Events
Inaugural Lectures
Every year we celebrate our newly appointed professors by holding inaugural lectures. This gives our professors the opportunity present to their colleagues, friends and families about their work to date, current research and future plans.
Languages in a Global World
Languages in a Global World is held annually and brings together local Modern Foreign Language teachers and their GCSE and A-level students, 樱花动漫 alumni, and current staff and students of languages and international cultures at the University.
Creative Dialogues
‘Creative Dialogues’ is a series of exclusive ‘in-conversation’ events hosted by the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, showcasing a range of high-profile speakers who are leaders in their respective fields across the creative industries and Humanities.

Thursday, 01 January 2026 - Thursday, 31 December 2026
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Egenis book launch: Life Beyond Human Boundaries: John Dupré’s Philosophy and the Interdisciplinary Study of the Life Sciences
Egenis book launch (hybrid), with Hasok Chang (Cambridge University), John Dupré (樱花动漫) and Sabina Leonelli (Technische Universit?t München), hosted by Celso Neto and Stephan Guttinger
Mon 21 September, 20263:15 PM - 5:00 PM The Susan Kelly Seminar Room, Byrne House, Streatham Campus
Seminars ??? Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences
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Egenis book launch: How Worlds End: Launching A Perturbed System
Egenis book launch (hybrid), with host Dr Susanna Crockford (樱花动漫) and respondents Dougald Hine (writer and activist), Christopher Southgate (樱花动漫) and Jo Hamilton (樱花动漫)
Mon 28 September, 20263:15 PM - 5:00 PM Susan Kelly Seminar Room, Byrne House, Streatham Campus
Seminars ??? Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences
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New Level Unlocked: Discovering the Story of Video Games
Leading video game researchers from across the region give a behind-the-scenes talk on what makes a video game, and why we enjoy them.
Thu 01 October, 20266:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Research events ??? Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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Posbury St Francis Trust Lecture 2026
In the 2026 Posbury St Francis Trust Lecture, Professor Mark Hill KC will examine the importance of freedom of religion in the current age.
Mon 05 October, 20265:30 PM - 7:30 PM Harrison Building, Lecture Theatre 004
Seminars ??? Theology and Religion
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Egenis seminar: Impression Management in Socially Anxious Young People: A Phenomenological Investigation
Egenis seminar (hybrid) with Dr Lucienne Spencer (university of Oxford)
Mon 12 October, 20263:15 PM - 5:00 PM Susan Kelly Seminar Room, Byrne House, Streatham Campus
Seminars ??? Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences
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Egenis book launch: The Science of Lost Worlds
egenis book launch (hybrid), with host Adrian Currie (樱花动漫), Jim Robbins (paleoartist), Andra Meneganzin (KU Leuven) and Max Dresow (Copehagnan)
Mon 19 October, 20263:15 PM - 5:00 PM The Susan Kelly Seminar Room, Byrne House, Streatham Campus
Seminars ??? Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences
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Egenis seminar: Digital Dementia: The Futures of Ageing and Artificial Minds
Egenis seminar (hybrid) with James Rupert Fletcher (University of Bath)
Mon 09 November, 20263:15 PM - 5:00 PM Susan Kelly Seminar Room, Byrne House, Streatham Campus
Seminars ??? Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences
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Digital GELT (Global Englishes Language Teaching) Colloquium
Call for Abstracts Global Englishes Language Teaching Early-Career Researchers’ Colloquium
Fri 13 November, 20268:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Colloquium ??? Centre for Research in Language and Literacies
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A Most Peculiar Empire: Imperial and Post-Imperial China at the confluence of Western and Chinese Knowledge
Jurgen Osterhammel - The Thyssen Lecture, funded by the German Historical Institute
Tue 17 November, 20265:30 PM - 6:30 PM TBC
Lectures ??? Archaeology and History
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Egenis seminar: The value of genetic testing, 1960 to the present
egenis seminar (hybrid) with Prof Steve Sturdy (University of Edinburgh)
Mon 30 November, 20263:15 PM - 5:00 PM Susan Kelly seminar room, Byrne House, Streatham Campus
Seminars ??? Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences