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Public events at UCL: January–April 2016
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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 spring 2016. There are many great events from January right through until April. Join the UCL Institute for Women’s Health as it celebrates International Women’s Day 2016 (p06) or visit the UCL Grant Museum and take part in their family fun activities (p10). The UCL Lunch Hour Lecture series is once again full of fascinating speakers for the spring term. Come and hear our UCL experts speak on ‘How we should deal with creationism in schools’ (p13) and ‘Why glaciers don’t like the smell of frying bacon’ (p14). The events listed here are only 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: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Cover image:, Make an Amarna pavement: half term activities, Wed 17–Fri 19 Feb © UCL Creative Media Services p10
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Talks Lectures Discussions
African Voices @UCL A series of Africa-themed academic and cultural events, African Voices will bring together research expertise from across UCL and the knowledge of African colleagues to explore significant issues in Africa in terms of human wellbeing, intercultural interaction, sustainable cities and global health. Mon 18–Sun 31 Jan | various times UCL Institute of Advanced Studies africanvoices@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 9054 2383 ucl.ac.uk/africanstudies/africanvoices
Translating French poetry in the 1890s: translation as an expanded concept
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Professor Clive Scott (University of East Anglia) examines the role of translation in the poetry of those Victorian poets (Arthur Symons, Ernest Dowson and John Gray) whose work saw a resurgence in the 1990s. What was novel in the poetry often had a French source. But a concept of translation that confines itself to whole-text-to-whole-text transfer will risk overlooking the underlying expressive values at stake. Thur 21 Jan | 6:30–8pm Pre-booking essential G6 Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute of Archaeology g.brodie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1317
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Beyond the red line: how universities are re-imagining cities
Revolution under a king: lunchtime talk
This seminar will precede the launch of a new UCL Urban Laboratory report containing case study research in university and community-led regeneration. It will explore the role of universities in urban renewal processes and the potential for communities to engage with these.
Join colleagues Dr Richard Taws and Dr Sue Walker from UCL History of Art as they talk about image and print in the ‘age of revolution’ from 1789 to 1848.
Tue 26 Jan | 4:30–7pm Pre-booking essential G02, 140 Hampstead Road urbanlaboratory@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 9402
Wed 10 Feb | 1–5pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk + 44 (0)20 7679 2540
Gender identities in the past and present: Hatshepsut & Akhenaten A discussion around gender identity, focusing on depictions of the pharaohs Hatshepsut and Akhenaten in the ancient world and early 20th-century attitudes to their allegedly ‘transgressive’ identities. We will also consider how these pharaohs might allow us to reflect on ideas about sexuality and gender identification in the present. Thur 4 Feb | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Gender identities in the past and present: Hatshepsut & Akhenaten, 4 Feb 03
Talks/lectures/discussions
Translation in prehistory
Housman Lecture 2016
Dr Daniel Abondolo (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) explores translation in the distant past, before writing. Topics will include scales of ‘borrowability’ between cultures, how contact influences change and split-second vs. longue durée metaphor. Case studies will cover languages in (pre-)ancient Greece, Northwest Siberia and the Amazon.
UCL Greek & Latin hosts its annual public lecture, named in honour of its most celebrated professor, poet A. E. Housman. This year’s guest speaker is Professor Denis Feeney (Princeton University), a specialist in Latin literature and Roman religion.
Thur 11 Feb | 6:30–8pm Pre-booking essential G6 Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute of Archaeology g.brodie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1317
Soho Spirit Part of UCL LGBT History Month, Soho Spirit is an interdisciplinary conference designed to bring together those who are working on, or are interested in, Soho and its relationship with London’s LGBTQ+ community. This event will help us to understand why and how Soho is changing, and the effect that this will have. Sat 20 Feb | 10am–5pm Pre-booking essential St. Anne’s Church and Community Centre, 55 Dean Street, London W1D 6AF urbanlaboratory@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 9402
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Tue 23 Feb | 6–8pm Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre classicsoffice@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 7522
Revolution under a king: in conversation Join curators Dr Richard Taws and Emeritus Professor David Bindman (UCL Art History) as they talk about the UCL Art Museum exhibition ‘Revolution under a king: French prints 1789–92’. Wed 24 Feb | 6:30–7:30pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk + 44 (0)20 7679 2540
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Objects of desire Join Egyptologist John J. Johnston for an evening of engaging conversation with artists, writers and academics as they use artefacts drawn from the extensive UCL Petrie Museum of Archaeology collection to discuss concepts of desire, both ancient and modern.
