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MAY / JUNE 2014 AT A GLANCE - MAY

DATE TIME EVENT VENUE MAY Fri 2 1.15pm MUSIC University Madrigal Ensemble VICTORIA ROOMS Fri 2, Sat 3, Fri 5pm MASS The ‘beer goggles’ effect DAWKINS ALES PUBS 9 & Sat 10 PARTICIPATION EXPERIMENT Sat 3 10.30am, TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 11am, BUILDING 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm Sat 3 1pm EVENT Local food HAMILTON HOUSE Tue 6 11am MARKET Farmers’ market TYNDALL AVENUE Tue 6 5.15pm LECTURE The virtues of history 3-5 WOODLAND ROAD Wed 7 12.15pm & TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 12.30pm BUILDING Wed 7 1.15pm MUSIC University Singers VICTORIA ROOMS Wed 7 5pm LECTURE ‘Ability’: contemporary schoolings… 35 BERKELEY SQUARE Wed 7 5.15pm LECTURE Words and deeds 3-5 WOODLAND ROAD Wed 7 5.30pm LECTURE Placing Peyton Place: the godfather DEPT OF FILM AND of US serial drama TELEVISION Wed 7 6.30pm TALK Molecular cuisine… VICTORIA ROOMS Thu 8 12.45pm TALK Prescribing safety in a world of CANYNGE HALL multimorbidity… Fri 9 1.15pm MUSIC University String Orchestra VICTORIA ROOMS Fri 9 6pm TALK Animals in the food chain THE STATION Sun 11 10am WORKSHOP A snapshot of spring BOTANIC GARDEN Sun 11 10.30am, TOUR Goldney historic garden tour 2pm Tue 13 11am MARKET Farmers’ market TYNDALL AVENUE Tue 13 5.15pm LECTURE Jugurtha's tragic history 3-5 WOODLAND ROAD Wed 14 4pm LECTURE The role of economics in public life QUEENS BUILDING Wed 14 5.15pm LECTURE Brevitatis Artifex: Sallust as Text 3-5 WOODLAND ROAD Thu 15 12.45pm TALK Potentially inappropriate prescribing CANYNGE HALL Thu 15 6pm TALK Merchants and monopolies Fri 16 9am PUBLIC What counts as powerful knowledge? 35 BERKELEY SQUARE SYMPOSIUM Sun 18 10am EXHIBITION Fascination of plants day BOTANIC GARDEN Mon 19 6pm TALK The Urban Pollinator Project M SHED

Cover image (clockwise from left) Nick Smith, Farmers’ Market, Nick Wray DATE TIME EVENT VENUE MAY Tue 20 6pm TALK Why history matters in the age of SCHOOL OF climate change CHEMISTRY Wed 21 5pm LECTURE Getting ideas into action 35 BERKELEY SQUARE Wed 21 6.30pm TALK Humanitarian photography and the M SHED atomic age Thu 22 12.45pm TALK Can we help anxious parents to raise CANYNGE HALL confident children? Wed 28 6.30pm TALK ...How to end the Great War... WATERSHED Wed 28 7pm TALK Bristol - walking city THE ARCHITECTURE CENTRE Thu 29 6.30pm TALK Holocaust tourism WATERSHED Thu 29 7.30pm MUSIC White Denim ANSON ROOMS Sat 31 2pm PUBLIC EVENT NEW Know your Bristol – History Day DAME EMILY PARK AT A GLANCE - JUNE

