On Saturday 25 April, the Schwarzman Centre will throw open its doors!
Join us for a free-entry festival of pop-up performances and events including bite-size talks, circus, poetry, dance, music, physical theatre and more. Click here to see the full schedule.
As part of the day, TORCH has curated some 15-minute talks to showcase research across the Humanities Division.
Schedule
11.45: When Shakespeare Met Trump - Professor Emma Smith (English) - Room 4
12.05: Mass shoving in Greek warfare: from Oxford to Hollywood - Dr Roel Konijnendijk (Classics) - Room 4
12.30: Tudor Health & Safety - Professor Steven Gunn (History) - Room 4
12.45: 10 Myths About Witchcraft - Professor Diane Purkiss (English) - Room 4
13:00 – 16: 00: From emoji to cartouches…: interactive activities around ancient and modern inventions for ‘reading between the lines’ in writing. With Chloé Agar, Gustavo Fernandes Pedroso, Alfred Lo, Jieun Kiaer, Hana Navratilova, Florencia Nelli, Philomen Probert, Christian Sanders, and Jeff Wing Tsun Yip. Includes short talks at 13:00 (quotation marks), 14:00 (Egyptian hieroglyphs), and 15:00 (cuneiform). Room 3
13.15: The Ten-Minute Book Club - Professor Kirsten Shepherd & Natasha Bradley (English) - Room 1
14:00: Linguistic illusions: now you say it, now you don’t - Professor Colin Phillips (Linguistics) - Room 4
14.15: The Secret Life of Nuns - Professor Henrike Lähnemann (MML) - Room 4
15:00: A Lullaby in Three Journeys - Professor Samantha Sebastian (Music) - Room 4
16.15: Superwomen, saints and sinners: why studying the past matters now - Dr Janina Ramirez (Continuing Education) - Room 4
Exact schedule may change, please check back nearer the time for the definite programme.
Booking
There is no need to book for these bite-size talks, just drop in. You will need to book a free ticket to see some of the events happening in the performance spaces, so click the link above to do so.