Biography as networked action: James S. Holmes, poetry translator Dr Francis Jones (Newcastle University) discusses James S. Holmes, a founding father of translation studies, and one of the main Dutch-English poetry translators and poetry-translation editors of his generation. This talk uses his poetry translation career as a case study of a ‘dedicated expert’ – someone who devotes their working life to transmitting poetry between two languages. Thur 3 Mar | 6:30–8pm Pre-booking essential G6 Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute of Archaeology g.brodie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 1317
Lynda Bullock
Thur 25 Feb | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £5 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Soho Spirit, 20 Feb
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Talks/lectures/discussions
The women behind Petrie excavations: International Women’s Day 2016 International Women’s Day @UCL The UCL Petrie Museum is named after Flinders Petrie, but many of his co-workers, particularly those who were Egyptian and female, are less well known. Join us for a celebration of the women behind many of Petrie’s excavations to link in with International Women’s Day. With the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East. Sat 5 Mar | 10:30am–1pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
What are some of the most important issues facing women in today’s world? To celebrate International Women’s Day 2016, the UCL Institute for Women’s Health invites you to a series of compelling events that will challenge the way that society sees women. Mon 7–Fri 11 March | various times Pre-booking esssential UCL main campus www.instituteforwomenshealth.ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 6509
In shadow: fragments of the Amarna Palace Join conservator Pia Edqvist for a gallery talk to find out more about the care that the brightly coloured material from Amarna needs in order for it to be preserved for another 2,500 years. Tue 8 Mar | 1:15–2pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
In shadow: fragments of the Amarna Palace, 8 Mar 06
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Activities Workshops Family events
Explore zoology Ever wondered how heavy an elephant’s tusk is? Or how sharp a shark’s tooth is? Well, bring along your budding zoologists for our family hands-on, specimen-based activities and be inspired to ask these questions and many more of our enthusiastic museum educators. Come along and be amazed at the natural world. Sat 16 Jan | 1–4pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Dead, life drawing With cabinets full of (not so alive) life models from across the animal kingdom, we invite you to join us for a lively evening of drawing. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced, our sessions are led by a museum artist to give you confidence in a wide range of drawing practices.
For event listings and to book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Tue 26 Jan | 6:30–9pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £6 (includes a glass of wine and materials) UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
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Nefertiti: defining beauty
Drawing Tuesdays
An evening exploring ideas of beauty and the role of Nefertiti as a black icon. Beginning with a talk from Kandace Chimbiri which considers how Nefertiti has defined (or not) ancient Egyptian beauty, the event will then invite attendees to take part in an artistic activity that explores the concept of beauty itself.
Grab a pencil and a sketchbook and come and draw inspiration from our collection at our dedicated drop-in drawing sessions on the first Tuesday of the month. We will provide pencils and paper for you to sketch with.
Thur 28 Jan | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Creature creations Create works of art inspired by some of the weird and wonderful animals that call the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology home, or invent your very own, brand new animal in our family art day with our museum artist. Sat 30 Jan | 1:30–4:30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
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Tue 2 Feb | 1–5pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk + 44 (0)20 7679 2540
Safe drinking water in Mexico: a project by EWB-UCL Join the UCL branch of Engineers Without Borders UK for a pop-up event that will focus on its ongoing Mexico project, which aims to bring clean and safe water to the San Miguel de Allende community. Project team members will be on hand to meet visitors and answer questions. Samples from the Geology Collections, including arsenic, will be on display. Fri 5 Feb | 12:30–4:30pm The Rock Room nicholas.booth@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 0664
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Reading Agatha Christie’s Akhnaton
Scents & sensuality: fragrance during the reign of Akhenaten
Never before performed, Agatha Christie’s Akhnaton depicts an empire in the midst of crisis, led by a visionary pharaoh wanting to break with the old ways. Actors and volunteers will read Act 2 of this play, with an overview of Acts 1 and 3 to guide you through this evocative tale of the ‘heretic pharaoh’.
Using the most evocative of the human senses, discover the might of heretic king Akhenaten and his famously beautiful queen Nefertiti with the renowned purveyor of olfactory adventures, Odette Toilette. Egyptologist John J. Johnston will discuss the scents of ancient Egypt with an opportunity to sample the fragrances under discussion.
