the Strange Creatures series. Sat 27 June | 1–4pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Character and Collections book launch, 11 June 14
Lunch hour lectures Autumn dates: Tues 13 October – Thurs 10 December
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Performances Film screenings Music
Heroes from the dark side or the light side? Ancient and modern heroes versus the Minotaur In Atlantis, Jason saved his companions when he confronted the Minotaur. But when the Doctor met the Minotaur, there were more similarities between hero and monster than differences. The screening includes a talk from Amanda Potter (Open University). Wed 8 April | 6─8:30pm Pre-booking essential | Tickets £5 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
UCL Chamber Music Club concert A rare opportunity to hear Schubert’s masterpiece of chamber music, the Octet in F major, D.803. Tue 28 April | 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music +44 (0)7903 104764
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UCL Art Museum Film Club: Mr Turner Join UCL Art Museum Film Club for a screening of the award-winning film Mr Turner, directed by Mike Leigh. The event starts with an introduction to the UCL Art Museum and a viewing of a selection of its Turner holdings. Wed 6 May | 7–9:30pm Pre-booking essential UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Bright Club Pop down to the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre for a night of intelligent comedy. Join a host of researchers and two brilliant comedians for daft data, language laughs and incredible anecdotes that will have you rolling in the aisles. Thurs 21 May | 7:30−10pm Pre-booking essential | Tickets £8 UCL Bloomsbury Theatre www.thebloomsbury.com +44 (0)20 3108 1000
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UCL Art Museum Film Club: Mr Turner, 6 May 17
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UCL Chamber Music Club concert A lunchtime concert presented by the Chamber Music Club choir. Works will include Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus and Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine. Fri 22 May | 1:10–1:55pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music +44 (0)7903 104764
Petrie Film Club presents Gallipoli (1981) The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 took place two months after the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology opened. The disastrous campaign led to a new Middle East strategy, whose repercussions are still felt today. Dr Debbie Challis (UCL Petrie Museum) introduces the film, screened as part of the museum’s centenary celebrations. Thurs 4 June | 6–9pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
Open City Documentary Festival
The 2014−15 season closes with works for voice and a variety of instruments, such as flute, clarinet, horn and viola as well as piano. We expect to include Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) for soprano, clarinet and piano.
London’s documentary festival brings you the best creative documentaries from around the world, as well as exclusive opportunities to meet filmmakers at live question and answer sessions and special events. Based at UCL and taking place in venues across the city.
Thurs 4 June | 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/chamber-music +44 (0)7903 104764
Tue 16 – Sun 21 June | All day Pre-booking essential UCL main campus info@opencitylondon.com www.opencitylondon.com
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UCL Grant Museum of Zoology Film Club: Empire of the Ants Empire of the Ants (1977), featuring Joan Collins and Robert Lansing, presents a world in which gigantic ants have enslaved the human race. Historian of biology and film buff Professor Joe Cain introduces the film, which is followed by a free drinks reception and a private view of the museum. Wed 8 July | 6:30–9pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
UCL Grant Museum of Zoology Film Club: Empire of the Ants, 8 July 19
Exhibitions
Eights in the Octagon: medieval and Renaissance perspectives Inspired by the Octagon’s shape and location, historians of science and culture investigate the number eight as a significant principle in medieval and Renaissance systems of measurement, cosmology, design and creativity. Mon 19 January–Tue 30 June | 7am–9pm Octagon Gallery sussanah.chan@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3163
Eights in the Octagon: Medieval and Renaissance perspectives, 19 January–30 June
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Queen of the sciences In 2015, the London Mathematical Society − closely associated with UCL since its foundation − turns 150. Come and celebrate the anniversary at an exhibition of documents and correspondence from landmark figures such as Augustus de Morgan, alongside items from UCL Special Collections representing the numbers one to nine. Mon 2 Feb–Fri 18 Dec | 9.30am–5pm UCL Main Library k.cheney@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 9676
Sketch by Jeremy Bentham for his panopticon, 2 Feb–18 Dec 21
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Strange Creatures: the art of unknown animals This exhibition explores the world of animal representations, centred on the painting of a kangaroo by George Stubbs that was recently saved for the nation. It features medieval accounts of exotic creatures, art from the ages of exploration and empire, contemporary taxidermy and dinosaur reconstructions based on cutting-edge engineering principles.
