Looking to China – from Thoresby Hall to Shanghai

In this presentation, Dr Gabriele Neher will uncover previously hidden stories of the wider cultural impact of trading relationships between China and the UK.

Tags: China, culture, Department of Art History, Gabriele Neher, history, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, summer seminar series

Nottinghamshire Local History and Archaeology Day

Following on from the hugely successful event last year and by popular demand the University Museum will be displaying the wide and varied work taking place throughout Nottinghamshire by local history and archaeology societies, archaeological units, museums and other regional archaeological organisations. This event will include displays, handling of original material and talks.

Tags: archaeology, community, family, hisotry, local, Museum, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, Nottinghamshire

Passions of the Cut Sleeve

For a long time, homosexuality has been regarded as a ‘western import’ in China. Hongwei Bao examines evidence from China’s history suggesting otherwise, and in doing so offers a new understanding of same-sex intimacy in the context of China.

Tags: China, culture, Department of Culture Film and Media, history, homosexuality, Hongwei Bao, LGBT, media, Nottingham Lakeside Arts

New Perspectives on China: People of the Ming

Organised by the University’s newly formed China Cultural Visiting Hub (CCVH), this free seminar series aims […]

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Tags: China, China Cultural Visiting Hub, Chris Rudd, knowledge exchange, lecture, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, series

Liz Lochhead- Somethings Old, Somethings New

From the bittersweet to the rude and raunchy, Liz Lochhead, the National Poet of Scotland, weaves […]

Tags: Department of English, literature, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, poetry

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By William Shakespeare ‘The course of true love never did run smooth…’ Step into a world […]

Tags: Department of English, Djanogly Theatre, Drama, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, Play, Shakespeare

The art of war at Lakeside

As the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War approaches, two exhibitions at […]

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Tags: Ceri Richards, Derrick Greaves, Eduardo Paolozzi, Edward Middleditch, Elisabeth Frink, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Graham Sutherland, In the Shadow of War, Jack Smith, John Bratby, John Minton, Josef Herman, Keith Vaughan, Lee Miller’s War, Leon Kossoff, LS Lowry, Lucian Freud, Merlyn Evans, Neil Walker, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, Patrick Heron, Prunella Clough, Robert Colquhoun, Robert MacBryde, William Turnbull