DATE TIME EVENT VENUE JUNE Mon 2 5pm TALK NEW …neglected multimodality GRADUATE SCHOOL with digital opportunities OF EDUCATION Wed 4 12.15pm & TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 12.30pm BUILDING Thu 5 11am PUBLIC EVENT NEW Ballast Seed Garden planting CASTLE PARK event Thu 5 5pm PUBLIC NEW Is ‘modern’ human behaviour SCHOOL OF LECTURE older than we think? Archaeological GEOGRAPHICAL excavations… SCIENCE Thu 5 6.30pm TALK Quantum computing HAMILTON HOUSE Thu 5 7.15pm PUBLIC NEW Meeting through the vegetal SCHOOL OF LECTURE world GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES Sat 7 10am EXHIBITION Get growing garden trail BOTANIC GARDEN Sat 7 10.30am, TOUR Wills Memorial tower tours WILLS MEMORIAL 11am, BUILDING 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm Mon 9 - Various FESTIVAL Festival of Education 2014 35 BERKELEY SQUARE Thu 19 Tue 10 11am MARKET Farmers’ market TYNDALL AVENUE Tue 10 12pm & WORKSHOP Revealing roles THEATRE COLLECTION 1.15pm Tue 10 5pm TALK NEW …how journalists and academics GRADUATE SCHOOL can be friends OF EDUCATION Tue 10 6.30pm PUBLIC EVENT NEW Enjoy the Botanic Garden BOTANIC GARDEN on a summer’s evening Wed 11 7.30pm MUSIC Summer concert VICTORIA ROOMS Thu 12 10am WORKSHOP Crossing the line: ritual and superstition SS GREAT BRITAIN at sea Thu 12 10.30am MUSIC Final year performance students VICTORIA ROOMS Thu 12 8pm MUSIC Late into the night BE IN BRISTOL Fri 13 1.15pm MUSIC World War One themed charity concert VICTORIA ROOMS DATE TIME EVENT VENUE JUNE Fri 13 7pm MUSIC University music department students ST PAULS CHURCH Sat 14 - 10am FESTIVAL Festival of Nature BRISTOL HARBOURSIDE Sun 15 Sun 15 10.30am & TOUR Goldney historic garden tour GOLDNEY HALL 2pm Wed 18 6.30pm TOUR Enjoy the botanical pleasures of June BOTANIC GARDEN Thu 19 12.45pm TALK A machine that does the work of CANYNGE HALL two men Thu 19 5.30pm BOAT TOUR NEW An introduction to Bristol’s ARNOLFINI Historic Floating Harbour and the Ballast Seed Garden Thu 19 6pm TWILIGHT TALK …How decisions are made about WATERSHED treating very sick children Fri 20 & Sat 21 9.30am OPEN DAY Undergraduate open day VARIOUS Tue 24 6.30pm PUBLIC EVENT NEW Enjoy the Botanic Garden BOTANIC GARDEN on a summer’s evening Thu 26 12pm EXHIBITION South West Crucible exhibition WATERSHED Thu 26 5pm LECTURE Education’s aims or school subjects? 35 BERKELEY SQUARE Thu 26 6.30pm PUBLIC NEW Slavery: legacies WILLS MEMORIAL LECTURE and remembrance BUILDING Sun 29 1pm TOUR NEW open gardens trail BOTANIC GARDEN PUBLIC EVENTS

Fri 2, Sat 3, Fri 9 & Sat 10 May 5pm - 11pm MASS PARTICIPATION EXPERIMENT The ‘beer goggles’ effect As part of the Bristol Food Connections Festival, The Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group (TARG) at the will be setting up shop at three Dawkins Ales pubs across Bristol (The Green Man, Kingsdown; The Portcullis and The Victoria, Clifton) investigating whether drinking alcohol changes people’s perceptions of attractiveness; otherwise known as the ‘beer goggles’ effect. Join them in the name of a (responsible) pint and science! Venue The Green Man, 21 Alfred Place, BS2 8HD; The Portcullis, 3 Wellington Terrace, BS8 4LE; The Victoria, 2 Southleigh Road, BS8 2BH Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/targ E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8315

Sat 3 & Wed 7 May TOURS Wills Memorial tower tours Times Saturday: 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm; Wednesday: 12.15pm & 12.30pm Venue Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission £4 (concessions £3); free to children aged 8-11 (no under 8’s). Advance booking recommended. To book, ask inside the Wills Memorial Building for the Head Porter or contact E [email protected] T +44 (0)777 026 5108 Supporting Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal - The Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity Sat 3 May 1pm - 4pm EVENT Local food: Pollyanna or Panacea? The new hub of scientists, artists, activists, social scientists and community practitioners ‘Soil, Seeds, and Social Change’ presents a series of provocations from a panel of diverse experts in response to the question: is local food the future of ecologically and economically sustainable food production? This will lead to a series of roundtable discussions and activities where they consider the practicalities of, and alternatives to, local food as a political agenda. Lunch will be provided by Bristol Hospitality Network, a charity which supports destitute asylum- seekers, in partnership with the Simms Hill Community Supported Agriculture Project. This event is part of the Bristol Food Connections Festival 2014. Venue Event Space, Third Floor, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/projects/other-projects/food-connections/ E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8315

Tue 6 May 11am - 3pm MARKET Farmers’ market Eat well with a wide range of fresh, seasonal, local produce available to try and buy at the monthly farmers’ market. Venue Outside the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TP

Tue 6 May 5.15pm - 7.30pm LECTURE The virtues of history First of the four-part Bristol Blackwell lecture series ‘After the past: Sallust on history and writing history’. The aim of these lectures will be to connect the histories Sallust tells with the history he writes. How do the models and anti-models for representing events offered within his narratives allow us to imagine the place of his own writing in the history of his times? Speaker Professor Andrew Feldherr, Princeton University Venue Lecture Theatre 3, Arts Complex, 3-5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.blackwell-bristol.eventbrite.co.uk E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8460 Wed 7 May 5pm - 6.30pm LECTURE ‘Ability’: contemporary schooling’s most over-rated concept? In this presentation, Dr Barry Hymer will provide research evidence that what a person believes about their ability is far more important than their ability itself. Speaker Dr Barry Hymer, University of Cumbria Venue Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/education/events/2014/1029.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4291

