The Enigma problem – Alan Turing and the British establishment

Join Dr Max Biddulph, Chair of the LGBTQ Staff Network, and Professor David Brailsford, School of Computer Science, for a public lecture addressing ‘The Enigma problem – Alan Turing and the British establishment’. Part of LGBT History Month.

Tags: Alan Turing, David Brailsford, history, LGBT, LGBTQ Staff Network, Max Biddulph, politics, School of Computer Science

Rock ‘n’ roll double header

The rock ‘n’ roll double header begins with Randall Stephens discussing ‘Rock and religion in the 1950s south’, before Simon Philo explains ‘How the Beatles liberated America’. Admission free, all welcome.

Tags: America, culture, Department of American and Canadian Studies, history, music, Randall Stephens, rock, Simon Philo

Martinmas Fair 2014

This fair celebrates the opening of a community heritage and archaeology project unearthing, sharing and celebrating the tangible and intangible heritage surrounding this unique heritage site.

Tags: activity, Dunkirk, fair, family, history, Lenton, local, Robin Hood

‘Being Human’: bringing Nottingham heroes and villains to life

Famous characters and key moments from the rich history of Nottinghamshire will be brought back to […]

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Tags: Being Human, community, event, film, history, local, myth, Nottingham, Robin Hood

Situating internationalism in the atmospheric sciences: histories, geographies, climates and change

As part of the Institute for Science and Society seminar series, we are delighted to welcome Dr Martin Mahony to deliver a seminar around internationalism in the atmospheric sciences.

Tags: climate, environment, geography, history, Intitute for Science and Society, ISS, King's College London, science, University Park

Print culture double-header

Join us to hear talks by Dr. Hester Blum and Dr. Graham Thompson, who will also engage in a public conversation and take questions from the audience.

Tags: America, culture, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Dr Graham Thompson, geography, history, lecture, print

Digging the Trenches – Great War Archaeology

Andy Robertshaw is a military historian, author and television expert, and will give a talk on the topic of archaeology during the First World War. His presentation will focus on archaeological evidence to highlight the Great War as experienced rather than imagined.

Tags: Andy Robertshaw, First World War, history, military, Trent in Trenches

Who are UoN’s Greatest Sporting Heroes?

You decide! The University of Nottingham has a fantastic sporting legacy that we want to celebrate. […]

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Tags: alumni, campaigns and alumni relations, CARO, greatest sporting heroes, history, sport, staff, students

Celebrate Black History Month

Music, spoken word, and public lectures on Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King — […]

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Tags: Black History Month, celebrate, culture, events, history, music, public lectures, spoken word