SUMMER 2023
CONCERTS
GIGS LECTURES FILM EXHIBITIONS
Front cover:
Julien Stair Art, Death and the Afterlife, Sainsbury Centre, Until Sun 17 Sept, Photo ©Jan Baldwin
This page: Girl Scout, The Waterfront, Tue 9 May, 7.30pm, Photo ©Martyna Bannister
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Banff Mountain Film Festival, Lecture Theatre 1, UEA, Sat 7 Oct, 7.30pm
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival 2023
Fri 8 – Sat 9 Sep
Noirwich Crime Writing Festival marks the 10th anniversary of East Anglia’s largest celebration of the world’s favourite literary genre, with an informed and entertaining mix of writing workshops, talks and panel discussions, focusing on the craft and future of crime writing
Programme highlights include Louise Doughty, author of the smash-hits Apple Tree Yard and Platform Seven; Eliza Clark, exciting new voice of the phenomenal Boy Parts and Penance, and Margot Douaihy, debut author of Scorched Grace, introducing Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, in her dazzling thriller, which launches Gillian Flynn’s new publishing imprint
Full programme to be announced and tickets on sale in June
More info noirwich.co.uk
Music
CONCERTS
Wed 10 May, 1.10pm–1.55pm
UEA Music Centre Spring 2023
Lunchtime Concerts
Concerts take place on the second Wednesday of the month in the UEA Music Centre and performers will include UEA Music Award holders and scholars, as well as established musicians. Doors will open at 1.05pm and tickets are free. Just turn up and enjoy the music
In-person
Free
AUDITIONS
Fri 22 – Mon 25 Sep
UEA Music Centre: Auditions
UEA is proud to support a number of music ensembles, including the UEA Choir, UEA Chamber Choir and the UEA Symphony Orchestra. In addition to UEA students and staff, membership of these is open to the public
If you would like to audition, please email musicevents@uea.ac.uk for further details stating voice/instrument and level of experience
Email musicevents@uea.ac.uk
Call 01603 593948
Twitter @UEAConcerts
Facebook UEAMusicCentre
Instagram @UEAmusiccentre
The Nick Rayns LCR
UEA is known for hosting great gigs and attracting world-class musicians to Norwich
All gigs are for over 14s only
Prices are advance (more on the door) and may be subject to a booking fee
Visit UEAticketbookings.co.uk
Email BoxOffice@uea.ac.uk
Call 01603 508050
JUNE
Fri 2 Jun, 7.30pm
Travis
Sold out
Fri 9 Jun, 7.30pm
Leftfield
Sold out
Wed 21 Jun, 7.30pm
The HU
£24.50
Gigs
Trivium
Thu 24 Aug, 7.30pm
£35
AUGUST
Thu 24 Aug, 7.30pm
Trivium
£35
Gigs
The Adrian Flux Waterfront
Gigs on King Street, Norwich
All gigs are for over 14s only
Prices are advance (more on the door) and may be subject to a booking fee
Visit UEAticketbookings.co.uk
Email Boxoffice@uea.ac.uk
Follow @WaterfrontNR1
Facebook WaterfrontNorwich
MAY
Tue 9 May, 7.30pm
Girl Scout
£12
Thu 11 May, 7.30pm
Black Country New Road
£17
Sat 13 May, 6.30pm
Friendly Fires
£22
Wed 31 May, 7.30pm
Swim Deep
£15
JUNE
Sat 4 Jun, 7pm
Carcass
£26.50
AUGUST
Wed 23 Aug, 7.30pm
Swans
£27.50
SEPTEMBER
Sat 30 Sep, 6pm
Somebody’s Child
£12
Swim Deep
Wed 31 May, 7.30pm
£15
Third Thursday Lectures
The Third Thursday Lecture series brings together experts from across studies in Japanese arts and cultures. All lectures are streamed online via Zoom Sessions start at 6pm with a 50-minute lecture followed by a Q&A Free to all, booking essential
See the Sainsbury Institute Events Calendar for more details
Visit sainsbury-institute.org/events
Email sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org
Call 01603 597507
Twitter @SISJAC_UK
Facebook @sisjac.org
MAY
Thu 18 May
Stations, Steam, and Speed: Railroads and the Spatial Imaginary in Nineteenth Century Japanese Woodblock Prints
Dr Alison Miller
(Sainsbury Institute Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow 2023)
JUNE
Thu 15 Jun
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Dr Sarah E. Thompson
(Curator, Japanese Art, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
JULY
Thu 20 July
Speaker and title to be confirmed
SEPTEMBER
Thu 21 Sep
Pigs, Roman Emperors, and Go-Go
Boots: Hijikata Tatsumi and the Revolution, Tokyo 1968
Professor William Marotti (UCLA)
Lectures and Seminars
Tue 12 – Thu 14 Sep
Tyndall Centre for Climate Research
The annual assembly of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research partnership, headquartered at the University of East Anglia, returns to Norwich this September. It will include a public-facing event on the evening of Tue 12 in partnership with the Norwich Climate Commission
Details to be announced soon at tyndall.ac.uk
