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Public events at UCL: April–July 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 summer 2016. There are many great events from April right through until August. Join UCL and UCLH for their cancer research public open day (p02) or come along to UCL’s Art Museum Film Club screening of !Women Art Revolution (p15). We also have some fantastic activities taking place such as Gorgon mask-making at the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (p07), handling unusual specimens at ‘Hungry hungry herbivores’ (p10) and a wide range of craft workshops at the ‘Festival of Stuff’ (p13). 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:, Fair play and foul: connecting with Shakespeare at UCL, 1 Feb–15 Dec, p18 (Portrait of William Shakespeare engraved by Martin Droeshout, © UCL Library Services)
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Performances
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Exhibitions
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Events diary
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Talks Lectures Discussions
Spontaneity, antagonism and the moral politics of outrage: urban protest in Argentina since 2001 In this talk, Dr Sian Lazar (University of Cambridge) identifies two types of urban protest that have taken place in Argentina since 2001: mass, ‘self-convened’ protests that are associated with a morality of outrage and those convened by organised social forces such as trade unions and workers’ confederations. Wed 13 Apr | 5.30–7pm Pre-booking essential Lecture Room 103, UCL Institute of the Americas ucl-ia@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 9721
Public open day – cancer research at UCL/UCLH For one day, UCL and UCLH will be opening their doors to the public. Hear fascinating insights from world-class scientists on the most promising areas of research and enjoy interactive tours of two of the following locations: the UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre, the UCL Cancer Institute and the UCL Clinical Research Facility.
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Sat 23 Apr | 10.30am–3pm Pre-booking essential Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1 jane.schofield@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)77889 21185
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
In this talk, Dr Ezequiel GonzalezOcantos (Oxford University) will present the argument developed in his book, Shifting Legal Visions: Judicial Change and Human Rights Trials in Latin America, which develops a sociological institutionalist theory of judicial decision-making to explain the explosion of human rights trials in Latin America since 2000. Tue 26 Apr | 5.30–7pm Pre-booking essential Lecture Room 103, UCL Institute of the Americas ucl-ia@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 9721
The United Nations – has our global experiment worked? In 1945, the UN raised hopes for a new era of peace and prosperity. In this talk, Natalie Saramasinghe, Executive Director of the United Nations Association-UK will explore whether the UN’s efforts over the past seven decades have amounted to any more than a sticking plaster on the world’s sores. Tue 3 May | 6.15–8pm Pre-booking essential Main Quad Pavilion m.barbone@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 9289
Principled agents: human rights and regulatory politics in Latin America Dr Thomas Pegram (UCL Global Governance Institute) will examine why, while some Latin American national human rights institutions have successfully advanced human rights protections, others have actively sought to undermine these protections. Wed 4 May | 5.30–7pm Pre-booking essential Lecture Room 103, UCL Institute of the Americas ucl-ia@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 9721
© Boyle & Perks
Shifting Legal Visions
Public open day – cancer research at UCL/UCLH, 23 April 03
Talks/lectures/discussions
The Gordon Childe Lecture: A brief Revolution in conversation: history of flight from the state Brandalism Mountains, wetlands, swamps and even slums have served historically as refuge zones for populations fleeing the state. Drawing on his book, The Art of Not Being Governed, Professor James C. Scott (Yale University) will examine the principles of geography, subsistence practices and social structure that abet both state avoidance and prevention.
How do contemporary movements of resistance align with historical definitions of revolution? Join Sabina Andron, researcher at the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, for a discussion about the recent brandalism.org.uk project in Paris and the medium of the poster as a grassroots bearer of subversive messages.
Tue 10 May | 6.30–9pm Pre-booking essential Darwin Lecture Theatre B40 gail.hammond@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 8863
Thur 12 May | 1–2pm Pre-booking essential UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Archaeology and espionage in World War One
Computational psychiatry: using models to help understand mental health disorders
Find out more about the role of archaeologists as spies and soldiers in the Middle East during World War One with Robert Fleming, Information and Outreach Curator (National Army Museum). This event is the public launch of the Petrie Museum’s Heritage Lottery Funded project on the Middle East and archaeology. Wed 11 May | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138 04
Researchers from UCL and Zurich have joined forces in using innovative approaches to understand changes in brain function that result in mental health disorders, such as schizophrenia. This talk will explore this “computational psychiatry” approach, which brings together neuroscience, psychiatry and mathematics. Wed 18 May | 6.15–7.15pm Pre-booking essential Kennedy Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute of Child Health candice.lewis@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2419
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
UCL Festival of Culture UCL’s Festival of Culture is a week of free talks, discussions, screenings and performances led by UCL’s Faculties of Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences. Join us to celebrate, and be inspired by, the arts, humanities and social sciences at UCL.