Image: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Mon 16 March–Sat 27 June except Sundays | 1–5pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
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Re-Launch UCL Art Museum celebrates its post-renovation reopening with Re-Launch: an exhibition of objects, prints, video and live works on the theme of re-launching by some of the most promising UCL Slade School of Fine Art graduates who have collaborated with the museum over the past six years.
Re-Launch, 27 April–12 June
Mon 27 April – Fri 12 June | 1−5pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Treasures of the written word A rare opportunity to view UCL Library Special Collections, one of the foremost university collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives in the UK. Marvel at medieval manuscripts, early printed books, 1960s poetry and much more, as well as a demonstration of conservation techniques.
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Image: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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Mon 18 May | 12–5pm Foyer, Roberts Building spec.coll@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 7827
Treasures of the written word, 18 May
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The Light Project: The long shadow An exhibition of new work by students from Central St Martins College of Art, inspired by the theme of light as depicted in the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology collection. Tue 19 May–Sat 13 June | 1–5pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
The Light Project: The long shadow, 19 May–13 June
Slade BA/BFA Show 2015 The annual Slade BA/BFA degree show, showcasing artworks by graduating students from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art. Sat 23–Thurs 28 May | Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat–Sun 10am−5pm UCL Slade School of Fine Art slade.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2313
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Slade MA/MFA Show 2015 The annual Slade MA/MFA degree show, showcasing artworks from graduating students from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art. Wed 10 – Sun 21 June│Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat–Sun 10am–5pm UCL Slade School of Fine Art slade.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2313
Slade MA/MFA Show 2015, 10–21 June (artist: Jeehee Park)
Characters and collections: 1915–2015 An exhibition marking 100 years of the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology being open to the public. Drawing on narratives from the museum’s rich history, the exhibition provides insight into this world-renowned collection and the characters involved in the museum over the past century. Weds 1 July 2015–Mon 25 January 2016 1–5pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
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Events diary 19 Jan − 30 June
7am–9pm
Eights in the Octagon: medieval and Renaissance perspectives
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2 Feb – 18 Dec
9:30am−5pm
Queen of the sciences
p21
16 Mar – 27 June
1−5pm
Strange Creatures: the art of unknown animals
p22
27 April – 12 June
1−5pm
Re-Launch
p23
18 May
12–5pm
Treasures of the written word
p23
19 May – 13 June
1–5pm
The Light Project: The long shadow
p24
23 – 28 May
Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat–Sun 10am−5pm
Slade BA/BFA Show 2015
p24
10–21 June
Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat – Sun 10am–5pm
Slade MA/MFA Show 2015
p25
1 July – 25 Jan
1–5pm
Characters and collections: 1915–2015
p25
8 April
6–8:30pm
Heroes from the dark side or the light side? Ancient and modern heroes versus the Minotaur
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15 April
1–2pm
A hung Parliament, take two
p02
16 April
6−8pm
The Light Project: Ancient innovations
p08
21 April
6:30–9pm
Draw it like Stubbs
p08
23 April
6–8pm
The Light Project: Ancient symbolism
p09
25 April
1–4pm
Creating strange creatures
p09
28 April
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p16
30 April
6−8pm
The Light Project: Capturing light
p09
1–4 May
1–5pm
On Light
p10
2 May
1–5pm
Light
p10
5 May
6:30–7:30pm
The porous university: creating partnerships in a global city
p02
6 May
7–9:30pm
UCL Art Museum Film Club: Mr Turner
p17
8 May
1–2pm
Strange Creatures: Show ’n’ tell
p03
8 May
9am−5pm
Education, extremism and criticality
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11 May
6:30–8:30pm
Law, religion, economics and morality: Maimonides and contemporary tort theory
p03
12 May
1–2pm
Re-Launch in conversation: Nadine Mahoney
p04
12 May
6:30–7:30pm
The first smile: A poetics of the ephemeral and lasting
p03
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6:30–9pm
Draw it like Stubbs
p10
14 May
2–4pm
The Light Project: All that glitters – Egyptian light in London
p10
14 May
6:30−7:30pm
Misleading cases in customary law
p04
15 May
6:30–9pm
Murder Mystery: museums at night
p11
16 May
6:30−9pm
Strange Creatures at night
p11
18 May
6–7:30pm
Slade Salon 2015
p04
18–22 May
All day
UCL Festival of the Arts
p11
19 May
10am–10pm
The great Grant knit-a-thon
p12
19 May
6:30–7:30pm
What’s in a metaphor?
