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AT A GLANCE - MARCH
DATE

TIME

EVENT

VENUE

Sat 1

10.30am,
11am,
11.30am,
12pm &
12.30pm

TOUR

Wills Memorial tower tours

WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Sat 1

10.30am

DAY COURSE

Edward Thomas and Robert Frost

3/5 WOODLAND ROAD

Sat 1

10.30am

DAY COURSE

Writing about other people’ s lives

3/5 WOODLAND ROAD

Sat 1

2pm

TASTER
SESSION

What did it mean to be human?...

MALCOLM X CENTRE

Mon 3

5pm

TALK

The third space and digital literacy...

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
EDUCATION

Tue 4

6pm

TALK

Nixon Watergate: an interview with
Alexander Butterfield

SCHOOL OF PHYSICS

Wed 5

12.15pm &
12.30pm

TOUR


WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Wed 5

1.15pm

MUSIC

Haydn sonatas, for the piano

VICTORIA ROOMS

Wed 5

5pm

TALK

Mathematics and creativity in the
primary classroom

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
EDUCATION

Thu 6

7.30pm

MUSIC

University Music Society
chamber concert

ST PAUL’S CHURCH

Fri 7

1.15pm

MUSIC

Piano duets

VICTORIA ROOMS

Fri 7

6.30pm

TALK

Women and the politics of work

WATERSHED

Sat 8

7.30pm

MUSIC

University Wind and String Orchestra

VICTORIA ROOMS

Tue 11

11am

MARKET

Farmers’ market

CENTRE FOR SPORT,
EXERCISE AND HEALTH

Tue 11

4.30pm

RESEARCH
SEMINAR

Lutyens, Maconchy, Williams and
20th century British Music

VICTORIA ROOMS

Tues 11

6pm

INAUGURAL
LECTURE

Is better animal welfare an
opportunity or an obligation?

SCHOOL OF
VETERINARY SCIENCES,
LANGFORD

Wed 12

1.15pm

MUSIC

Schola Cantorum

VICTORIA ROOMS

Thu 13

1pm

TALK

Young people, mental capital and
the ‘global race’

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
EDUCATION

Fri 14

1.15pm

MUSIC

University Brass Ensemble

VICTORIA ROOMS

Sat 15

11am

ACTIVITY DAY

Family History Day

SINGLE PARENT ACTION
NETWORK

Sat 15

7.30pm

MUSIC

Choral Society and Symphony
Orchestra

VICTORIA ROOMS

MARCH

Cover image (clockwise from left) University of Bristol, David Royle, University of Bristol - Past Matters

DATE

TIME

EVENT

VENUE

MARCH
Mon 17

4pm & 7pm DRAMA

Anon: the songs of silent women

THE WICKHAM THEATRE

Tue 18

4pm

PUBLIC
LECTURE

...local institutions, risk and sharing
in the context of migration

SCHOOL OF
GEOGRAPHICAL
SCIENCES

Tue 18

4.30pm

RESEARCH
SEMINAR

Hearing things: musical objects at
the 1851 Great Exhibition

VICTORIA ROOMS

Tue 18

6pm

MEMORIAL
LECTURE

400th anniversary of the English
East India Company in Japan...

WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Wed 19

1.15pm

MUSIC

New Music Ensemble

VICTORIA ROOMS

Thu 20

6.30pm

TWILIGHT TALK Primes and zeros: a million
dollar mystery

Fri 21

1.15pm

MUSIC

University Baroque Ensemble

VICTORIA ROOMS

Sat 22

7.30pm

MUSIC

Bristol Symphonia

VICTORIA ROOMS

Sun 23

10am

TOUR

See the garden wake up with
the Curator

BOTANIC GARDEN

Tue 25

4.30pm

RESEARCH
SEMINAR

Our postgraduate musicologists

VICTORIA ROOMS

Wed 26

1.15pm

MUSIC

Trio Aporia

VICTORIA ROOMS

Wed 26 Fri 28

7pm

MUSIC

University Operatic Society

THE STATION

Thu 27

6pm

POLICY &
POLITICS
ANNUAL
LECTURE 2014

Bringing politics alive: engaging the
disengaged in the 21st century

WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Thu 27

8pm

LECTURE

University of Bristol Botanic Garden
Friends’ lecture: what is a herb?