Wed 10 Feb | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £5 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Thur 11 Feb | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £5 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Anti-Valentine’s late opening at the Jewish Museum With help from UCL Archaeology Museum Studies students, the Jewish Museum will hold a themed late opening event to coincide with their temporary exhibition, Blood. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the museum after hours, view the exhibition and enjoy bloody cocktails, horror music and more. Thur 11 Feb | 6–9pm Pre-booking essential Jewish Museum London, Raymond Burton House, 129-131 Albert Street, London NW1 7NB t.moussouri@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4938
Scents & sensuality: fragrance during the reign of Akhenaten, 11 Feb 09
Activities/workshops/family events
Grant Museum after hours: Valentine’s at the Grant Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. So where better to do it yourself than at the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology? Whether you’re looking for love or seeking to impress your valentine, join us for this special late opening to discover the museum after dark, enjoy a drink and uncover seduction in the animal world. Fri 12 Feb | 6:30–8pm Tickets: £6, sold on the door (includes a glass of wine) UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Explore zoology Ever wondered how heavy an elephant’s tusk is? Or how sharp a shark’s tooth is? Well, bring along your budding zoologists for our family hands-on, specimen-based activities and be inspired to ask these questions and many more of our enthusiastic museum educators. Come along and be amazed at the natural world. Sat 13 Feb | 1–4pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
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Family fun at the Grant Museum We have rifled through our drawers and searched through our cabinets to bring you some of our most amazing animals for our family hands-on, specimen-based activities this half-term. Get up close to our walrus, marvel at the size of our rhino and peer inside a shark’s mouth! Mon 15–Sat 20 Feb | 1–4:30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Make an Amarna pavement: half-term activities Join us to recreate one of the fabulous pavements from the Amarna Palace, housed in the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Find out more about Petrie’s excavations and the beautiful fragments of the palace that were found. Make your own tile based on the palace pavements or a wall hanging to take home. Wed 17–Fri 19 Feb | 2–4:30pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Dead, life drawing
Drawing Tuesdays
With cabinets full of (not so alive) life models from across the animal kingdom, we invite you to join us for a lively evening of drawing. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced, our sessions are led by a museum artist to give you confidence in a wide range of drawing practices.
Grab a pencil and a sketchbook and come and draw inspiration from our collection at our dedicated drop-in drawing sessions on the first Tuesday of the month. We will provide pencils and paper for you to sketch with.
Tue 23 Feb | 6:30–9pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £6 (includes a glass of wine and materials) UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Tue 1 Mar | 1–5pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk + 44 (0)20 7679 2540
Creature creations Create works of art inspired by some of the weird and wonderful animals that call the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology home, or invent your very own, brand new animal in our family art day with our museum artist. Sat 27 Feb | 1:30–4:30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Valentine’s at the Grant, 12 Feb
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Your Universe 2016
Dead, life drawing
Come along to UCL’s 11th 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). The festival is open to the general public during evenings and Saturday afternoon.
With cabinets full of (not so alive) life models from across the animal kingdom, we invite you to join us for a lively evening of drawing. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced, our sessions are led by a museum artist to give you confidence in a wide range of drawing practices.
Creature creations Create works of art inspired by some of the weird and wonderful animals that call the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology home, or invent your very own, brand new animal in our family art day with our museum artist.
Tue 15 Mar | 6:30–9pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £6 (includes a glass of wine and materials) UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
© Francisco Diego, UCL
Thur 10 Mar–Sat 12 Mar | all day UCL main campus f.diego@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0) 7974917878 www.ucl.ac.uk/youruniverse
Sat 12 Mar | 1:30–4:30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Your Universe 2016, 10–12 Mar
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Lunch Hour Lectures
The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:15–1:55pm
There are dramatic differences in health between countries and within countries, and these health inequalities defy usual explanations. Conventional approaches to improving health only go so far. Professor Sir Michael Marmot looks at evidence from around the world to show how we can reduce the health gap.