The governance structure of 21st-century international society The UCL Global Governance Institute is happy to host Jack Donnelly, Andrew Mellon Professor at the Joseph Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. Most of his writings have been in the broad, multidisciplinary field of human rights and include three books and more than 50 articles and book chapters. Thur 9 Jun | 6.15–7.30pm Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre m.barbone@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 9289
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Mon 23-Fri 27 May | various times Pre-booking essential UCL main campus ah-shs.communications@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 1350 www.ucl.ac.uk/festival-of-culture
Archaeology and espionage in World War One, 11 May 05
Talks/lectures/discussions
Encountering pain: hearing, seeing, speaking During these two days, you will explore a range of interdisciplinary approaches that can help us better understand encounters with pain both within and beyond the clinic. This event is aimed at those living with pain, caring for someone in pain, treating or researching pain and others exploring alternative means of communicating and assessing it. Fri 1–Sat 2 Jul | 9am–5.30pm Pre-booking essential Roberts Building Foyer +44 (0)7812 987 555 www.ucl.ac.uk/encountering-pain
This conference aims to encourage fruitful exchange on Jewish languages and linguistics by bringing together established scholars who have conducted pioneering work in the area with younger researchers who are contributing to this emerging field of enquiry. It will include contributions on topics such as morphology and syntax, lexicography and cultural identity. Tue 26–Wed 27 Jul | 9.30am–5.30pm Pre-booking essential JZ Young Lecture Theatre s.benisaac@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3520 06
© Deborah Padfield
UCL Institute of Jewish Studies Conference
Encountering pain: hearing, seeing, speaking, 1–2 Jul
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Activities Workshops Family events
Geo-bus family open day Come along to try out some exciting geology activities – such as fossil casting and predicting volcanic eruptions – in UCL Earth Science’s Geo-bus as well as getting a chance to look at specimens from the UCL Museums collections. This event is drop in and there is no need to book. Tue 5 Apr | 1–5pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Family fun: Gorgon mask-making Make your own Gorgon mask to petrify people with fearsome snakes. Why not come along and wear it to the Sarah Jane Adventures screening later! Wed 6 Apr | 2–4.30pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
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Activities/workshops/family events
Dead, life drawing
Dead, life drawing
With cabinets full of (not so alive) life models from across the animal kingdom, join us for a lively evening of drawing. Whether you’re a beginner or more experienced, our sessions are led by a museum artist to give you confidence in a wide range of drawing practices.
With cabinets full of (not so alive) life models from across the animal kingdom, join us for a lively evening of drawing. Whether you’re a beginner or more experienced, our sessions are led by a museum artist to give you confidence in a wide range of drawing practices.
Tue 12 Apr | 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 3 May | 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
Art Macabre at the Petrie: Akhenaten & Nefertiti – the first power couple
Explore zoology
Thur 21 Apr | 6–8.30pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £15 (includes a glass of wine and materials) Years 18+ UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Sat 7 May | 1–4pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Ever wondered how heavy an elephant tusk is, how sharp a shark’s tooth is or how many Join Art Macabre on an artistic scales a pangolin has? Well, bring journey back to ancient Egypt to explore the beauty, power and potency along your budding zoologists for our family hands-on, of one of the world’s first power specimen-based activities and be couples – Akhenaten and Nefertiti inspired to ask these questions – brought to life by Art Macabre’s and many more with our life drawing models in a series of enthusiastic museum educators. scenes from the palaces of Amarna.
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Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
The subversive millinery: MarieAntoinette and the revolutionaries For 18th-century French revolutionaries, Marie-Antoinette epitomised the extravagance of an unequal society. Combining cultural history and craft workshop, this event will explore Marie-Antoinette’s myth and attendees will craft headpieces inspired by her. Tue 10 May | 6.30–8.30pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £5 (please bring recycled material to share) UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Grant Museum after-hours The night owls among you can join the bats, aardvarks and other nocturnal specimens to enjoy the Grant Museum at night. From the bizarre to the incredible, our late opening – featuring live taxidermy from Jazmine Miles-Long, music and much more – will make you take another look at the natural world. Sat 14 May | 6.30–9pm Pre-booking essential UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
UCL Museums murder mystery for Museums at Night Join UCL Museums for an evening of dark noir, intrigue and subterfuge. We need your help to solve the clues across the museum and crack the murder mystery. Teams of up to five are allowed, with prizes to be won for solving the case and for best dressed detectives on the night. Fri 13 May | 6.30–9pm Pre-booking essential Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)203 5495737
UCL Museums murder mystery for Museums at Night, 13 May 09
Activities/workshops/family events
Drawing Tuesdays
Nefertiti: defining beauty
Come and draw inspiration from our collection in our dedicated drop-in drawing sessions. We will provide pencils, charcoal and paper.