SCHOOL OF
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fri 28

1.15pm

MUSIC

University Wind Orchestra

VICTORIA ROOMS

Fri 28

6pm

INAUGURAL
LECTURE

A brief history of antibiotics in
primary care...

WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Sat 29

10.30am

DAY COURSE

Writing autobiography, memoir,
family history

3/5 WOODLAND ROAD

Sat 29

10.30am

DAY COURSE

Poetry Day

3/5 WOODLAND ROAD

Sat 29

10.30am

DAY COURSE

Marilynne Robinson

3/5 WOODLAND ROAD

Sat 29

2pm

MUSIC


THE STATION

Mon 31

6pm

INAUGURAL
LECTURE

Orthodontics: at what cost?

WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

HAMILTON HOUSE

AT A GLANCE - APRIL
DATE

TIME

EVENT

VENUE

Tue 1

4.30pm

RESEARCH
SEMINAR

Hip hop as postcolonial critique in
the UK...

VICTORIA ROOMS

Tue 1

6pm

PUBLIC
LECTURE

Developing better treatments for pain

WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Wed 2

12.15pm &
12.30pm

TOUR


WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Wed 2

1pm

PUBLIC
LECTURE

...feminist reflections on health
inequalities

SCHOOL FOR
POLICY STUDIES

Wed 2

1.15pm

MUSIC

Bristol University Loudspeaker Orchestra VICTORIA ROOMS

Wed 2

6pm

INAUGURAL
LECTURE

Reinventing the Internet with light
and clouds

QUEEN’S BUILDING

Wed 2

7.30pm

MUSIC

Contemporary Music Venture
Concert 2: Percussion

VICTORIA ROOMS

Sat 5

10.30am, 11am, TOUR
11.30am, 12pm
& 12.30pm


WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Fri 18 Mon 21

10am

EXHIBITION

Easter art and sculpture exhibition

BOTANIC GARDEN

Wed 23

6pm

PUBLIC
LECTURE

Crazy quasi-particles for storing
quantum light

NSQI BUILDING

Sat 26

12.30pm

BOAT RACE

Varsity Boat Race

BRISTOL
HARBOURSIDE

Mon 28

6pm

HUSTINGS

European Parliament elections 2014:
join the debate

WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Tue 29

4.30pm

RESEARCH
SEMINAR

Old Hispanic Office Project team

VICTORIA ROOMS

Tue 29

6pm

INAUGURAL
LECTURE

Language change and sociolinguistics...

WILLS MEMORIAL
BUILDING

Wed 30

1.15pm

MUSIC

Brodowski String Quartet

VICTORIA ROOMS

Tues 11

6pm

INAUGURAL
LECTURE

Is better animal welfare an
opportunity or an obligation?

SCHOOL OF
VETERINARY
SCIENCES,
LANGFORD

Wed 12

1.15pm

MUSIC

Schola Cantorum

VICTORIA ROOMS

Thu 13

1pm

TALK

Young people, mental capital and
the ‘global race’

GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF EDUCATION

Fri 14

1.15pm

MUSIC


VICTORIA ROOMS

Sat 15

11am

ACTIVITY DAY Family History Day

Sat 15

7.30pm

MUSIC

APRIL

SINGLE PARENT
ACTION NETWORK

Choral Society and Symphony Orchestra VICTORIA ROOMS

PUBLIC EVENTS
Sat 1 and Wed 5 March
TOURS

Times Saturday: 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm & 12.30pm; Wednesday:
12.15pm & 12.30pm
Venue Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ
Admission £4 (concessions £3); free to children aged 8-11 (no under 8’s). Advance
booking recommended. To book, ask inside the Wills Memorial Building for the head
porter or contact the email below.
E tower-tours@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)777 026 5108
Supporting Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal - The Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity

Mon 3 March 5pm - 6.30pm
TALK

The third space and digital literacy: what counts as ‘porous
expertise’ and ‘powerful knowledge’?
Based on observations of students aged between 10 and 14 involved in film projects
or making simple computer games from stories, the talk will explore how these
productive, digital media practices operate in curating the learner experience of widerlived and popular culture. This will be considered in the context of what counts as
‘powerful knowledge’ and will introduce the concept of ‘porous expertise’ as a way of
framing the conversation.
Speaker Dr John Potter, Institute of Education, University of London
Venue Room 4.10, Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA
Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information and to book
W www.edn.bris.ac.uk/223
E helen.manchester@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 331 4401

