Events
Research seminar: Indigestible: Wartime food substitutes and nutrition in First World War Germany
Dr Jonathan Slater presents a paper for the War Studies and Health Histories research groups in the School of History
Debussy at the Art Independent Bookshop (1892–1895)
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
Work in Progress and Grant Application Discussion (CHIA members only)
Part of the CHIA seminar programme, 2025-2026
Black History Month 2025 - Communities Across Cultures
The event will include live performances and paper presentations
What Does the 'Co' in 'Co-production' Really Mean?
This interdisciplinary session will explore the meaning and practice of co-production in participatory art, especially in the context of youth mental health and loneliness.
Research seminar: Builder kings: Reception of Solomon in the Early ʿAbbāsid Palaces
Dr Rhiannon Garth Jones presents a paper for the Institute for Medieval Studies seminar series
Research Seminar: ‘Slashing the Sisterhood? Women’s Authorship and the Postfeminist Politics of Early Teen Slasher’
This seminar unearths a history of women’s authorship in North American slasher film production, and examines the role women have played in the overarching politics and ideology of the slasher film
Research Seminar: ‘Contesting Inequalities: Mediated Labor Activism and Rural Migrant Workers in China’
Siyuan Yin’s ethnographic study explores how mediated labor activism advances worker mobilization, feminist activism, and counter-discourses amid China’s authoritarian constraints
How does music shape imagination?
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
A conversation with Tendai Huchu
Tendai (T.L.) Huchu is an award-winning Zimbabwean writer living in Edinburgh and the author of the critically-acclaimed The Hairdresser of Harare (2010)
Seminar: My Time as the German Defence Attaché between 2008-2012 and 2015-2028 in Islamabad, Pakistan
Colonel (ret.) Klaus Wolf presents a paper for the War Studies and Politics, Diplomacy and International History research groups in the School of History.
Language@Leeds webinar: Maximising the benefit of early years education for children’s language development
A webinar by Professor Cat Davies
Research Seminar: 'Neurodivergence is relationship': reading literature in neurodivergent community
Dr Laura Seymour presents a paper for the Health Histories research group in the School of History.
PRiA/DCCH/AI-Hub Workshop: After Gen AI training, what next for AI for pedagogy and pedagogic research in AHC?
The workshop is aimed at all staff (academic, professional services) in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures who are considering issues around AI in their educational and PedR/SoTL activities
Research papers by Visiting PGRs Sofía Rodríguez Palomar and María Llinares Galustian
Part of the CHIA seminar programme, 2025-2026
Comics Practice and Theory: Roundtable and Exhibition Launch
An expert roundtable exploring the intersection of comics, creative practice and academic research, featuring leading national creators and scholars.
Professor Julia Snell's Inaugural Lecture: 'Language diversity and social (in)justice'
Drawing on research conducted over 20 years, Prof. Julia Snell interrogates the assumption that modifying children's speech will lead to educational success and social mobility.
Music and the Arts in France – 1925: Anniversaries and Confluences
Music and the Arts in France – 1925 is an international Conference and Festival that takes 1925 as the confluence for exploring key composers for whom it was a significant date.
Ailish Tynan (soprano) & Joseph Middleton (piano) | Art Song
Ailish Tynan and Joseph Middleton perform music including Ravel's Sheherazade, Poulenc La courte paille, and songs by Satie and Rosenthal.
Vocal Masterclass with Dame Felicity Lott
Dame Felicity Lott leads a masterclass with students of the Royal Northern College of Music and Leeds Song Young Artists.
'Influencer Creep: How Optimisation, Authenticity and Self-Branding Transform Creative Culture' Book Launch
Book Launch for ‘Influencer Creep: How Optimization, Authenticity and Self-Branding Transform Creative Culture’ by Sophie Bishop, with Dr Eirini Boukla (School of Design) and artist Marianna Mariz
Barriers and pathways: rethinking access in music education and composition
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
Media Frontiers: Creative Industries and AI, Some Big Questions
Join us for the inaugural 'Media Frontiers' event in The School of Media and Communication, bringing industry experts in conversation with the School’s research staff, students and beyond
Research Seminar: ‘Performing Power’
Performing Power proposes an analysis of social power not as a material or ideal resource, but as a dramatic and aesthetic act.
How management works in the music industry
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
Javier Fernández-Galeano, “An Oasis of Debauchery: Sexuality, Scandal, and Moral Ambiguity in the Late-Francoist Spanish Sahara”
Part of the CHIA seminar programme, 2025-2026
Uncomposing Gaia: new music, sound art, and the limits of non/life
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
Idiom, genre, and whiteness in Dutch improvised music and postcolonial jazz
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
Conference: International Medieval Congress 2026
IMC 2025 will take place 06-09 July in a fully hybrid format from the University of Leeds campus.
- One day event
- Reoccuring events