Lectures and Seminars
HSC Seminars
HSC Seminars deliver presentations from inspirational people in health, education and research. All seminars are free, and open to all
Email HSC.News@uea.ac.uk
Visit bit.ly/SchoolOfHealthSciences
Wed 3 May, 1–2pm
Dr John Donaghy
Senior Lecturer
Paramedic Science
Anglia Ruskin University
Tue 13 Jun, 12–1pm
Dr Jane Senior Senior Lecturer
Health and Justice Research Network
The University of Manchester
Wed 5 Jul, 12–1pm
Dr Zoebia Islam
Deputy Research Lead, LOROS; Honorary Lecturer
University of Leicester
Tue 12 Sep, 12–1pm
Elien Van Hout
Postgraduate Researcher
School of Health Sciences
University of East Anglia
Thu 4 May, 2pm
Dementia Open Forum
Coordinated by the Dementia Research Collaborative, these free bi-monthly meetings are open to anyone with an interest in dementia research in order to create an exchange of knowledge between researchers, clinicians, the general public, people with dementia and their carers
Daniel Blackburn’s research interests are focuses on developing non-invasive diagnostic tests for early dementia or cognitive impairment using automated analysis of language and electroencephalography (EEG)
Please email to request a link for this event
Email dementia.research@uea.ac.uk
Centre of East Anglian Studies Spring Seminar Series
Thomas Paine Study Centre, UEA
The Centre of East Anglian Studies at UEA promotes the study of all aspects of the archaeology and history of East Anglia from prehistory to the present. Join the last two seminars of the 2023 series
Free entry, all welcome Refreshments provided. For further details, contact Dr Richard Mills, CEAS Director
Email R.Mills@uea.ac.uk
Thu 11 May, 6.30pm
Weavers Spiritualised: Clothmakers and their Politics in Seventeenth Century Norwich
Thu 18 May, 6.30pm
Hipsters, Flipsters, Finger-Poppin’ Daddies: Norwich’s Orford Arms (Orford Cellar)
BCLT Research Seminars
Wed 17 May, 4pm
The Life-Art of Translation with Jen Calleja
During this seminar, Jen Calleja will be presenting her research on the literary translator memoir –including her own memoir Fair: a literary translator memoir – offering a new definition and reframing in the process
Free, Online
Book bit.ly/BCLT-ResearchSeminar-May17
Wed 31 May, 4pm
From Mother Tongue to Other
Tongue with Dr Jayasree Kalathil
In this seminar, taking off from her personal experience and practice, Dr Jayasree Kalathil will explore questions around racialisation and minoritisation in the context of literary translation. Jayasree translates from Malayalam – the language of Kerala, the southernmost state of India
Free, Online
Book bit.ly/BCLT-Research-Seminar-May31
Lectures and Seminars
UEA Lasdun Lectures
There are two more UEA Lasdun Lectures lined up to take place at the Royal Institution in the coming months. At these exciting events, you’ll get the chance to hear from UEA academics at the forefront of research. Join in the discussion of the University’s interdisciplinary strategic themes: ClimateUEA, CreativeUEA and – newly launched –HealthUEA. The events are also available to watch online via YouTube
The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle St, London W1S 4BS
Free
Booking essential
To attend in person please register bit.ly/UEALasdunLecture2022
To attend online please register via bit.ly/Lasdun-Lecture-Online-Registration
MAY
Thu 4 May, 6.30pm
The Significance of Sleep for Wellbeing
Human life is characterized by recurring daily cycles of sleep and wakefulness. The fact we sleep through an average of one-third of our days supports the critical role sleep has in life. And indeed, sleep has been shown to have a major impact on the human brain and the body ranging from the way our genes work through metabolism and immunity to learning, memory, and mental well-being. So, could our nightly sleep be the token for a long and healthy life?
JUNE
Thu 22 Jun, 6.30pm
Narrating the Climate Crisis
This panel will bring together writers, activists and thinkers to discuss the role of the arts in communicating and re-imagining the greatest challenge of our time: the climate emergency. What new stories can mark out the path before us?
Thu 4 May, 6.30pm Free Narrating
Thu 22 Jun, 6.30pm Free
Lectures and Seminars
Wed 24 May, 5pm
Life and Death: A Creative Panel Discussion
Interdisciplinary researchers in the Medical and Health Humanities, in partnership with CreativeUEA, are proud and excited to invite you to explore the theme, Life and Death. Dr Rebecca Goss, Dr Sabina Dosani and Dr Harriet Cooper will discuss broad ranging topics including miscarriage, infant death, and the medical language of life and death.