Wed 5 March 5pm - 6.30pm
TALK

Mathematics and creativity in the primary classroom
In this session we will offer practical outcomes from a recent project that has been
successful at tackling under-achievement in mathematics through a focus on
creativity. The project was a collaboration between the University of Bristol and the
charity ‘5x5x5=creativity’. The research illustrates how, in the project classrooms,
teachers have been able to tap in to students’ capacity to spot patterns, combined
with the idea that students are all ‘becoming a mathematician’.
Speaker Dr Alf Coles, Graduate School of Education
E alf.coles@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 331 4168

Tue 11 March 11am - 3pm
MARKET

Farmers’ market
Eat well with a wide range of fresh, seasonal, local produce available to try and buy at
the monthly farmers’ market.
Venue Outside the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TP

Tue 11 March 6pm - 7pm
INAUGURAL LECTURE

Is better animal welfare an opportunity or an obligation?
The last 50 years have brought a revolution in the science and politics of animal
welfare. The Bristol team is helping to deliver society’s expectations. However,
working in partnership with the livestock industry, we could make better use of
existing knowledge and realise the commercial value of higher welfare.
Speaker Professor David Main, School of Veterinary Sciences
Venue Hodgkin Lecture Theatre, Pearson Building, Langford, BS40 5DU
Admission Free, no booking required. For further information
W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/inaugural
E public-events@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 928 8515

Thu 13 March 1pm - 2.30pm
TALK

Young people, mental capital and the ‘global race’
This talk examines the overlap between political discourse about a ‘global race’
for economic dominance and growing biotechnical means for intervening in some
of the human cognitive capacities associated with education. Young people,
amongst others, can now be seen as bearers of ‘mental capital’. Within this vision,
dietary, pharmaceutical and other biotechnical interventions that aim at ‘cognitive
enhancement’ can appear to be a wise form of investment.
Speaker Professor Nick Lee, University of Warwick
E keri.facer@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 331 4341

Mon 17 March Two performances: 4pm - 5pm; 7pm - 8pm
DRAMA

Anon: the songs of silent women
Anon is the secret journey of millions of women,
a journey continuing every day, in the shadows. You will be immersed in this
new opera as you travel through hidden worlds and find yourself at the centre of
heartbreaking stories. Welsh National Opera mix voices, live soundscapes and
contemporary theatre in a ground breaking new opera for young people. Written by
Paralympic Games opening ceremony composer, Errollyn Wallen.
Performers Welsh National Opera
Venue The Wickham Theatre, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1UP
Admission £5, booking required in advance. For further information and to book
W www.wno.org.uk/anon
E deborah.gibbs@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 331 5088

PUBLIC LECTURE

Human Geography seminar series: local institutions, risk and
sharing in the context of migration
As part of the Human Geography seminar series Peter will speak about village-tovillage sharing practices and local institutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC), in the broader context of violence and global securities.
Speaker Dr Peter van der Windt, Columbia University
Venue Hepple Lecture Theatre, School of Geographical Sciences,
University Road, BS8 1SS
W www.bristol.ac.uk/geography/events/2014/285.html
E naomi.millner@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 928 9107

MEMORIAL LECTURE

On the 400th anniversary of the English East India Company in
Japan 1613 - 2013: a forgotten episode in cultural history
n 1614, the East India Company’s ship, the Clove, returned from Japan, where she
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had delivered gifts from King James to the Shogun and received others in return.
On board she also brought Japanese artefacts including lacquer, which were sold in
England’s first art auction, and paintings. The lecture will argue that this movement of
goods, now forgotten, had a significant impact.
This is a University of Bristol George Hare Leonard Memorial Lecture in association
with The Bristol Society for the Arts of Asia and Japan400 Committee.
Speaker Professor Timon Screech, University of London
Venue Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ
W www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-events/autumn-art-lectures/ghl-memoriallecture.html
E nicola.fry@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 928 8515