Darwin Lecture Theatre (accessed via Malet Place) Free, no need to book Places are on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive by 1pm to avoid disappointment. events@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 3840 Watch live www.ucl.ac.uk/lhl/streamed Watch online www.youtube.com/ucllhl Follow on Twitter @ucllhl
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Professor Sir Michael Marmot UCL Institute of Health Equity
Tue 19 Jan
How should we deal with creationism in schools? Reverend Professor Michael Reiss UCL Institute of Education
To many people’s surprise, creationism has become more common in British schools. How should teachers respond in science lessons and religious education lessons? Should we try to reduce the incidence of creationism? And what about Intelligent Design? Join Reverend Professor Michael Reiss as he explores these questions and more. Thur 21 Jan 13
Lunch Hour Lectures
The handmaiden’s emissions: international shipping in changing climates
The state, science and Humphry Davy
Dr Tristan Smith UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources
This year marks the bicentenary of the deployment of the safety lamp, invented by Humphry Davy. Its remarkable success has tended to mask Davy’s practical failures, including a diplomatic incident over unrolling the Herculaneum papyri and the disabling of the Royal Navy. Join Professor Frank James as he explains the difficulty of applying science successfully.
International shipping is the system that enables globalisation. The way it quietly and efficiently executes its role has led to its labelling as ‘the handmaiden of world trade’. But this enabler of export-led economic growth is also heavily dependent on fossil fuels, which have significant and growing environmental impacts. Tue 26 Jan
Why glaciers don’t like the smell of frying bacon Professor Henrietta L. Moore UCL Institute for Global Prosperity
Many communities around the world think of landscapes, plants, rocks, wind, non-human ancestors and a variety of physical phenomena, beings and entities as having consciousness and intentionality. Should we be using these ideas to regain our respect and sense of wonder about our planet? And what difference would it make if we did? Thur 28 Jan 14
Professor Frank James UCL Science and Technology Studies
Tue 2 Feb
International law and the protection of cultural property in war Professor Roger O’Keefe UCL Laws
Acts of destruction and pillage of historical sites and antiquities, like those seen in Syria, Iraq and Libya, are prohibited under international law. This lecture explores the international rules and their enforcement via peace agreements, criminal and other international judicial proceedings and the intervention of the United Nations Security Council. Thur 4 Feb
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Why do we give? Charity-giving through an evolutionary lens
From gases to gloops: instabilities in fluids
Dr Nichola Raihani
Dr Helen Wilson UCL Mathematics
UCL Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment
In this talk, Dr Nichola Raihani will discuss how individuals might themselves benefit from making charitable donations and how our psychology might trick us into believing that we are truly altruistic when we are, in fact, performing actions that are ultimately self-beneficial. Tue 9 Feb
Fluid flows make up so much of our world, from the atmosphere and oceans to volcanic lava. They are also key to many biological processes, and almost everything we use goes through a fluid stage in its manufacture. Dr Helen Wilson shows how these fluid flows can become unstable and explains some of the mechanisms at work. Tue 23 Feb
The illusion of infinity: is there a limit to optical fibre bandwidth? Professor Polina Bayvel UCL Engineering
The development of optical fibre communication networks has sparked the communication revolution and the growth of the internet. Is there a limit to the capacity of an optical fibre channel? This lecture will describe some of the physics of optical fibre transmission, the limits to achievable data rates and the techniques that can be used to overcome them. Thur 11 Feb
Why glaciers don’t like the smell of frying bacon, 28 Jan 15
Lunch Hour Lectures
Childhood maltreatment through the lens of neuroscience and epigenetics Professor Eamon McCrory UCL Psychology and Language Sciences
Still lives: death, desire and the portrait of the Old Master Dr Maria Loh UCL History of Art
Childhood maltreatment is a strong predictor of mental and physical ill health. How does such adversity ‘get under the skin’? Latent vulnerability is one way of thinking about how maltreatment calibrates biological and neurocognitive systems, in ways that may be adaptive in the short-term but incur long-term costs.
Michelangelo was one of the biggest international artists of his time, but being Michelangelo was not easy: he was stalked by fans, lauded and lambasted by critics and depicted in unauthorised portraits. This talk will examine the processes by which artists such as Michelangelo, Sofonisba Anguissola and Titian became early modern celebrities.
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Thur 3 Mar
‘This should be fun!’: consent, sex and wronging
Reproduction without sex: what does technology have to offer?
Professor Veronique Munoz-Darde UCL Philosophy
Professor Joyce Harper UCL Institute for Women’s Health
Join Professor Veronique Munoz-Darde as she explores the moral significance of consent in general, of consent to sex in particular and what should count as non-consensual bodily invasion.
The first IVF baby was born in 1978. Since then, technology has advanced so that IVF success rates are higher than natural conception, and it is now possible to check the chromosomes of the embryonic genome using next generation sequencing. Is genome editing the next logical step?