UEA writers Rebecca Goss and Sabina Dosani will read from recent creative writing research and offer new perspectives
To book your place, please email: creative@uea.ac.uk
For more info, visit: uea.ac.uk/creative
Thu 15 Jun, 5.30pm
Dame Hermione Lee:
Giving Oneself Away –Biographical Experiences
The School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing is delighted to announce that this year’s Annual Lorna Sage Memorial Lecture will be delivered by biographer and critic, Professor Dame Hermione Lee. This lecture will brood on the place and force of the personal in biographical writing, drawing on Lorna Sage’s example, Lee’s experience of writing biography and her responses to the autobiographical strain in biography
National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
Book bit.ly/Lorna-Sage-MemorialLecture-2023
EDU RESEARCH SEMINAR
Thu 4 May, 2pm
Accountability Matters: Using Feminist Institutional Ethnography to examine Antiracist Initiatives in
Higher
Education with Mary P Sheridan
In the US, 2020 seemed the year universities fell over themselves to initiate and tout their antiracist credentials. With George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s names echoing across cities and campuses, administrators made aspirational proclamations promising equity and inclusion.
But who is holding universities to account? And what happens when the gap between statements and the lived realities remains far too large?
Earlham Hall, UEA
Free to attend, no booking required
Book bit.ly/School-Of-Education-UEA
UEA at the Royal Norfolk Show
Wed 28 and Thu 29 Jun
Norfolk Showground, Dereham Road, Norwich
Tickets £12 / £27.50
Visit rnaa.ticketsrv.co.uk/tickets/royalnorfolkshow
Twitter @UEAforBusiness
UEA will be back at the Royal Norfolk Show once more, showcasing our world-leading research themes - Climate, Creative and Health. Visit us at our marquee on President’s Avenue (opposite the Grand Ring) for a range of fun, informative and interactive activities. You can also find out about working with UEA, including accessing funding and research expertise for your business, and recruiting talented students and graduates.
UEA at the Royal Norfolk Show
The Gloucester Project
HMS Gloucester
The Gloucester was an English warship launched in 1654 and participated in several major global conflicts before it was lost on 6 May 1682 when it struck a sandbank off North Norfolk. It was transporting James, Duke of York and Albany, heir presumptive to Edinburgh from London when it was lost
The Gloucester Project is a major historical research project exploring the life and times of the Gloucester frigate. It is funded by a major research grant from The Leverhulme Trust (2021–24)
EXHIBITION
Until Sun 10 Sep
The Last Voyage of the Gloucester: Norfolk’s Royal Shipwreck, 1682
This major exhibition is the result of a partnership between Julian and Lincoln Barnwell, Norfolk Museums Service, and academic partner UEA
Curated by:
Professor Claire Jowitt and Dr Benjamin Redding
(UEA and the Gloucester Project)
Ruth Battersby-Tooke and Dr Francesca Vanke
(Norfolk Museums Service)
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Tickets bit.ly/Gloucester-Exhibition
CONFERENCE
Fri 12 – Sat 13 May
The Life, Times, and Heritage
Futures of the Gloucester, a Seventeenth-Century Third-Rate Warship
The discovery of the wreck the Gloucester, one of the most famous ships of the seventeenth century, which sank off the coast of Norfolk in 1682 while carrying James Stuart, the future King of England and Scotland, was announced in June 2022
This conference brings together international experts on maritime, naval, political, and cultural history, ship technology, archaeologists, and museum and gallery professionals, to discuss for the first time the significance of the discovery and the wreck’s future as a heritage asset
Tickets bit.ly/Gloucester-Conference
LECTURES
The Stories of the Gloucester Shipwreck: Norfolk’s Mary Rose
In four events, curators of the Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery exhibition titled ‘The Last Voyage of the Gloucester: Norfolk’s Royal Shipwreck, 1682’, and experts in the field, will explore the Gloucester’s stories as they are told through music and drinking, literature and history, art and textiles
Town Close Auditorium, Norwich Castle
Tue 25 Apr
Music, Drinking and Other Intoxicants in Restoration Britain
Tue 16 May
An Avoidable Tragedy? The Duke of York, Politics, and Naval Policy
Tue 20 Jun
Shipwreck and the Sea in Early Modern Art and Culture: New Horizons and Watery Graves
Tue 11 Jul
Stuart Style: Textiles from the Gloucester
Lectures start at 6pm. Event attendees can enter the exhibition for free from 5–6pm
Followed by a complimentary drinks reception
The events will also be livestreamed
Find out more on our website: Visit uea.ac.uk/about/gloucestershipwreck-events
Book bit.ly/Gloucester-Lectures
Email artsandhumanitiesevents
@uea.ac.uk
Photo ©Andy Crouch