Thu 20 March 6.30pm - 8pm
TWILIGHT TALK

Primes and zeros: a million dollar mystery
More than 150 years ago Riemann formulated what is widely regarded today as the
most famous unsolved problem in all of mathematics. This talk will explore some of
the colourful history and stories about this problem and people’s attempts to solve it.
Speaker Professor Brian Conrey, School of Mathematics
Venue Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY
W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/events/listing
E cpe-info@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 331 8313

Thu 27 March 6pm - 8pm
POLICY & POLITICS ANNUAL LECTURE 2014

Bringing politics alive: engaging the disengaged in the
21st century
A vast amount of research and literature points to worryingly high levels of distrust
and disengagement with conventional politics. In this lecture David Blunkett will
explore why established political processes and institutions seem unable or unwilling
to re-engage with vast sections of the public.
Speaker Rt. Hon. David Blunkett MP
Venue Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ
Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information
W www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/events
E shelley.barratt@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 954 6765

Fri 28 March 6pm - 7pm
INAUGURAL LECTURE

A brief history of antibiotics in primary care - and using prisms
to reduce repeat offending
80% of all antibiotics consumed are prescribed by GPs and nurses in primary care.
Professor Hay will present a brief historical perspective on the increasing use and
abuse of antibiotics since the discovery of penicillin in 1928 and how recent primary
care research could help prolong effectiveness for the 21st century.
Speaker Professor Alastair Hay, School of Social and Community Medicine
T +44 (0)117 928 8515

Mon 31 March 6pm - 7pm
INAUGURAL LECTURE

Orthodontics: at what cost?
Orthodontics is something to which many children and adults aspire and is a
specialism that many dentists wish to practice. However, at what cost? This lecture
will explore some of the obvious and not so obvious costs, to society, the individual
patient and the orthodontist.
Speaker Professor Anthony Ireland, School of Oral and Dental Sciences
T +44 (0)117 928 8515

Tue 1 April 6pm - 8pm
PUBLIC LECTURE

Developing better treatments for pain
David Wynick is Professor of Molecular Medicine and Consultant Physician in
Diabetes and Endocrinology at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, where he runs the
regional painful diabetic neuropathy clinic. His work aims to better understand
the mechanisms that cause neuropathic pain (damage or injury to the nerves that
transmit pain signals to the brain). It affects around 8% of the people in the Western
World and places an enormous emotional and financial burden on patients, carers
and society; more effective long-term therapies are urgently required.

Professors Wynick’s lecture will describe how his research about galanin, a small
protein that seems to block neuropathic pain, may help doctors provide better
treatments in the future.
Speaker Professor David Wynick, School of Clinical Sciences
Admission Free, no booking required. For further information contact Debora Kay
E debora.kay@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 331 2265

Wed 2 and Sat 5 April
TOURS

Times Wednesday: 12.15pm & 12.30pm; Saturday: 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am,
12pm & 12.30pm
Venue Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ
Admission £4 (concessions £3); free to children aged 8-11 (no under 8’s). Advance
booking recommended. To book, ask inside the Wills Memorial Building for the head
porter or contact the email below.
E tower-tours@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)777 026 5108
Supporting Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal - The Bristol Children’s Hospital Charity

Wed 2 April 1pm - 2pm
PUBLIC LECTURE

Carry on but don’t keep calm: feminist reflections on health
inequalities and public health in an age of austerity
The term ‘austerity’ can have something of a romantic ‘keep calm and carry on’ ring,
but poverty and disadvantage have no romance. This talk will discuss research on
managing child health in a time of austerity, considering how talk of austerity provides
a lever or barrier for evidence-informed practice in public health.
Speaker Professor Helen Roberts, University College London
Venue School for Policy Studies, 8 Priory Road, BS8 1TZ
W www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/events/2014/100.html
E shelley.barratt@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 954 6765

Wed 2 April 6pm - 7pm
INAUGURAL LECTURE

Reinventing the Internet with light and clouds
The Internet is on the brink of collapse and a community of telecommunication
researchers and computer scientists have been working for several years to redesign
the network and deliver the internet of the future. The High Performance Networks
group at the University of Bristol has been in the forefront of the research to reinvent
the Internet. Using light communication and distributed computing, the group is
pioneering a vision which will underpin the anticipated internet transformation.
Speaker Professor Dimitra Simeonidou, Faculty of Engineering
Venue Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queen’s Building, University Walk, BS8 1TR
T +44 (0)117 928 8515