Wed 7 May 5.15pm - 7.30pm LECTURE Words and deeds: the social history of historiography in the ‘Catiline’ Second of the four-part Bristol Blackwell lecture series ‘After the past: Sallust on history and writing history’. The aim of these lectures will be to connect the histories Sallust tells with the history he writes. How do the models and anti-models for representing events offered within his narratives allow us to imagine the place of his own writing in the history of his times? Speaker Professor Andrew Feldherr, Princeton University Venue Lecture Theatre 3, Arts Complex, 3-5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.blackwell-bristol.eventbrite.co.uk E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8460 Wed 7 May 5.30pm - 6.45pm LECTURE Placing Peyton Place: the godfather of US serial drama Peyton Place (1964-1969) is famous for being the first soap opera broadcast prime-time on American network television. This public lecture explores the show’s achievement as a convergence of TV and classical Hollywood genres, and explains how it changed over the course of its run in ways that reflected, and were meaningful responses to, the massive social and cultural changes that America was undergoing as the early 1960s morphed into the traumatic late 1960s. The lecture will also argue that the brilliant and powerful television dramas that have appeared on American cable channels in recent years inherit certain features or characteristics that can be traced back to Peyton Place. Speaker Professor William Rothman, University of Miami Venue Lecture Room, Department of Film and Television, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1UP Admission Free, no booking required. For further information T +44 (0)117 331 5088

Wed 7 May 6.30pm - 7.30pm TALK Molecular cuisine: what is it and should we encourage the use of science in the kitchen? Increasingly, techniques developed in the science laboratory are being used in professional kitchens. Examples include the use of vacuum distillation equipment to extract flavours, and the use of liquid nitrogen to provide rapid cooling. Initially these techniques were used by a small number of chefs, usually working in close collaboration with scientists. The event will begin with an illustrated talk by Professor Peter Barham, who was the first scientist to introduce Heston Blumenthal to many of these concepts, about how these techniques were introduced into the kitchens of these chefs and how they proceed to develop them for their own purposes. This event is part of the Bristol Food Connections Festival 2014. Speaker Professor Peter Barham, School of Physics Venue Auditorium, Victoria Rooms, Queen’s Road, BS8 1SA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/foodconnections.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8515 Thu 8 May 12.45pm - 1.45pm TALK Prescribing safety in a world of multimorbidity and polypharmacy We work in a healthcare system largely organised to deal with single diseases, but most patients have multiple conditions (multimorbidity) and often experience fragmentation and problematic high treatment burden, including taking large numbers of prescribed drugs (polypharmacy). The presentation will examine patterns of multimorbidity and polypharmacy and how these have changed over time and the implications for health services, using prescribing safety as an example of how care for people with multimorbidity and polypharmacy could be improved. Speaker Professor Bruce Guthrie, University of Dundee Venue Room LG.08, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/seminars/2014/103.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4005

Fri 9 May 6pm - 7.30pm TALK Animals in the food chain Mahatma Gandhi was reported to say that ‘You can judge the morality of a nation by the way the society treats its animals’. How are we doing in the 21st century? In this debate, academics and campaigners will consider whether the livestock industry, retailers and government are delivering the animal welfare standards that consumers want or expect. This event is part of the Bristol Food Connections Festival 2014 and in partnership with the Festival of Ideas. Speakers Professor David Main, Farm Animal Science; Dr Angela Wright, CIWF; Helen Browning, Soil Association Venue The Station, Silver Street, BS1 2AG Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/projects/other-projects/food-connections/ E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8318 Sun 11 May 10.30am & 2pm TOUR Goldney historic garden tour This tour will look at the history of the garden, its features (including the site of the original flag garden, Hercules, the Rotunda, the Bastion, the Tower, Canal, and Heritage Orchard). The tour will also include access to the Grotto, believed to be one of the finest surviving examples of an 18th century garden grotto in Britain, with walls and pillars covered in a variety of minerals, shells, corals, rocks and fossils. There will be no access to buildings and visitors are advised to wear suitable clothing and footwear. Venue Goldney Hall, Lower Clifton Hill, BS8 1BH Admission £6, booking required in advance, limited places available. For further information and to book W www.tinyurl.com/pefs98p E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4901

Tue 13 May 11am - 3pm MARKET Farmers’ market Eat well with a wide range of fresh, seasonal, local produce available to try and buy at the monthly farmers’ market. Venue Outside the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TP

Tue 13 May 5.15pm - 7.30pm LECTURE Jugurtha’s tragic history Third of the four-part Bristol Blackwell lecture series ‘After the past: Sallust on history and writing history’. The aim of these lectures will be to connect the histories Sallust tells with the history he writes. How do the models and anti-models for representing events offered within his narratives allow us to imagine the place of his own writing in the history of his times? Speaker Professor Andrew Feldherr, Princeton University Venue Lecture Theatre 3, Arts Complex, 3-5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.blackwell-bristol.eventbrite.co.uk E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8460 Wed 14 May 4pm - 5.30pm LECTURE The role of economics in public life Dr Ha-Joon Chang is probably the world’s best known economist. Currently Reader in Economics at the , his initial research was on the relation of economic policy to growth and development in East Asia and, subsequently, on the implications of the East Asian experience for economic transformation elsewhere in the world. Since the early 2000s he has emerged as one of the world’s leading critics of neoliberal (‘free market’) economic policy and its consequences, and of the orthodox, neoclassical forms of economic theorising that inform it. His lecture draws on his latest book, Economics: The User’s Guide (Pelican 2014). Speaker Dr Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge Venue 1.40 Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queens Building, University Walk, BS8 1TR Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.role-of-economics-in-public-life.eventbrite.co.uk E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 7588