An evening exploring ideas of beauty and the role of Nefertiti as a black icon. Beginning with a talk by Kandace Chimbiri on how Nefertiti has defined (or not) ancient Egyptian beauty, you can then take part in an artistic activity led by Lauren Craig that explores the concept of beauty itself.
Tue 17 May | 1–5pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Thur 26 May | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £5 (includes a glass of wine) UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
A walking tour of Egyptian Art Deco Take a walking tour with Egyptologist Cathie Bryant as she leads you through the streets of London to find the most splendid examples of Egyptian Art Deco buildings and motifs and decorations around the capital. Sat 21 May | 1–3pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £7 Meeting point, UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
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Hungry hungry herbivores From dugongs to hippos and camels to snails, join us this half-term holiday as we investigate some huge herbivores and some marvellous munchers. Take part in our fun specimen-based activities and discover which animal is the hungriest herbivore and, most importantly, who produces the most poo. Mon 31 May–Sat 4 Jun | 1–4.30pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Family activity – shadow puppets in the Petrie Travel back in time with the Petrie Museum and puppeteer Allison Ouvry to explore the glamorous lives of the world’s first Posh and Becks, Nefertiti and Akhenaten. Using artefacts from the period when they ruled Egypt, we’ll create a magical puppet show about their life and times, using music, shadows and your imagination!
Drawing Tuesdays Come and draw inspiration from our collection in our dedicated drop-in drawing sessions. We will provide pencils, charcoal and paper. Tue 7 Jun | 1–5pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
Tue 31 May–Thur 2 Jun | 2–4.30pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £3 UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
Revolutionary deaths: Art Macabre at UCL Art Museum Join us for a unique evening of drawing and history. View the exhibition ‘Revolution under a king’ and draw from life models as well as highlights of the museum’s collections. Tue 31 May | 7–9pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £15 (includes a glass of wine, paper and pencils) UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
UCL Institute of Making, Festival of Stuff, 21–25 June 11
Activities/workshops/family events
World Archaeology Festival 2016: passport to the past Come along to the UCL Institute of Archaeology’s annual festival which offers free activities suitable for all ages, including tours of its world-renowned collections and object handling sessions, as well as displays of experimental archaeological techniques. Sat 11 Jun | 12–5pm UCL Institute of Archaeology & Gordon Square Gardens i.carroll@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0) 20 7679 7495
Explore zoology Ever wondered how heavy an elephant tusk is, how sharp a shark’s tooth is, or how many scales a pangolin has? Well, bring along your budding zoologists for our family hands-on, specimen-based activities and be inspired to ask these questions and many more with our enthusiastic museum educators. Sat 18 Jun | 1–4pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Dead, life drawing
Festival of Stuff
With cabinets full of (not so alive) life models from across the animal kingdom, join us for a lively evening of drawing. Our sessions are led by a museum artist to give you insight and confidence in a wide range of drawing practices. Materials will be provided.
The festival includes four days of bookable masterclasses, including enamelling, wooden dust pan and brush making, fabric dying and fish printing. The festival will end with an open day, taking over the whole street. We will be bringing back some of our favourite activities from throughout the year and some new discoveries.
