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Find out how you can support their their support can you how out Find campus. to the most deserving recipients across across recipients deserving most the to from alumni and friends of the University University the of friends and alumni from S N H O The Alumni Foundation channels donations donations channels Foundation Alumni The E I F F N I U E ’ L S D T U THE ALUMNI FOUNDATION ALUMNI THE N N E Public. D I V U E T R S S Y I T SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY THROUGH THROUGH UNIVERSITY THE SUPPORT The For Events keep up-to-date at: www.sheffield.ac.uk/whatson at: up-to-date keep See more events at: www.sheffield.ac.uk/whatson The following events are being organised as part of the Being Human Festival 2017. The theme for this year’s Festival is ‘Lost and Found’ See the full national programme at: www.beinghumanfestival.org Finding the diary of Madeleine Blaess: a film premiere Saturday 18 November, 2pm (doors at 1.45), Weston Park Museum, Western Bank, S10 2TP. Admission Free. Enquiries, E: [email protected] Booking: https://madeleineblaess.eventbrite.co.uk Further details at: www.offtheshelf.org.uk Madeleine Blaess was a British student from Yorkshire who was trapped in Paris when the Germans invaded France in 1940. She wrote a daily diary about her experiences. She later became a lecturer in the French T: 0114 222 3895, E: [email protected] Department at the University of Sheffield and her diary was found after her death in 2003. Off the Shelf is now in its 26th year and has become a cornerstone of Sheffield’s cultural calendar. Dr Wendy Michallat has worked with filmmaker James Parsons to produce a short film about Madeleine’s This year sees an exciting change, with leadership and organisation of the festival moving to a life in Paris. partnership between the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University with support from Join Wendy, James and our Head of Special Collections Jacky Hodgson for the premiere of the film Arts Council England. and find out about Madeleine’s amazing story. This year’s festival takes a new curatorial approach with themed events including a Crime strand curated by Professor Chris Wigginton (Sheffield Hallam University) with a rare appearance from The room of the lost and found University of Sheffield Alumnus Lee Child. The University of Sheffield’s Professor Mike Braddick has Saturday 18 November, 11am-3pm, Weston Park Museum, curated a Radicalism strand with talks on everything from the Peasants’ Revolt to the Russian Revolution. Western Bank, S10 2TP Admission free, drop in any time. The vibrant India strand features film, food, history and literature and the Festival also celebrates Somali culture and oral tradition. A wealth of fiction, poetry, history, science, sports-related events and more Have you ever lost or found something? Share your losses and celebrate your finds with experts from Museums Sheffield, academics from the makes this year’s Off the Shelf unmissable. University of Sheffield & other groups who have found things as part of their research. We’ll create a display of things loved and lost and the amazing things people find when they least expect it. The lost songs of MGM Thursday 23 November, 7.30pm, Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, S1 2JD. Festival of Social Science Admission free. Enquiries, E: [email protected] Booking: https://lostsongs.eventbrite.co.uk Saturday 4-Saturday 11 November Ahead of the Sheffield Theatres’ Christmas production ofThe Further details and booking at: Wizard of Oz, Dr Dominic McHugh presents an evening of lost www.sheffieldesrcfestival.org songs from film musicals produced by the legendary studio, MGM. Responsible for many genre-defining films includingSingin’ in the The Festival of Social Science offers a fascinating Rain and Gigi, MGM also commissioned original scores featuring insight into some of the country’s leading social science many well-loved songs of the last century. With live performances research and how it influences our social, economic and of previously unheard songs, this event will delve into the history of political lives. The University of Sheffield and Sheffield many of MGM’s popular classics, including The Wizard of Oz, Meet Hallam University are working in partnership to deliver Me in St Louis, Ziegfeld Follies, Cabin in the Sky and The Barkleys 25 public events in the city. of Broadway. www.sheffield.ac.uk/whatson of this leaflet. this of download a copy copy a download Tel: 0114 222 1030 222 0114 where you can also also can you where pages, On What’s Email: [email protected] added daily to the the to daily added New events are are events New Follow us on Twitter: on us Follow @SheffUniWhatsOn responsibility for any errors or omissions. or errors any for responsibility leaflet, but the University can accept no no accept can University the but leaflet, accuracy of the information given in the the in given information the of accuracy Every effort has been made to ensure the the ensure to made been has effort Every www.sheffield.ac.uk/whatson pages web On What’s the of section (if applicable) will be given in the appropriate appropriate the in given be will applicable) (if tickets obtain to how of details and/or are open to the public. 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