Wed 14 May 5.15pm - 7.30pm LECTURE Brevitatis artifex: Sallust as text Final lecture of the four-part Bristol Blackwell lecture series ‘After the past: Sallust on history and writing history’. The aim of these lectures will be to connect the histories Sallust tells with the history he writes. How do the models and anti-models for representing events offered within his narratives allow us to imagine the place of his own writing in the history of his times? Speaker Professor Andrew Feldherr, Princeton University Venue Lecture Theatre 3, Arts Complex, 3-5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.blackwell-bristol.eventbrite.co.uk E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8460 Thu 15 May 12.45pm - 1.45pm TALK Potentially inappropriate prescribing: evidence and potential solutions With the medicalisation of old age, elderly people are being exposed to large quantities of prescription medicines. This seminar will outline the epidemiology of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP) in the UK and Ireland. Evidence from prescribing datasets and large community based studies will illustrate the epidemiology and impact of PIP, including health care utilisation, quality of life and mortality. Lastly, results of a randomised trial that aims to reduce PIP will be presented. Speaker Professor Tom Fahey, RCSI Medical School, Dublin Venue Room LG.08, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/seminars/2014/104.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4005

Thu 15 May 6pm - 8pm TALK Merchants and monopolies: private trade and the East India Companies in the 18th century As part of an ongoing programme of events exploring Britain’s imperial past, the Faculty of Arts at the University of Bristol are very pleased to have eminent global historian Professor Maxine Berg from Warwick University give a public lecture. Professor Berg will be talking about the East India Companies of the 18th century. So, if you’re interested in global histories of trade, consumption and empire, or in the history of India, then please join them. Speaker Professor Maxine Berg, University of Warwick Venue Old Council Chambers, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.merchantsandmonopolies.eventbrite.co.uk E [email protected] Fri 16 May 9am - 5pm PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM What counts as powerful knowledge? This event will explore the questions which underscore contemporary public debate about education, from debates around the future of university disciplines to arguments about the speed at which schools should respond to technological and economic change. Speakers Professor Dorothy Holland, Professor Michael Young, Professor Ola Erstad, Professor Julian Sefton-Green, Professor Ros Sutherland, Professor Gill Crozier and Professor Michael Fielding (various institutions) Venue Room 4.10, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/education/events/2014/1010.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4291

Mon 19 May 6pm - 7.30pm TWILIGHT TALK The Urban Pollinator Project: it’s a jungle out there! Towns and cities have the potential to provide excellent conditions for pollinators. In this talk you’ll hear how a team of ecologists ran the biggest urban pollinator project ever, you’ll hear about the behind the scenes stories and find out what you can do to help pollinators. Speaker Dr Jane Memott, School of Biological Sciences Venue M Shed, Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, BS1 4RN Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/events/2014/138.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8318 Tue 20 May 6pm - 7.15pm TALK Why history matters in the age of climate change A Cabot Institute talk by Professor Julia Adeney Thomas, Notre Dame University, with a special panel discussion involving Cabot Institute academics. Julia will discuss some of the ways that science describes the human, how history is different and why it matters more than ever today as the planet heats up. Speaker Professor Julia Adeney Thomas, Notre Dame University Venue Lecture Theatre 1, School of Chemistry, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1TS Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events/2014/387.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 954 6339

Wed 21 May 5pm - 7pm LECTURE Getting ideas into action: building networked improvement communities Dr Anthony Bryk (President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching) will be presenting the Design-Educational Engineering and Development (DEED) approach to school improvement. This powerful organisational process allows the whole system to address shared complex problems with all stakeholders, rapidly prototyping improvements and harnessing collective intelligence to facilitate organisational learning and sustainable improvement. Speaker Dr Anthony Bryk, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Venue Room 4.10, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/education/events/2014/1031.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4291 Thu 22 May 12.45pm - 1.45pm TALK Can we help anxious parents to raise confident children? Anxious parents matter. Their children run between a 100% and 600% increased risk (depending on who you believe) of developing anxiety themselves. Despite this, we currently do nothing to help these parents to raise confident children. This study will review research which has examined the effect of anxiety on the parenting process and will present evidence that anxiety causes information processing biases in parental contexts, and, subsequently, effects parenting behaviour. Speaker Dr Sam Cartwright-Hatton, University of Sussex Venue Room LG.08, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/seminars/2014/105.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4005

Wed 28 May 7pm - 8pm TALK Bristol - walking city Researchers from the University of Bristol argue in favour of Bristol as a ‘walking city’. As physical inactivity and obesity continue to be major public health concerns, their work clearly illustrates the benefits of walking to work and to school. Speakers Dr Suzanne Audrey, School for Social and Community Medicine; Professor Ashley Cooper, Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences and Dr Angie Page, Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences Venue The Architecture Centre, 16 Narrow Quay, BS1 4QA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.eventbrite.com/e/bristol-walking-city-tickets-11006315185 E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 7273

Suzanne Audrey Thu 29 May 7.30pm - 11pm MUSIC White Denim On the heels of a sold out UK run last year, Texan four-piece, White Denim, will return this May following the release of their sixth full-length studio album, Corsicana Lemonade. Described as ‘an experimental gumbo of garage rock, tripped-out folk and downright funk’, the Anson Rooms can’t wait to welcome them back to Bristol. Venue Anson Rooms, Richmond Building, 105 Queen’s Road, BS8 1LN Admission £16, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.ansonrooms.co.uk E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8684

Sat 31 May 2pm – 4pm PUBLIC EVENT Know your Bristol – History Day Join University of Bristol historians for a day of history and memories in Dame Emily Park with music from the fabulous Ambling Band, tea and cakes, children’s activities and stalls. Come and share your memories of Dame Emily Park! Venue Dame Emily Park, Booth Road, BS3 1DL Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/events/2014/know-your-bristol-history-day.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8321 Mon 2 June 5pm – 6.30pm TALK Integrating voice and image: neglected multimodality with digital opportunities In this talk, Professor Charles Crook will consider a number of contexts in which the impact of communication is related to the management of an integration between voice and image. He will use designs for expository teaching as one topic. Then he will introduce a service for constructing personal communication artifacts and discuss how such artifacts can serve collaborative learning, researcher documentation, and expressive confidence. Speaker Professor Charles Crook, University of Nottingham Venue Room 4.10, Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/education/events E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4291

Wed 4 & Sat 7 June TOURS Wills Memorial tower tours Times Wednesday: 12.15pm & 12.30pm Saturday: 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm Venue Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission £4 (concessions £3); free to children aged 8-11 (no under 8’s). Advance booking recommended. To book, ask inside the Wills Memorial Building for the Head Porter or contact the email below. E [email protected] T +44 (0)777 026 5108 Supporting Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal - The Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity Thu 5 June 5pm – 6.15pm PUBLIC LECTURE Is ‘modern’ human behaviour older than we think? Archaeological excavations at Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Rio Quipar, Murcia, Spain In this IAS Summer Lecture, Professor Michael Walker will discuss archaeological excavations at an 800,000 year-old site with human teeth, an Acheulian hand-axe, Levalloiso-Mousteroid flake tools, and the earliest evidence of fire in Palaeolithic Europe. Speaker Professor Michael Walker, University of Murcia, Spain Venue Peel Lecture Theatre, School of Geographical Sciences, University Road, BS8 1SS Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book please contact Conny Lippert/ Edwina Thorn W www.bristol.ac.uk/ias/diary/2014/310 E [email protected] T +44 (0) 117 331 7757

Thu 5 June 6.30pm - 8pm TALK Bristol public lectures in mathematics: quantum computing Quantum computing is a new field, and one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of science and technology. Deep links have been forged between the previously unrelated disciplines of quantum physics and computer science. On the one hand, there have been insights into fundamental issues in physics; on the other, totally new methods of computation, communication and information processing have emerged. Speaker Professor Noah Linden, School of Mathematics Venue Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~matdb/pe/ E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5242 Thu 5 June 7.15pm – 8.30pm PUBLIC LECTURE Meeting through the vegetal world - Luce Irigaray in conversation with Michael Marder Climate change, resource-related conflict, pressures on food supplies, and the contamination of air and water continue to intensify, despite efforts to put environmental concerns on the political agenda. In this Leverhulme and IAS/Cabot Institute joint lecture, two leading philosophers will discuss how to develop a more collaborative relationship with other living beings, including plants and animals, to ensure a sustainable future. Join them for a discussion on one of the most pressing problems of our age: how to develop a relational ethics through the natural world. Reception and book signing to follow lecture. Speaker Professor Luce Irigaray, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris; Professor Michael Marder, IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, University of the Basque Country, Spain Venue Peel Lecture Theatre, School of Geographical Sciences, University Road, BS8 1SS Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book please contact Conny Lippert/ Edwina Thorn W www.bristol.ac.uk/ias/diary/2014/311 E [email protected] T +44 (0) 117 331 7757

Mon 9 June - Thu 19 June FESTIVAL Festival of Education 2014 From 9 to 20 June the Graduate School of Education will be hosting their annual Festival of Education, with inspiring twilight talks and interactive sessions for all ages. Centered around the theme of ‘professional development and school-based learning’ there will be presentations, workshops and debates from noted guest speakers, partnership schools and, of course, staff and students from the Graduate School of Education. Venue Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bris.ac.uk/education/research/edfest/ E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4291 Tue 10 June 11am - 3pm MARKET Farmers’ market Eat well with a wide range of fresh, seasonal, local produce available to try and buy at the monthly farmers’ market. Venue Outside the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TP