Wed 23 April 6pm - 7.30pm
PUBLIC LECTURE

Crazy quasi-particles for storing quantum light
Inside your computer are millions of tiny transistors, each one less than about a
millionth of a centimetre across. Instead of shrinking the transistors even smaller,
scientists and engineers are working on making a completely new type of computer.
This will use electrons combined with particles of light - photons - to exploit spooky
quantum properties that Einstein wrongly predicted would never work. This ‘quantum
computer’ will allow us to tackle the big data problems of the future.
Speaker Dr Ruth Oulton, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and
School of Physics
Venue Ground floor seminar room, G.05, Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum
Information (NSQI), Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1FD
Admission Free, booking required in advance. For further information
W www.bristol.ac.uk/nsqi-centre/events/2014/619.html
E julie.shackleford@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 394 0005

Sat 26 April 12.30pm - 4pm
BOAT RACE

Varsity Boat Race
Every year students from the University of Bristol go head-to-head against the
students from the University of the West of England (UWE) in a series of sporting
events called the Varsity Series. The highlight is the prestigious Boat Race held on the
Bristol Harbourside, attracting hundreds of student athletes and spectators cheering
on the competitors. Embrace the rivalry!
Venue Bristol Harbourside, BS1 5TX
W www.varsityseries.com
E lauren.mcguffog@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 331 8684

Mon 28 April 6pm - 8pm
HUSTINGS

European Parliament elections 2014: join the debate
The European Parliament election is scheduled to take place on 22 May 2014 and
the University of Bristol is hosting a political debate between the first candidates from
each of the five most voted parties in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections: the
Conservatives, Green, Labour, Liberal and UKIP parties. The discussion will touch
upon key issues of interest to the UK as part of the EU such as its future role in the
EU, the free movement of citizens and the environment.
Speakers Ashley Fox MEP, Conservatives; Molly Scott Cato, Green; Claire Moody,
Labour; Sir Graham Watson MEP, Liberals and William Dartmouth MEP, UKIP.
Venue Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ
W www.european-parliament-hustings.eventbrite.co.uk
T +44 (0)117 928 8127

Rachel Seed

Tue 29 April 6pm - 7pm
INAUGURAL LECTURE

Language change and sociolinguistics: the role of speakers,
schools and politics in the invisibilisation of dialects in
19th century Germany
Using the case of the German-Danish borderlands in the 19th century as empirical
evidence, this lecture will discuss the key topics of historical sociolinguistics: the
function of language as a marker of individual and group identity and the role of
political authorities in promoting and suppressing particular linguistic varieties to
achieve national and cultural unity.
Speaker Professor Nils Langer, School of Modern Languages
T +44 (0)117 928 8515

PAST MATTERS
Sat 1 March 2pm - 4.30pm
TASTER SESSION

What did it mean to be human? Taster afternoon for the
Foundation Year in Arts and Humanities
What did it mean to be human to people in the past? Come along to our free taster
afternoon and find out! Choose from a range of workshops run by historians and
other members of the Faculty of Arts. A chance to explore your options for returning
to study - no qualifications necessary, and all ages and backgrounds are welcome.
Venue Malcolm X Centre, 141 City Road, BS2 8YH
Admission Free, no booking required.

TALK

Nixon Watergate: an interview with Alexander Butterfield
Alexander Butterfield was sworn in as Richard Nixon’s deputy assistant at the
President’s first inauguration on 20 January 1969. A trusted and loyal member of the
37th President of the United States’ staff, Butterfield’s role inside the White House
expanded over the course of Nixon’s first administration. In February 1971, Butterfield
was instructed to oversee the installation of the now infamous White House taping
system. He remained one of the few people who knew of its existence.
This interview will probe the extent of the secrecy, paranoia and deception that lay
at the heart of the Nixon administrations. It will examine the nature of the scandal
that, ultimately, culminated in the President’s political demise. Butterfield will answer
questions on the nature of day-to-day life working under Nixon, the impact that the
Watergate scandal had on the President and his closest advisors and the historical
significance of the events that unfolded during this particularly turbulent period in
American political history.
Speakers Alexander Butterfield, former White House staffer to President Nixon will be
interviewed by Dr Richard Jobson, Department of History (Historical Studies)
Venue Tyndall Lecture Theatre, School of Physics, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TL
Admission Free, booking required in advance.