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Ovarian cancer screening: the long journey
Bones, mummies, tuberculosis and ancient DNA
Professor Usha Menon UCL Institute for Women’s Health
Dr Helen Donoghue UCL Infection and Immunity
Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of death from gynaecological malignancies. Professor Usha Menon speaks about her group’s 30-year journey and one of the largest randomised controlled trials ever involving more than 202,000 British women to try to establish whether a screening programme may save lives.
Tuberculosis is an ancient disease and is still with us today. Historical DNA tells us that ‘modern’ tuberculosis existed 9,000 years ago, and the fact that its different strains are found in different human populations means that it can tell us a lot about early human migrations. Thur 17 Mar
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On the origins of life: a chemist’s perspective Dr Matt Powner UCL Chemistry
Over the past 150 years, great advances have been made to elucidate the molecular basics of evolution and the evolutionary trajectory of life, but the origins of life remain a mystery. Join Dr Matt Powner as he attempts to shed more light on the subject by exploring the self assembly of metabolites. Tue 15 Mar
Ovarian cancer screening: the long journey, 10 Mar 17
Performances Film screenings Music
Grant Museum after hours: Three Ages (1923) on the big screen The rituals of courtship are timeless as silent movie star Buster Keaton proves in Three Ages, a film that sees him overcome dinosaurs, chariot races and the roaring 20s in his pursuit of love. Join historian of biology and film-buff Professor Joe Cain as he shares his love of this classic film. The film is followed by a free wine reception at the museum. Tue 12 Jan | 6:30–9pm JZ Young Lecture Theatre zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
UCL Chamber Music Club concert A concert of music by Beethoven, featuring the ‘Ghost’ Piano Trio, Op.70 No.1, and the song-cycle An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98. Tue 19 Jan | 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764
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UCL Art Museum Film Club: The Lady and the Duke (2001) This film takes an episodic look at a Scottish aristocrat and her relationship with Philippe, the Duke of Orleans, during the years of the French Revolution. Adapted from the memoirs of real-life aristocrat Grace Elliott, the film offers a morally complex and ambiguous view of this defining moment in French history. Tue 26 Jan | 6:30–9pm Pre-booking essential UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk + 44 (0)20 7679 2540
UCL Chamber Music Club concert A varied programme presented by performers making their debut with the Chamber Music Club. Thur 28 Jan | 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764
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Performances/film screenings/music
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
This concert features works by the celebrated late romanticist Johannes Brahms, including his Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op.40.
The programme for this lunchtime concert will consist of Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet, D.667.
Thur 4 Feb | 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764
Fri 12 Feb | 1:10–1:55pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764
The 2016 UCL Classical Play: Menander’s The Grouch
UCL Art Museum Film Club: Marie Antoinette
UCL Greek & Latin is delighted to invite you to its production of Menander’s Dyskolos (The Grouch), directed by Hippolyte Broud and produced by Chris Gallacher. Dyskolos is the story of Knemon, a grouchy old man who hates the world. Hilarity ensues in this award-winning play of 316 BC.
Based on the award-winning biography Marie Antoinette: The Journey, by historian Lady Antonia Fraser, Marie Antoinette is a sympathetic account of the private life of the last queen of France before the revolution. the film is set to a contemporary 21st-century soundtrack and attempts to capture the decadence of the court of Versailles.
Wed 10–Fri 12 Feb | 7:30–10pm Pre-booking essential South Cloisters hippolyte.broud.14@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 7522
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Wed 17 Feb | 6:30–9pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £5 (includes a glass of wine and popcorn) Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre college.art@ucl.ac.uk + 44 (0)20 7679 2540
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Petrie Film Club presents The Egyptian (1954)
Ça ira! UCL Chamber Music Club in collaboration with UCL Art Museum
Based on the international bestseller by Mika Waltari, this glittering Hollywood epic explores the life of New Kingdom physician Sinuhe (Edmund Purdom) as he encounters deceit, treachery and lust within the court of Egypt’s heretical king, Akhenaten (Michael Wilding). Presented with an introduction by Egyptologist John J. Johnston.
Join UCL Art Museum and UCL Chamber Music Club for a special lunchtime concert of music inspired by the current exhibition of prints from the French Revolution, ‘Revolution under a king: French prints 1789–92’. Get swept up in echoes of music from the court, the theatre and the streets.
