Events
FUAM 2026: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize
Celebrating its 14th year, the FUAM Graduate Art Prize exhibition showcases the artistic talent of students completing BA studies in Art and Design and Fine Art at the University of Leeds in 2026.
The School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies: past, present and future
In the first in a new ARTFUL talks series, Abigail Harrison Moore, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Leeds, will locate us in the spaces where we work, make and think.
Puberty: The Law of Biological Difference
Akosua Paries-Osei presents a paper for the Women, Gender and Sexuality research group in the School of History
Ethnic and Political Communities in Transylvania in the Late Medieval Period
Seminar by Cosmin Popa-Gorjanu, Universitatea '1 Decembrie 1918', Alba Iulia, Romania, for the Leeds Institute of Medieval Studies.
Long Time No See – exhibition
Long time, no see! Here we present to you a trove of treasures, collected from all corners of the world.
Practice research film screenings: The Man Who Built the Waldorf Astoria and 1922
Join us for a screening and discussion of two practice research films made by members of the Centre: The Man Who Built the Waldorf Astoria, by Professor Paul Cooke, and 1922 by Dr Libertad Gills.
Book launch – Digital Journalism Practice: Skills for Now and the Future
A reception to mark the launch of Digital Journalism Practice: Skills for Now and the Future (Bucknell, I. and Painter, L. 2026) including a conversation on the changing newsroom with industry insight
Research Seminar: Musical idealism (and its secrets) in the long 19th century
Location: Conference Room, School of Music
“B Civil”
Join us for a talk with speaker John Mowitt, Professor Emeritus in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies.
Research Seminar: ‘Gurus, Hucksters, Entertainers: How Influencers Reshaped Social Media’
This talk examines how influencer careers and revenues shape the content that populates our social media feeds.
"I just don't know what it is... is this the future... or is it now?"
A ‘pop-up’ exhibition of new paintings by Postgraduate Researcher Paul Grist and an audio-visual performance by Racket Ball.
What’s Chinese about Chinese export wallpaper?
Join us for the latest event in our ARTFUL talks series, with speakers Dr Rob Knifton and Dr Louise Atkinson from the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies.
Campus Fungi Foray
Join staff and students from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures and the Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group for an autumn fungi foray on campus.
Cineclubismo and Territory in Brazil's Baixada Fluminense
Location: B.09 (SR) Parkinson Building
Theorizing the Anti-Facial Image
Joins us for a work in process seminar with speaker Mani Sharpe, Lecturer in Film in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies.
Media Frontiers: ‘People Doing Cool Creative Work Online: An Industry Panel’
This Media Frontiers panel event brings five exciting digital creatives to the School of Media and Communication to discuss their process, inspirations and challenges.
Research Seminar: Who Shapes the Opera? Immersive Opera, Emotion Engine and the Intelligent Stage
Location: Lecture Theatre 3, School of Music
Feminist Art Making Histories Launch
Join us for a launch event of two outputs from Feminist Art Making Histories, a project exploring the encounter between art and feminism across Britain and Ireland from the 1970s-1990s.
Research Seminar: Audible Incarceration: Empire, Biopolitics and Modern Listening
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, School of Music
Objective Form and Carmela Gross’ Roda Gigante: Value, Waste and Weight
Join us for the latest in our ARTFUL talks series, with speaker Gail Day (Professor of Art History and Critical Theory in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies).
Science into Pop: Triangulating Legitimacy in Three Experimental Music Traditions
How can the case of Jamaican dub reggae broaden our understanding of music experimentation?
Research Seminar: David Bowie and the Pulse of Jean Genet
Lecture Theatre 2, School of Music
Project Launch: Wish You Were Here
An afternoon of stories, creativity, and conversation.
Artist Talk by Olivia Bax
Join us for a talk with Olivia Bax, a sculptor who brings things together, creating ensembles of found and made objects, held together by metal armatures, chicken wire, cardboard and paper pulp.
Queer History Club: People Without History Are Dust - Queer Desire and the Holocaust
People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire and the Holocaust
Research Seminar: Recomposed: Music, Climate, Crisis, Change
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, School of Music
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