Fri 7 March 6.30pm - 8pm
TALK

Women and the politics of work
To mark Women’s History Month, we are bringing together women who took action in
the workplace: from Sally Groves, who played a key role in the Trico Equal Pay Strike
in 1976, to Miriam Glucksmann, a sociologist who wrote Women On The Line after a
year working in a motor parts factory.
Venue Watershed, 1 Canon’s Rd, BS1 5TX
Admission Free, booking required in advance.

Sat 15 March 11am - 4pm
Family History Day
ACTIVITY DAY
Together, we have been researching the history of women’s work in the local area.
This family history day sees the launch of our exhibition, art activities for all ages,
storytelling and more. The café will be open, so pop in at any point during the day.
Venue Single Parent Action Network, 176 - 178 Easton Road, BS5 0ES
Admission Free, no booking required.
Past Matters, the University of Bristol’s annual Festival of History, is a series of public
events and this year will explore the global history of the 20th century. For more
information and to book
W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/events/listing
T +44 (0)117 331 8313
Twitter www.twitter.com/Past_Matters

Nick Smith

MUSIC
Wed 5 March 1.15pm - 2pm
MUSIC

Haydn sonatas, for the piano
Peformer Professor John Irving (piano)

Thu 6 March 7.30pm - 9pm
MUSIC

University Music Society chamber concert
Venue St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Road, BS8 1LR

MUSIC

Piano duets
Schubert’s Rondo in A major, along with the two latter, lesser-known sets of Brahms’
Hungarian Dances interspersed with a selection of contemporary two-hand pieces by
John White, Douglas Finch and Wolfgang Rihm.
Performers Bobby Chen and Douglas Finch (piano)

Sat 8 March 7.30pm - 9pm
MUSIC

University Wind and String Orchestra
The Wind Orchestra will explore the music of European composers and the String
Orchestra’s programme will include Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.3, Jake
Bright’s Meditation for String Orchestra, Matthew Olyver’s And then he dreamt and
Barber’s Adagio for Strings.
Performers Kathryn Leeming and Matthew Olyver (conductors)

Tue 11 March 4.30pm - 6pm
RESEARCH SEMINAR

Lutyens, Maconchy, Williams and 20th century British music
Speaker Dr Rhiannon Mathias, Bangor University

MUSIC

Schola Cantorum
13th century polyphony from the Las Huelgas codex, medieval liturgical chant, and a
new composition by Litha Efthymiou.
Performer Emma Hornby (conductor)

MUSIC

Presenting works from Suppé and Robbie Williams.
Performer Laureen Hodge (conductor)

MUSIC

University Choral Society and Symphony Orchestra
Elgar The Kingdom
Performers John Pickard (conductor); Deborah Stoddart (soprano); Cari Searle
(alto); John Upperton (tenor); Niall Hoskin (bass)
Admission Balcony £15 (£10 concessions); stalls £10 (£7 concessions). Booking
required in advance. For further information
W www.bristol.ac.uk/music/events

RESEARCH SEMINAR

Hearing things: musical objects at the 1851 Great Exhibition
Speaker Dr Flora Wilson, University of Cambridge

MUSIC

New Music Ensemble
Magnus Lindberg Coyote Blues; Mazelan Salleh Hijrah
Performer Dr Michael Ellison (conductor)

MUSIC

University Baroque Ensemble
Vivaldi Nisi dominus
Performers Adam Berman and Ben Westerman (conductors)
Bach Ich habe genug
Performers Matthew Paine (countertenor) and Tom Castle (tenor)

MUSIC

Bristol Symphonia
Bernstein West Side Story Suite; Copland Appalachian Spring; Rachmaninov
Symphony No.2
Performer Richard Osmond (conductor)
Admission £5 (concessions £4), booking required in advance.

RESEARCH SEMINAR

Our postgraduate musicologists
Bristol University postgraduate musicologists present their current work
for discussion.

