Arts & Culture News

The Parkinson Building lit up pink as part of Light Night

Lighting up campus: Light Night 2022

Published
Wednesday 12th October, 2022
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Arts & Culture
Working with our region

The University of Leeds is hosting three spectacular art installations as part of Light Night 2022.

Professor Mary Beard sitting on an outdoor staircase and smiling at the camera

Mary Beard to give 2022 Alice Bacon Lecture 

Published
Monday 26th September, 2022
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Events
Arts & Culture

Renowned scholar Professor Mary Beard is to give the latest public lecture in a University of Leeds series celebrating strong women. 

Professor Mary Beard will be giving this year's Alice Bacon lecture. January 2020

Mary Beard to give latest Alice Bacon Lecture

Published
Monday 26th September, 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture
University

Renowned scholar Professor Mary Beard is to give the latest public lecture in a University of Leeds series celebrating strong women.

Jadu floral tribute

Poet Laureate marks death of Queen Elizabeth II

Published
Thursday 15th September, 2022
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Arts & Culture

Simon Armitage, Professor of Poetry at Leeds' School of English, has written a poem to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II, in his role as Poet Laureate.

Two people dressed in medieval armour reenacting a battle

Celebrating the medieval congress' return to campus

Published
Monday 4th July, 2022
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Working with our region
Arts & Culture

The International Medieval Congress (IMC), the largest conference of its kind in Europe, gives scholars and medievalists from across the globe a platform to share all elements of the Middle Ages.

Students looking at the sculpture 'Curtain' by Juanjo Novella, in the shape of a vertical wave and inscribed with the words 'to leaf is'

Raising the ‘Curtain’ on new campus sculpture

Published
Monday 20th June, 2022
Categories
University
Arts & Culture

World-renowned Spanish sculptor Juanjo Novella will officially launch his sculpture ‘Curtain’ at the University of Leeds this week.