Tue 10 June 12pm & 1.15pm WORKSHOP Revealing roles To coincide with Universities Week, the Theatre Collection will host public workshops which will give hands-on access to a selection of rare archives and items and allow attendees to discover more about people’s changing roles in the early 20th century. Each workshop will last for 45 minutes. Workshop leaders Theatre Collection Artist in Residence and other researchers Venue Theatre Collection, 21 Park Row, BS1 5LY Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/theatrecollection/events.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 5086 Tue 10 June 5pm – 7pm TALK Breaking news and building bridges: how journalists and academics can be friends The relationship between journalists and academics often seems strained, with accusations of ‘ivory-towers’ and ‘dumbing down’ on each side. It needn’t be that way. This conversation between two people who want to bridge the divide will explore the tensions and the risks but also the rewards and opportunities for both parties. This event if being run in connection with Universities week and is part of the Festival of Education. Speakers Sue Littlemore, Education Media Centre; Jonathan Dori, Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol and former media executive; Dr Paul Howard-Jones, Graduate School of Education Venue Room 4.10, Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/education/events/2014/1042.html E [email protected] T +44 (0) 117 331 4291

Thu 12 June 10am - 5pm WORKSHOP Crossing the line: ritual and superstition at sea This workshop, run by Bristol University’s ‘Perspective from the Sea’ research group, and taking place at the ss Great Britain, invites participants to come along to discuss the ‘crossing the line’ ceremony – a ceremony that takes place when a ship crosses the equator, and sailors are initiated into the Kingdom of Neptune. Everyone is welcome to join in at any point during the day. If you wish to tell your own story of ‘crossing the line’ then please get in touch with the event organisers by 28 May. Venue ss Great Britain, Great Western Dockyard, Gas Ferry Rd, BS1 6TY Speaker Dr Kirsty Reid, University of the Highlands and Islands Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book contact Laurence Publicover or Jimmy Packham E [email protected]; [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8130 Sun 15 June 10.30am & 2pm TOUR Goldney historic garden tour This tour will look at the history of the garden, its features (including the site of the original flag garden, Hercules, the Rotunda, the Bastion, the Tower, Canal, and Heritage Orchard). The tour will also include access to the Grotto, believed to be one of the finest surviving examples of an 18th century garden grotto in Britain, with walls and pillars covered in a variety of minerals, shells, corals, rocks and fossils. There will be no access to buildings and visitors are advised to wear suitable clothing and footwear. Venue Goldney Hall, Lower Clifton Hill, BS8 1BH Admission £6, booking required in advance, limited places available. For further information and to book W www.tinyurl.com/pefs98p E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4901

Thu 19 June 12.45pm - 1.45pm TALK A machine that does the work of two men Spike Milligan described a machine that did the work of two men. Unfortunately, it took three men to work it. As populations age, multimorbidity accrues and resources contract, neither patients nor the NHS can afford such fragmentation. But if the NHS is not at its best in doing this where needs are greatest, inequalities will widen. The inverse care law is still with us. This talk draws on the experience and views of General Practitioners at the deep end to imagine how these riddles can be solved. Speaker Professor Graham Watt, University of Glasgow Venue Room LG.08, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, BS8 2PS Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/seminars/2014/88.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4005

Goldney Garden Canal and Tower Thu 19 June 6pm - 7.30pm TWILIGHT TALK Deciding together? How decisions are made about treating very sick children Deciding what is best for a very sick child on life support can be very difficult, especially if there is disagreement between the doctors and the parents. What can the views of parents, doctors and nurses who have experienced children’s intensive care tell us about finding agreement in these situations? Speaker Giles Birchley, School of Social and Community Medicine Venue Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, BS1 5TX Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/events/2014/145.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8318

Thu 26 June 12pm - 2pm EXHIBITION South West Crucible exhibition What happens when you put the brightest and best young researchers in the South West in a room together and encourage them to brainstorm? Come along to the Watershed’s waterfront walkway to discover the innovative and novel research concepts that emerge from this year’s South West Crucible programme. Be dazzled, intrigued and engaged by the collaboration, imagination and creativity that have sparked from the participants of this year’s programme. Venue Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, BS1 5TX Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.southwestcrucible.org E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8269 Thu 26 June 5pm - 6.30pm LECTURE Education’s aims or school subjects - which come first? Professor Michael Reiss will be exploring the fundamental aims of school education, and arguing that curriculum development should start with aims rather than, as is typically the case, with subjects. Speaker Professor Michael Reiss, University of London Venue Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bris.ac.uk/education/events/2014/1030.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4291

Thu 26 June 6.30pm – 8pm PUBLIC LECTURE Slavery: legacies and remembrance Bristol was a major player in the slave trade in the 18th century but there are scarcely any traces of this history in our city today. The importance of this abominable commerce on the fabric of our city has yet to be recognised. The panel will take perspectives from different parts of the world and discuss how Bristol should face up to its past and remember. This is an Institute for Advanced Studies public panel discussion in association with the Bristol Festival of Ideas. Speakers Cameron Monroe, UC Santa Cruz; Mark Horton, School of Arts Venue Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol, Queens Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book please contact Conny Lippert/ Edwina Thorn W www.bristol.ac.uk/ias/diary/2014/309 E [email protected] T +44 (0) 117 331 7757 FESTIVAL OF NATURE

