Arts & Culture News

Major new festival to celebrate arts and industry links

Published
Tuesday 14th February, 2012
Categories
Working with business
Arts & Culture

Ludus Festival Leeds will host an array of local and international performing arts talent, whilst supporting and promoting the cultural life of the City.

University of Leeds in step with new dance partner

Published
Tuesday 14th February, 2012
Categories
Arts & Culture

The University of Leeds has announced the signing of a pioneering associate company agreement with the Yorkshire-based Balbir Singh Dance Company.

DAAD prize for undergraduate student Christina Katsianis

Published
Friday 27th January, 2012
Categories
Arts & Culture

Undergraduate student in German and Economics, Christina Katsianis, has been presented with a prize for her entry in a national competition run by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service).

Alan Turing pardon petition launched

Published
Friday 2nd December, 2011
Categories
Arts & Culture

A University of Leeds academic is supporting an e-petition calling on the Government to posthumously pardon the mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing for his conviction of gross indecency.

Home for a Rest (14th Oct. 2011)

Published
Friday 14th October, 2011
Categories
Arts & Culture
Leeds International Summer School
Leeds International Summer School

The Leeds Centre for Canadian Studies has a brand new blog.

Leeds premiere for award-winning composer

Published
Thursday 22nd September, 2011
Categories
Arts & Culture

A new work by multi-award winning composer, Cheryl Frances-Hoad has its premiere in Leeds next month.

Heavy metal hardens battle

Published
Wednesday 20th July, 2011
Categories
Society & Politics
Arts & Culture

The French may have had a better chance at the Battle of Agincourt had they not been weighed down by heavy body armour, say researchers.

The future is medieval this summer at Leeds

Published
Wednesday 6th July, 2011
Categories
Arts & Culture

More than 1,600 experts from all over the world will come together and take a medieval look at the contentious themes of poverty and wealth, at a forthcoming conference at the University of Leeds.