Tue 14 Jun | 6.30–9pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £6 UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
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Tue 21–Sat 25 Jun | various times Pre-booking essential UCL Institute of Making www.instituteofmaking.org.uk events@instituteofmaking.org.uk +44 (0)20 7679 0615
Dead, life drawing With cabinets full of (not so alive) life models from across the animal kingdom, join us for a lively evening of drawing. Our sessions are led by a museum artist to give you insight and confidence in a wide range of drawing practices. Materials will be provided. Tue 12 Jul | 6.30–9pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £6 UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Lunch Hour Lectures
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Performances Film screenings Music
Petrie Film Club Monstrous or Misunderstood: Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘The Eye of the Gorgon’ A screening of two episodes of Sarah Jane Adventures as part of our series on female monsters in SF TV. Amanda Potter explores the myth of the gorgon and representations of this monster in art, film and TV. Then, sit back, watch the show and record what you think (if you want to!). Wed 6 Apr | 6–8pm Pre-booking essential UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
UCL Chamber Music Club concert A programme of music by Poulenc, including his Sonata for violin and piano, FP 119; the Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone; and the Sonata for piano duet. Tue 26 Apr | 5.30–6.30pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764
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UCL Art Museum Film Club – !Women Art Revolution Join us for a screening of !Women Art Revolution, exploring how the feminist art movement radically transformed art and culture. Director Lynn Hershman Leeson combined intimate interviews, art and rarely seen archival footage to create one of the best documentaries of the year. Tue 26 Apr | 6.30–8.30pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £5 (includes a glass of wine and popcorn) UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2540
UCL Chamber Music Club concert A lunchtime concert exploring the use of electronic music in combination with acoustic instruments and voice. The programme will include Edwin Roxburgh’s At the still point of the turning world for oboe and live electronics and Ian Clarke’s TRKs for flute and backing track. Fri 20 May | 1.10–1.55pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764
Professor Joe Cain’s Film Night: The Lost World (1925) Historian of biology and film-buff Professor Joe Cain presents the original film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World. Roguish Professor Challenger sets out to prove that dinosaurs survive in South America, but the intrepid team get more than they bargained for. The film is followed by a free wine reception. Tue 10 May | 6.30–9pm JZ Young Lecture Theatre zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Professor Joe Cain’s Film Night: The Lost World (1925), 10 May 15
Performances/film screenings/music
UCL Art Museum Film Club: Marat/Sade Join us for a screening of director Peter Brook’s iconic play Marat/Sade. A play within a play, it follows the inmates of the Charenton Insane Asylum as they mount their version of the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution, written and produced by the Marquis de Sade. Tue 24 May | 6.30–8.30pm Pre-booking essential, tickets: £5 (includes a glass of wine and popcorn) UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk + 44 (0)20 7679 2540
UCL Chamber Music Club concert Reimagining the Baroque composers. Our final concert of the 2015-16 season will present arrangements, embellishments and reimaginings of Baroque music by later composers, including excerpts from Bach’s Suites for solo cello, performed with piano accompaniment, as was standard practice in the 19th century. Refreshments will be served after the concert. Thur 2 Jun | 5.30–6.30pm Haldane Room j.house@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)7903 104764 16
UCL Art Museum Film Club – Marat/Sade, 24 May
Lunch Hour Lectures
Exhibitions
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Revolution under a king: French prints 1789–92 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 Bastille.
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Mon 11 Jan–Fri 10 Jun | Mon–Fri 1–5pm UCL Art Museum college.art@ucl.ac.uk + 44 (0)20 7679 2540
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Revolution under a king: French prints 1789–92, 11 Jan–10 Jun 17
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 Mon–Fri 9:30am–5pm UCL Main Library k.cheney@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 9676
Akhenaten: heretic, visionary & icon A display highlighting the magnificent objects of the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology’s collection from Amarna. The exhibition explores the ambiguous and contentious figure of Akhenaten. 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 Aug | Tue–Sat 1–5pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 2884
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Fair play and foul: connecting with Shakespeare at UCL
Fair play and foul: connecting with Shakespeare at UCL, 1 Feb–15 Dec
Book online: www.ucl.ac.uk/events
Cabinets of consequence We often miss connections between technology and the natural world, yet the natural world inspires technology and is materially involved in the production of digital culture. This exhibition and series of events begins with four ‘cabinets of consequence’ inspired by geographers, neuroscientists, archaeologists, zoologists and UCL Museums.
Cabinets of consequence, 29 Apr–31 Mar
Fri 29 Apr–Fri 31 Mar | 7am–9pm UCL Octagon Gallery Sussanah.chan@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 3163 www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/whats-on