UCL Chamber Music Club concert The main item in this programme will be Dmitri Shostakovich’s last work, his Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op.147.
Thur 25 Feb | 1:10–1:40pm Pre-booking essential UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
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Thur 18 Feb | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £5 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Mon 22 Feb | 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764
Ça ira! UCL Chamber Music Club in collaboration with UCL Art Museum, 25 Feb 21
Performances/film screenings/music
UCL Chamber Music Club concert A lunchtime concert of Baroque music, including a performance of J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.6 arranged for two recorders and continuo. Fri 4 Mar | 1:10–1:55pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764
Monstrous or misunderstood: Furies A screening of two episodes of cult television depicting the Furies, as part of our series of ‘Monstrous or misunderstood: female classical monsters in sci-fi television.’ In an introductory talk, Amanda Potter explores the myth of the Furies and representations of these female monsters in art, film and TV. Thur 10 Mar | 6–8:30pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Grant Museum after hours: Animal Showoff What would happen if we invited experts on every type of fauna to tell jokes about the animals that they know and love (or hate) for just nine minutes? The answer is Animal Showoff – a fun evening of science, jokes, stories and laughter! Come and discover more about the animal kingdom from some of its biggest fans. Wed 9 Mar | 6:30–9:30pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £6 UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052 22
UCL Chamber Music Club concert This concert will be on the theme of ‘revolution’, to coincide with the concurrent exhibition about the French Revolution at the UCL Art Museum. Thur 17 Mar | 5:30–6:30pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104 764
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Bright Club This is the first time in 2016 that researchers become stand-up comedians as Bright Club brings together UCL researchers for a great night of comedy. These events are supported by a professional comedian and the night will be themed around the future of the researchers’ work. Tue 22 Mar | 7:30–9:30pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £6 Bloomsbury Studio, Bloomsbury Theatre philippa.richardson@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 8916
A screening of two episodes of cult television depicting Sirens, as part of our series of ‘Monstrous or misunderstood: female classical monsters in sci-fi television’. In an introductory talk, Amanda Potter explores the myth of the Sirens and representations of these female monsters in art, film and TV. Wed 23 Mar | 6–8:30pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
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Monstrous or misunderstood: Sirens
Grant Museum after hours: Animal Showoff, 9 Mar
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Exhibitions
Characters and collections: 1915–2015 Marking the 100-year anniversary of the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology being open to the general public, this exhibition provides insight into this worldrenowned collection and the characters involved in the museum over the past century, drawing on narratives from its rich history. Wed 1 Jul 2015–Fri 25 Jan 2016 | 1–5pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2884
We need to talk: connecting through technology This exhibition explores the technologies we have used to communicate with each other in different periods of time, challenging the way that we see this technology and leading us to question our assumptions of what these technologies actually are.
For event listings and to book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events 20 2 0 28 24
Fri 8 May 2015 –Wed 20 Apr 2016 9:30am–5pm UCL Institute of Archaeology i.carroll@ucl.ac.uk
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Dangerous diaries: exploring risks and rewards in fabrication From carving and cooking to printmaking and glassblowing, how do we decipher the joys and perils of production? In conversation with artefacts from UCL Collections, this Octagon Gallery exhibition delves into the daily lives of materials and making enthusiasts to explore changing perceptions of risk and reward in fabrication. Mon 21 Sept 2015–Sun 31 Jan 2016 | 7am–9pm Octagon Gallery sussanah.chan@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3163
Embroidered minds: William Gowers and the Morris family
Mon 16 Nov 2015–Fri 26 Feb 2016 9am–6pm (Mon–Fri) Queen Square Library, UCL Institute of Neurology sarah.lawson@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3448 4709
© Sue Ridge
William Morris, designer and social reformer, worked in Queen Square from 1865 to 1881. This collaboration between artists, writers, doctors and academics, is investigating a ‘conspiracy of silence’ about epilepsy in his family. In this exhibition, the collaborators embroider work by 19th-century neurologist William Gowers with their own.