Wed 26 March 1.15pm - 2.15pm
MUSIC

Trio Aporia
Trio Aporia commemorate the 250th anniversary of the French composer, JeanPhilippe Rameau (1683-1764) with a concert including Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin
en concert and three new pieces.
Performers Edward Cowie, Neal Farwell and Geoffrey Poole

Wed 26 - Fri 28 March 7pm - 9.30pm Sat 29 March 2pm - 4.30pm
MUSIC

Mozart The Magic Flute
Performers Rosie Purdie (director) and Michael Coleby (conductor)
Venue The Station, Silver Street, BS1 2AG
Admission £7 (concessions £6); Bristol Operatic Society members £5. Booking
required in advance. For further information

MUSIC

University Wind Orchestra
A varied programme of both arrangements and originals for wind orchestra.
Performer Kathryn Leeming (conductor)

Tue 1 April 4.30pm - 6pm
RESEARCH SEMINAR

Hip hop as postcolonial critique in the UK: Juice Aleem’s
Mastery of Form and Deformation of Mastery
Speaker Dr J. Griffith Rollefson, University of Cambridge

Wed 2 April 1.15pm - 2pm
MUSIC

Bristol University Loudspeaker Orchestra
A concert of sound art curated by Neal Farwell, Sonic Voyages: to the Southern
Hemisphere. Bristol University Loudspeaker Orchestra travels to the far South, to
sample the rich array of electroacoustic voices in South America and Australasia.
Performer Bristol University Loudspeaker Orchestra

MUSIC

Contemporary music venture concert 2: percussion
Bristol University’s finest percussionists will explore the many and varied soundworlds
of percussive instruments. Including five brand new pieces written for this concert by
postgraduate composers alongside core repertoire.
Performers Steve Reich, John Beck, Ney Rosauro (vibraphone); Thom Hasenpflug
(mixed percussion quartet) and percussion quintet with solos by Rupert Cole and
George Jones

Tue 29 April 4.30pm - 6pm
RESEARCH SEMINAR

Old Hispanic Office Project team
A presentation of work in progress.
Speakers Elsa De Luca; Litha Efthymiou; Emma Hornby; Kati Ihnat and
Raquel Rojo Carrillo

MUSIC

Brodowski String Quartet
Mendelssohn Capriccio in E minor Op. 81 No.3; Michael Ellison Quartet No.3
(Fiddlin’) UK Première.
The Brodowski Quartet is our quartet-in-residence, thanks to the generous support of
The Carr-Gregory Trust.
Performers Brodowski String Quartet
Venue Victoria Rooms, Queen’s Road, BS8 1SA unless otherwise stated
Admission Free, no booking required unless otherwise stated. Some lunchtime
concerts take place in the Recital Room of the Victoria Rooms with limited seating.
For further information and to book (for bookable events) contact Concerts and Music
Resources Office.
E music-resources@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 331 4044

THE BOTANIC GARDEN
Sun 23 March 10am - 12pm
TOUR

See the Garden wake up with the Curator
Join an inspiring two hour special tour of the Garden with the Curator, Nicholas
Wray. The early spring delights will include the highly fragrant Chimonanthus praecox
(Wintersweet), the bright golden-yellow flowers of Hamamelis mollis (Witch hazel)
and the deliciously fragrant Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’. Tours are an excellent
opportunity to hear updates of the innumerable new developments and also learn
about plants of seasonal interest. Escape the outside chill and experience the secret
treasures of the Amazon rainforest in the exotic glasshouses. Enjoy enchanting
orchids, bromeliads and a magical world of tropical food and medicinal plants. Come
rain or shine there will be plenty to see. Please meet at Welcome Lodge.
Admission Free to Friends of the Botanic Garden (on production of membership
card). Visitors will be asked for a £4.50 donation. No booking required.
W www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden/events

Thu 27 March 8pm - 9pm
LECTURE

University of Bristol Botanic Garden Friends’ lecture:
what is a herb?
A fully illustrated talk covering the history of herbs and the diverse range of plants that
are classed as herbs. Jekka will explain how and where to grow them and how to use
them in the kitchen and in the home.
Speaker Jekka McVicar, Jekka’s Herb Farm
Venue Room B75, School of Biological Sciences, Woodland Road, BS8 1UG
Admission Visitors will be asked for a donation. No booking required.