Sat 14 June 10am - 6pm Sun 15 June 10am - 5pm PUBLIC EVENT Festival of Nature Visit the University of Bristol tent and engage in interactive and hands-on activities to learn about the latest research that is taking place in life sciences. You will be able to explore past climates, discover hidden biodiversity and learn about collective behaviours and intelligence. Join our researchers in uncovering our knowledge of nature! The DigiMakers will also be at At-Bristol where you’ll get to work with Raspberry Pis and Arduinos, and watch out for our researchers as they’ll be talking at the Talks Tent and also around the Festival on soapboxes! Venue Millennium Square, Bristol Harbourside, Lloyds Amphitheatre, Waterfront Square and Anchor Square Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/events/2014/151.html E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8315 MUSIC

Fri 2 May 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC University Madrigal Ensemble A selection of vernal madrigals and partsongs, as well as motets from the Renaissance to the present day.

Wed 7 May 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC University Singers Music to include works by Moore, Howells and Poulenc.

Fri 9 May 1.15pm - 2pm MUSIC University String Orchestra Music to include Shostakovich, Bartok, Elgar and the winning work in the student composition contest.

Venue Victoria Rooms, Queen’s Road, BS8 1SA unless otherwise stated Admission Free, no booking required unless otherwise stated. Some lunchtime concerts take place in the Recital Room of the Victoria Rooms with limited seating. For further information and to book (for bookable events) contact Concerts and Music Resources Office W www.bristol.ac.uk/music/events E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4044 PAST MATTERS

Wed 21 May 6.30pm - 8pm TALK Humanitarian photography and the atomic age We know what calamity looks like; stunned victims appear in countless photographs. But does seeing distress help end it? Can we really speak of ‘humanitarian photography’? Looking at the images made of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the 1940s and 1950s by famous Japanese photographers Yamahata Yōsuke, Domon Ken, and Kimura Ihei and by anonymous American photographers in the army corps of engineers, Professor Adeney Thomas will explore how photographs might help make the world a better place. Speaker Professor Julia Adeney Thomas, University of Notre Dame Venue M Shed, Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, BS1 4RN Admission Free, booking required in advance.

Wed 28 May 6.30pm - 8pm TALK Penguin lecture: How to end the Great War? Making peace in East and West In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle. Once it had ended, it left country after country having to deal with circumstances unimaginable before 1914. The Deluge is a remarkable new global history from 1916 to 1931 by the winner of the 2007 Wolfson Prize and author of the critically acclaimed The Wages of Destruction. Including superb accounts of the latter part of World War One, the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles and the events which resulted in the break-up of four empires, it explores the legacy of a war that continues to shape us today. In this talk, Professor Tooze will introduce his gripping book, which explains why the modern world was created between 1916 and 1931. Speaker Professor Adam Tooze, Yale University Venue Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, BS1 5TX Admission Free, booking required in advance. Thu 29 May 6.30pm - 8pm TALK Holocaust tourism This talk traces the history of visits to Holocaust sites from the war, through the immediate post-war period and into the present. It explores the reasons why individuals and groups have visited these places and asks what future there is for so-called ‘dark tourism’. Speaker Professor Tim Cole, Department of History Venue Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, BS1 5TX Admission Free, booking required in advance.

Past Matters, the University of Bristol’s annual Festival of History, is a series of public events and this year will explore the global history of the 20th century. For more information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/events/listing E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 8313 Twitter www.twitter.com/Past_Matters

Tim Cole UNIVERSITY SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Wed 11 June 7.30pm - 10pm MUSIC Summer concert Finzi Lo, the full final sacrifice, Shostakovich Symphony No.6 in B minor, Wagner Siegfried Idyll and a new work by a student composer. Performers University Chamber Choir with Ben Westerman (conductor) and David Bednall (organ); University Chamber Orchestra with Adam Berman (conductor) and University Symphony Orchestra with John Pickard (conductor) Admission Balcony £15 (£10 concessions), Stalls £10 (£7 concessions). Booking required in advance.

Thu 12 June 10.30am - 6.30pm MUSIC Final year performance students present A day of free musical events including a chamber music coffee morning, composers’ concert and more. Please visit the website for a complete line-up.

Thu 12 June 8pm - 11pm MUSIC Late into the night Jazz night. Venue Be in Bristol, Whiteladies Road, BS8 2LY.

Fri 13 June 1.15pm - 2pm World War One themed charity concert Music will include Pie Jesu from Duruflé’s Requiem and the Kyrie from Britten’s War Requiem. Fri 13 June 7pm - 9pm University Music Department Students Handel’s Messiah.