Embroidered minds: William Gowers and the Morris family, 16 Nov – 26 Feb 25
Exhibitions
Spectacle
Revolution under a king: French prints 1789–92
Revolution under a king, 11 Jan–10 June
Showcasing a unique collection of prints from the first three years of the French Revolution, this exhibition will consist of vivid coloured prints of major events from the period, as well as a selection of medals, including one made from ‘chains of servitude’, supposedly found in the ruins of the Bastille. Mon 11 Jan–Fri 10 June 2016 | 1–5pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Fair play and foul: connecting with Shakespeare at UCL This exhibition considers Shakespeare’s influence and our perennial fascination with the Bard. From the cause célèbre of William Ireland’s forgeries in the 1790s to the continuing reinterpretation of his work in the modern curriculum, Shakespeare’s patrons, peers, scholars and imitators are represented here by items from UCL Library Services. Mon 1 Feb–Thur 15 Dec│9:30am–5pm UCL Main Library k.cheney@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 9676 26
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Pop-up display: Jews and Photography in Britain Join us for a specially curated pop-up display to mark Jewish Book Week at the UCL Art Museum by Professor Michael Berkowitz (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies). Professor Berkowitz will be showing material relating to his new book, Jews and Photography in Britain, as well as choosing items from the UCL Art Museum collection to put on display.
Jews and Photography in Britain, 26 Feb
Fri 26 Feb | 1–5pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk + 44 (0)20 7679 2540
Akhenaten: heretic, visionary and icon A display highlighting the magnificent objects of the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology’s collection from Amarna. The exhibition also explores the ambiguous and contentious figure of Akhenaten. Considered by some as ‘deviant’, by others as a hero, can we ever know who Akhenaten really was or can we only creatively imagine him in opera, art and fiction? Tue 27 Feb–Sat 27 August 2016│1–5pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2884
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Cabinets of consequence How can UCL collections and research be assembled to reflect the entanglement of human, animal and technological life? Inspired by philosopher Gilles Deleuze, this exhibition juxtaposes the work of UCL geographers, neuroscientists, archeologists, zoologists and more, creating profound connections across time and matter. Mon 4 Apr–Fri 11 Nov 2016 | 7am–9pm Octagon Gallery Sussanah.chan@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3163
© Matt Clayton
Stress, approaches to the First World War, 9 Oct–20 Nov
Cabinets of consequence, 4 Apr – 11 Nov
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Events diary 1 Jul–Fri 25 Jan 2016
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events 1–5pm
Characters and collections: 1915–2015
p24
8 May 2015 9:30am–5pm –20 Apr 2016
We need to talk: connecting through technology
p24
21 Sept 2015 7am–9pm –31 Jan 2016
Dangerous diaries: exploring risks and rewards in fabrication
p25
16 Nov 2015 –26 Feb 2016
Embroidered minds: William Gowers and the Morris family
p25
Revolution under a king: French prints 1789–92
p26
9am–6pm
11 Jan– 1–5pm 10 June 2016 1 Feb–15 Dec 9:30am–5pm
Fair play and foul: connecting with Shakespeare at UCL
p26
26 Feb
1–5pm
Pop-up display: Jews and Photography in Britain
p27
27 Feb – 27 Aug 2016
1–5pm
Akhenaten: heretic, visionary and icon
p27
4 Apr–11 Nov 2016
7am–9pm
Cabinets of consequence
p28
12 Jan
6:30–9pm
Grant Museum after hours: Three Ages (1923) on the big screen
p18
16 Jan
1–4pm
Explore zoology
p07
18–31 Jan
various times
African Voices @UCL
p02
19 Jan
1:15–1:55pm
The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world
p13
19 Jan
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p18
21 Jan
1:15–1:55pm
How should we deal with creationism in schools?
p13
21 Jan
6:30–8pm
Translating French poetry in the 1890s: translation as an expanded concept
p02
26 Jan
1:15–1:55pm
The handmaiden’s emissions: international shipping in changing climates
p14
26 Jan
4:30–7pm
Beyond the red line: how universities are re-imagining cities
p03
26 Jan
6:30–9pm
UCL Art Museum Film Club: The Lady and the Duke (2001)
p19
26 Jan
6:30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
p07
28 Jan
1:15–1:55pm
Why glaciers don’t like the smell of frying bacon
p14
28 Jan
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p19
28 Jan
6–8pm
Nefertiti: defining beauty
p08
30 Jan
1:30–4:30pm
Creature creations
p08
2 Feb
1–5pm
Drawing Tuesdays
p08
2 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
The state, science and Humphry Davy
p14
4 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
International law and the protection of cultural property in war
p14
4 Feb
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p20
4 Feb
6–8pm
Gender identities in the past and present: Hatshepsut & Akhenaten
p03
5 Feb
12:30–4:30pm Safe drinking water in Mexico: a project by EWB-UCL
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Events diary 9 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
Why do we give? Charity-giving through an evolutionary lens
p15
10 Feb
1–5pm
Revolution under a king: lunchtime talk
p03
10 Feb
6–8pm
Reading Agatha Christie’s Akhnaton
p09
10–12 Feb
7:30–10pm
The 2016 UCL Classical Play: Menander’s The Grouch
p20
11 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
The illusion of infinity: is there a limit to optical fibre bandwidth?