Fri 18 - Mon 21 April 10am - 5pm
EXHIBITION

Easter art and sculpture exhibition
Ceramic pomegranate seeds, a Rust-o-saurus, soaring swans, an iridescent stained
glass Sacred Lotus, and a host of botanical art including Indonesian floral batik and
water colour and ink hellebores are just a few of the designs in the portfolios of our
Easter weekend exhibitors. For the first time, the popular garden sculpture
and Friends art exhibitions are combined to give visitors an exceptional experience
of some of the best artwork available in the West Country, all displayed in the unique
setting of the Botanic Garden. Includes: refreshments, tours of the garden and
demonstrations.
Admission Free to Friends of the Botanic Garden (on production of membership
card), University staff and children under 16. Adults £3.50. No booking required.
For further information
Further information is available from the Botanic Garden
March opening hours
Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm
April opening hours
Open Monday to Friday and Sundays, 10am to 4.30pm
Admission Adults £3.50; University staff, students and school age children free,
unless otherwise stated.
Venue University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Stoke Park Road, BS9 1JG unless
otherwise stated
W www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden
E botanic-gardens@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 331 4906

Jitka Palmer

Karen Edwards

Jude Goss

ENGLISH COURSES IN MARCH
Sat 1 March 10.30am - 4pm
DAY COURSE

Edward Thomas and Robert Frost
Edward Thomas and Robert Frost were poets from either side of the Atlantic whose
friendship had a profound influence on them both. To celebrate the centenary of their
first meeting, this day course will explore the legacy of that friendship in their writing
and we shall discuss individual poems by both men (copies to be provided).
Speaker Philip Lyons, Department of English
Admission Course fee £30, booking required in advance.

DAY COURSE

Writing about other people’s lives
This day will look at practical questions facing fiction and non-fiction writers when
they write about others. How do you give a shape to a life? Can we ever really
understand another person? Does a life end when a person dies? What can we learn
from other people’s lives?
Speaker Sarah Bakewell, Department of English

DAY COURSE

Writing autobiography, memoir, family history
A day for those who enjoy writing and want to explore ways of writing about their own
lives. How do you recapture the past? How do you write the events of a life? How do
you bring memories back and give them new life on the page? How do you weave a
pattern out of the mass of events and experiences?
Speaker Sarah LeFanu, Department of English

DAY COURSE

Poetry Day
This is a day school in which we combine the study of poetry with writing our own.
We will study published poems and use them as prompts to write on chosen themes,
and to explore writing in various simple forms.
Speaker Louise Green, Department of English

DAY COURSE

Marilynne Robinson
The author of three highly acclaimed novels, published over a span of nearly thirty
years, Robinson writes about the struggles of ordinary people with a humane
understanding and in beautiful prose. We shall discuss Housekeeping (1980), Gilead
(2004) and Home (2008) - the latter two closely linked through setting and characters
- and reflect on some common themes, as well as what distinguishes them as
individual works of art.
Speaker Philip Lyons, Department of English
Venue Department of English, 3/5 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB
Admission For further information and to book
W www.bristol.ac.uk/english/part-time/shorts.html
E english-lifelong@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0)117 928 8924

COMING UP IN JUNE AND SEPTEMBER

Friday 20 and Saturday 21 June 9.30am - 4pm
Saturday 13 September 9.30am - 4pm
OPEN DAYS

Undergraduate open days
Are you looking to study in higher education? There’s so much to think about when
you’re choosing a university. With so many options on offer, it’s important you get a
real feel for the universities you are applying to. We think Bristol is a great place to live
and study, but don’t just take our word for it. Find out for yourself by visiting us on an
open day where you will have the opportunity to:
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Get advice on funding and making your application
W www.bristol.ac.uk/opendays/
E open-days@bristol.ac.uk
T +44 (0) 117 928 8623

If you require additional support at any of these events, e.g. wheelchair access
or sign language interpretation, please contact the organiser of the event at the
earliest opportunity.
Talk finish times are approximate and are a guide only.
If you would like to receive this monthly publication by post or email,
please contact:
Centre for Public Engagement
University of Bristol, Senate House,
Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TH
W www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement
T +44 (0)117 331 8313

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