Repetition and difference Students from Central St Martins investigate the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s seminal work Difference and Repetition, written in 1968, using UCL Petrie Museum of Archaeology as a resource, inspiration and exhibition space. Tue 10 May–Sat 4 Jun | Tue–Sat 1–5pm UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 7679 4138
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Exhibitions
Slade BA/BFA Show 2016, 21–26 May (Lara Smithson, 2015)
Slade BA/BFA Degree Show The annual showcase of work by this year’s graduating BA and BFA students from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art. Sat 21–Thur 26 May | Mon–Thur 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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Skullpture at the Grant Museum Sculpture students from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art have been invited to create works in response to the museum’s collections, science and history. Alongside the museum’s historic skeletons, skulls and specimens preserved in jars, the new works will engage with animal/human encounters and transform the historic zoological museum. Thur 26 May–Sat 6 Aug | Mon–Sat 1–5pm UCL Grant Museum of Zoology zoology.museum@ucl.ac.uk +44 (0)20 3108 2052
Slade MA/MFA/PhD Degree Show The annual showcase of work by this year’s graduating MA, MFA and PhD students from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art. Thur 9–Sun 19 Jun | 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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Events diary 11 Jan– 10 Jun
Mon–Fri 1–5pm
Revolution under a king: French prints 1789–92
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1 Feb–15 Dec 9:30am–5pm
Fair play and foul: connecting with Shakespeare at UCL
p18
27 Feb– 27 Aug
Tue–Sat 1–5pm
Akhenaten: heretic, visionary & icon
p18
29 Apr– 31 Mar
7am–9pm
Cabinets of consequence
p19
10 May– 4 Jun
Tue–Sat 1–5pm
Repetition and difference
p19
21–26 May
Mon–Thur 10am–8pm Sat–Sun 10am–5pm
Slade BA/BFA Degree Show
p20
26 May– 6 Aug
Mon–Sat 1–5pm
Skullpture at the Grant Museum
p21
9–19 Jun
Mon–Fri 10am–8pm Sat–Sun 10am–5pm
Slade MA/MFA/PhD Degree Show
p21
5 Apr
1–5pm
Geo-bus family open day
p07
6 Apr
2–4.30pm
Family fun: Gorgon mask-making
p07
6 Apr
6–8pm
Petrie Film Club Monstrous or Misunderstood: Sarah Jane Adventures, ‘The Eye of the Gorgon’
p14
12 Apr
6.30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
p08
13 Apr
5.30–7pm
Spontaneity, antagonism and the moral politics of outrage: urban protest in Argentina since 2001
p02
21 Apr
6–8.30pm
Art Macabre at the Petrie: Akhenaten & Nefertiti – the first power couple
p08
23 Apr
10.30am–3pm Public open day – cancer research at UCL/UCLH
p02
26 Apr
5.30–7pm
p03
Shifting Legal Visions
26 Apr
5.30–6.30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p14
26 Apr
6.30–8.30pm
UCL Art Museum Film Club – !Women Art Revolution
p15
3 May
6.15–8pm
The United Nations – has our global experiment worked?
p03
3 May
6.30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
p08
4 May
5.30–7pm
Principled agents: human rights and regulatory politics in Latin America
p03
7 May
1–4pm
Explore zoology
p08
10 May
6.30–9pm
Professor Cain’s Film Night: The Lost World (1925)
p15
10 May
6.30–8.30pm
The subversive millinery: Marie-Antoinette and the revolutionaries
p09
10 May
6.30–9pm
The Gordon Childe Lecture: A brief history of flight from the state
p04
11 May
6–8pm
Archaeology and espionage in World War One
p04
12 May
1–2pm
Revolution in conversation: Brandalism
p04
13 May
6.30–9pm
UCL Museums murder mystery for Museums at Night
p09
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6.30–9pm
Grant Museum after-hours
p09
17 May
1–5pm
Drawing Tuesdays
p10
18 May
6.15–7.15pm
Computational psychiatry: using models to help understand mental health disorders
p04
20 May
1.10–1.55pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p15
21 May
1–3pm
A walking tour of Egyptian Art Deco
p10
23–27 May
various times
UCL Festival of Culture
p05
24 May
6.30–8.30pm
UCL Art Museum Film Club – Marat/Sade
p16
26 May
6–8pm
Nefertiti: defining beauty
p10
31 May – 2 Jun
2–4.30pm
Family activity – shadow puppets in the Petrie
p11
31 May – 4 Jun
1–4.30pm
Hungry hungry herbivores
p10
31 May
7–9pm
Revolutionary Deaths: Art Macabre at UCL Art Museum
p11
2 Jun
5.30–6.30pm
UCL Chamber Music Club concert
p16
7 Jun
1–5pm
Drawing Tuesdays
p11
9 Jun
6.15–7.30pm
The governance structure of 21st-century international society
p05
11 Jun
12–5pm
World Archaeology Festival 2016: passport to the past
p12
14 Jun
6.30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
p12
18 Jun
1–4pm
Explore zoology
p12
21–25 Jun
various times
Festival of Stuff
p12
1–2 Jul
9am–5.30pm
Encountering pain: hearing, seeing, speaking
p06
12 Jul
6.30–9pm
Dead, life drawing
p13
26–27 Jul
9.30am– 5.30pm
UCL Institute of Jewish Studies Conference
p06
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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 Americas 52 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PN +44 (0)20 3108 9721 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 Darwin Lecture Theatre (accessed via Malet Place) London WC1E 6BT 6 Cruciform Building Gower Street, 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 10 J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre Anatomy Building Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT 11 Kennedy Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute of Child Health 30 Guildford Street London WC1N 1EH 12 UCL Institute of Making Malet Place, London WC1H 13 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 14 Roberts Building Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT (access via Malet Place)
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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:
www.ucl.ac.uk/events