p15
11 Feb
6–8pm
Scents & sensuality: fragrance during the reign of Akhenaten
p09
11 Feb
6–9pm
Anti-Valentine’s late opening at the Jewish Museum
p09
11 Feb
6:30–8pm
Translation in prehistory
p04
12 Feb
1:10–1:55pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p20
12 Feb
6:30–8pm
Grant Museum after hours: Valentine’s at the Grant
p10
13 Feb
1–4pm
Explore zoology
p10
15–20 Feb
1–4:30pm
Family fun at the Grant Museum
p10
17 Feb
6:30–9pm
UCL Art Museum Film Club: Marie Antoinette
p20
17–19 Feb
2–4:30pm
Make an Amarna pavement: half-term activities
p10
18 Feb
6–8pm
Petrie Film Club presents The Egyptian (1954)
p21
20 Feb
10am–5pm
Soho Spirit
p04
22 Feb
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p21
23 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
From gases to gloops: instabilities in fluids
p15
23 Feb
6–8pm
Housman Lecture 2016
p04
23 Feb
6:30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
p11
24 Feb
6:30–7:30pm
Revolution under a king: in conversation
p04
25 Feb
1:15–1:55pm
Childhood maltreatment through the lens of neuroscience and epigenetics
p16
25 Feb
1:10–1:40pm
Ça ira! UCL Chamber Music Club in collaboration with UCL Art Museum
p21
25 Feb
6–8pm
Objects of desire
p05
27 Feb
1:30–4:30pm
Creature creations
p11
1 Mar
1–5pm
Drawing Tuesdays
p11
1 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
‘This should be fun!’: consent, sex and wronging
p16
3 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
Still lives: death, desire and the portrait of the Old Master
p16
3 Mar
6:30–8pm
Biography as networked action: James S. Holmes, poetry translator
p05
4 Mar
1:10–1:55pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p22
5 Mar
10:30am–1pm
The women behind Petrie excavations: International Women’s Day
p06
7–11 Mar
various times
International Women’s Day
p06
8 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
Reproduction without sex: what does technology have to offer?
p16
8 Mar
1:15–2pm
In shadow: fragments of the Amarna Palace
p06
9 Mar
6:30–9:30pm
Grant Museum after hours: Animal Showoff
p22
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Monstrous or misunderstood: Furies
p22
10 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
Ovarian cancer screening: the long journey
p17
10–12 Mar
all day
Your Universe 2016
p12
12 Mar
1:30–4:30pm
Creature creations
p12
15 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
On the origins of life: a chemist’s perspective
p17
15 Mar
6:30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
p12
17 Mar
1:15–1:55pm
Bones, mummies, tuberculosis and ancient DNA
p17
17 Mar
5:30–6:30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p22
22 Mar
7:30–9:30pm
Bright Club
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23 Mar
6–8:30pm
Monstrous or misunderstood: Sirens
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1 UCL main campus Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT +44 (0)20 7679 2000 www.ucl.ac.uk 2 UCL Institute of Advanced Studies Wilkins Building University College London Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT 3 UCL Institute of Archaeology 31–34 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PY Mon–Fri, 9–5pm (term time only) +44 (0)20 7679 7495 4 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 5 Bloomsbury Studio Bloomsbury Theatre, Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH +44 (0)20 3108 1000 www.thebloomsbury.com
6 Darwin Lecture Theatre (accessed via Malet Place) London WC1E 6BT 7 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 8 Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT 9 Haldane Room Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
12 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT Tues–Sat, 1–5pm events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/ petrie 13 UCL Rock Room South Wing, Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Fridays, 1–3pm +44 (0)20 7679 0664 14 Urban Laboratory 132 Hampstead Road, London NW1 2BX +44 (0)20 3108 9402
10 J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre Anatomy Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT 11 Queen Square Library UCL Institute of Neurology, 23 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm
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