Events
A Day of Events on Religion and Violence
Organised by Gregorio Alonso, Associate Professor in Hispanic History, and Johanna Stiebert, Director of the Centre for Religion and Public Life
A re-evaluation of approaches to understanding musicality in autism
Part of the Music Research Seminar Series 2025-26
How do sacred texts legitimise violence?
Book talk with Professor Sarojini Nadar (Desmond Tutu Research Chair, University of the Western Cape)
Research seminar: 'God is with us': Russian Orthodox discourses abour war and the West
Dr Patrick Lally Michelson presents a paper for the War Studies and Politics, Diplomacy and International History research groups in the School of History.
Roundtable: Fathers, families, and investigating family lives
A roundtable discussion organised by the Women, Gender and Sexuality research group in the School of History
Research seminar: Hybrids on the Frontier: Power and identity of Italian families in Latin Greece (13th–15th century)
Dr Nada Zečević presents a paper for the Institute for Medieval Studies seminar series
Workshop: Navigating the overseas academic job market
A workshop for PGRs and ECRs offered by the School of History's Politics, Diplomacy and International History research group.
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
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
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.
Research papers by Visiting PGRs Sofía Rodríguez Palomar and María Llinares Galustian
Part of the CHIA seminar programme, 2025-2026
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
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