Venue St Pauls Church, St Pauls Road, Clifton, BS8 1LR Admission Free, no booking required unless otherwise stated. Some lunchtime concerts take place in the Recital Room of the Victoria Rooms with limited seating. For further information and to book (for bookable events) W www.bristol.ac.uk/music/festival/ E [email protected] THE BOTANIC GARDEN

Sun 11 May 10am - 3pm WORKSHOP A snapshot of spring A one-day watercolour workshop with artist, Annie Morris, to create a snapshot of the beauty of spring in the Botanic Garden. The course is suitable for students of all abilities and the tutor will provide individual tuition and demonstrations. Work will be based in the Garden, glasshouses and study room depending on the weather. Please bring your own paints and brushes, guidance on what to buy is available on request. Paper provided. Workshop leader Annie Morris, Botanical Artist Admission £25. Booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.shop.bris.ac.uk

Sun 18 May 10am - 4.30pm EXHIBITION Fascination of plants day Join the Botanic Garden in a global celebration, dedicated to preserving, protecting and conserving plants for people and the planet. Come and see aspects of the fascinating world of plants, interpreted by students from the University’s School of Biological Sciences and learn about the importance of plants to us all. Admission Adults £3.50, children, Friends of the Botanic Garden, University staff and students free. No booking required.

Annie Morris Thu 5 June 11am – 4pm PUBLIC EVENT Ballast Seed Garden planting event Join us in Castle Park to see volunteers from the University of Bristol Botanic Garden in their annual planting of the floating Ballast Seed Garden. Situated on Bristol’s Floating Harbour, the garden is populated with a variety of non-native plants, creating a living history of the city’s trade and maritime past. Venue Castle Park, BS1 3XD Admission Free, no booking required. For further information W www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/ballast-seed-garden-planting-event E [email protected] T +44 (0) 117 917 2300

Sat 7 June 10am - 4.30pm EXHIBITION Get growing garden trail The Botanic Garden is participating in this trail which is organised by the Bristol Food Network. Bristol’s secret vegetable growers open their garden gates and community plots and offer a range of activities. Come and learn about our vegetable growing and gardening courses and see their Native American Plants project. Enjoy a tour of the garden. Admission Adults £3.50; children, Friends of the Botanic Garden, University staff and students free. No booking required.

Tue 10 June & Tue 24 June 6.30pm – 8.30pm PUBLIC EVENT Enjoy the Botanic Garden on a summer’s evening There will be a number of fascinating evening tours of the garden throughout summer this year. The tours kick off with a glass of wine or elderflower presse in the Linnaeus study room at 6.30pm before one of their experienced guides will walk you through the Garden from 7pm. Admission £7.50. Includes refreshments. Booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden/events/2014/141.html Wed 18 June 6.30pm - 8pm TOUR Enjoy the botanical pleasures of June Join an inspiring special tour of the Garden with the Curator, Nicholas Wray. The Botanic Garden cultivates over 4,500 plant species from all regions of the globe. In June there are floral delights around every corner. Tours present an excellent opportunity to hear of exciting new developments and learn about plants of seasonal interest including the exotics in the glasshouses. Speaker Nicholas Wray, Botanic Garden Admission Free to Friends of the Botanic Garden. Visitors welcome for a small donation. Meet at the Welcome Lodge. No booking required.

Venue University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Stoke Park Road, BS9 1JG unless otherwise stated Admission Adults £3.50; children, Friends of the Botanic Garden, University staff and students free and no booking required unless otherwise stated. May opening hours Open Monday to Friday and Sundays, 10am to 4.30pm June opening hours Open seven days a week, 10am to 4.30pm W www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 331 4906

Alice Maltby Thu 19 June 5.30pm – 7.30pm BOAT TOUR An introduction to Bristol’s Historic Floating Harbour and the Ballast Seed Garden Take a boat trip from the Arnolfini through part of Bristol’s Floating Harbour where you will be introduced to the historic Welsh Back and site of Bristol’s former castle before boarding the Ballast Seed Garden to learn about the project and take a close look at the plants. Speaker Anne Brake, Botanic Garden volunteer guide Admission £7/£5 concessions. Booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/boat-tour E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 917 2300

Sun 29 June 1pm – 5pm TOUR Stoke Bishop open gardens trail Enjoy an inspirational afternoon visiting Stoke Bishop’s hidden gardens and the Botanic Garden and enjoy guided tours of Sneyd Park Nature Reserve. Proceeds in aid of the Botanic Garden and Stoke Bishop hanging baskets. Admission Passport £5 per person, children free. Available from Aimee’s Wine House, Stoke Hill throughout June or on the day from any participating garden or Stoke Bishop Village Hall. For further information and to book E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 968 6592 UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE OPEN DAYS

Friday 20 and Saturday 21 June 9.30am - 4pm Saturday 13 September 9.30am - 4pm OPEN DAYS Undergraduate open days Are you looking to study in higher education? There’s so much to think about when you’re choosing a university. With so many options on offer, it’s important you get a real feel for the universities you are applying to. We think Bristol is a great place to live and study, but don’t just take our word for it. Find out for yourself by visiting us on an open day where you will have the opportunity to: • Visit academic schools and facilities • Meet the academic and support staff • Talk to current students about their experiences • Visit student accommodation • Get a feel for the city and area • Get advice on funding and making your application Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book W www.bristol.ac.uk/opendays/ E [email protected] T +44 (0)117 928 8623 If you require additional support at any of these events, e.g. wheelchair access or sign language interpretation, please contact the organiser of the event at the earliest opportunity. Talk finish times are approximate and are a guide only.

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