p04
20 May
6:30−9pm
Games at the Grant
p12
21 May
6:30–8pm
Jews believe in saints? The posthumous travels of a Medieval rabbi
p05
21 May
7:30−10pm
Bright Club
p17
22 May
1–2pm
Strange Creatures: Show ’n’ tell
p05
22 May
1:10–1:55pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p18
22–23 May
1–7pm
Collecting the emerging
p12
23 May
1–4pm
Creating strange creatures
p12
26–30 May
1–4:30pm
Kangaroos and co.
p13
28 May
6:30–8pm
Eastern European tales and modern Hebrew
p05
2 June
6:30−9pm
Draw it like Stubbs
p13
4 June
1–2pm
Re-Launch in conversation: Janne Malmros
p06
4 June
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p18
4 June
6−7pm
Housman Lecture 2015: The ‘construction’ of Pindar’s victory odes
p06
4 June
6–9pm
Petrie Film Club presents Gallipoli (1981)
p18
5 June
1–2pm
Strange Creatures: Show ’n’ tell
p06
10 June
6:30–9pm
Focus on the Positive
p06
11 June
6–8pm
Characters and Collections book launch
p13
12 June
1–2pm
Strange Creatures: Show ’n’ tell
p07
16–21 June
All day
Open City Documentary Festival
p18
23–27 June
10am–5pm
Festival of stuff
p14
23 June
6:30−9pm
Dinosaurs of Victorian London
p07
25 June
6:30–8pm
How Jesus celebrated Passover
p07
27 June
1–4pm
Creating strange creatures
p14
8 July
6:30–9pm
UCL Grant Museum of Zoology Film Club: Empire of the Ants
p19
21 July – 28 Aug
1−5pm
Characters and collections scorecards
p14
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10 UCL Institute of Making Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT
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11 UCL Petrie UNIVERS ITY Museum STREET of Egyptian Archaeology Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT Tues–Sat, 1–5pm events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2884 www.ucl.ac.uk/ museums/petrie
13 Rubin Building 29/31 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9QU 14 UCL Slade School of Fine Art Gower Street, London Goodge Street WC1E 6BT +44 (0)20 7679 2313
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6 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 www.ucl.ac.uk/ museums/zoology
9 J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre GRAFTON WAY Anatomy Building Gower Street London WC1E 6BT
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5 UCL Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AL Mon–Fri, 9–5pm (term time only) +44 (0)20 7679 7495
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3 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 www.ucl.ac.uk/ museums/uclart
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Wilkins Building Gower Street London WC1E 6BT
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2 Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1 Cruciform Building Gower Street London WC1E 6BT
7 Gustave Tuck Warren StreetLecture Theatre
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1 UCL main campus Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT +44 (0)20 7679 2000 www.ucl.ac.uk
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Getting to UCL By Tube
ACCESSIBILITY
Underground stations near to UCL’s main campus:
UCL aims to provide accessibility to all its events. If you require any information about any accessibility requirements, please contact UCL Disability Services on:
Euston Square (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City Lines) Goodge Street (Northern Line) Warren Street (Northern and Victoria Lines)
+44 (0)20 7679 0100 disability@ucl.ac.uk
By Rail Mainline train stations near to 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.
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:
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