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January
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Cafe Theologique

Can Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse Change and Should We Even Try

Café Théologique is hosted by the University of Reading Chaplaincy and is a space to explore contemporary issues from a theological perspective.

2021
Thu
02
December
Time
19:15 - 20:20

The Walrus' Whiskers and the Mouse's Moustache

Why do animals have whiskers?
2021
Fri
17
December
Time
16:30 - 17:30

Children's Christmas Lecture

Elephants on the Move
Register to attend
2022
Mon
17
January
Time
19:00 - 20:15

Annual Chaplaincy Lecture: Spirituality and Mental Health

Annual Chaplaincy Lecture: Spirituality and Mental Health

Professor John Swinton

Join Live Lecture at 19:00
2022
Tue
18
January
Time
14:00 - 16:00

Chatty Café

Chatty Café: an informal drop-in for caregivers
Visit MERL
2022
Wed
19
January
Time
19:30 - 20:30

Lichens drones and dinosaur bones

What do lichens and drones have to do with dinosaur bones?
Book
2022
Fri
28
January
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Thu
03
February
Time
19:30 - 20:30

Sea lions in the sun

Dr Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez is a conservation biologist doing mostly large-scale computational research now, but for her PhD Manuela worked in the field with a charming marine mammal: the California sea lion.
Book
2022
Fri
04
February
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Tue
08
February
Time
17:00 - 18:00

Regulating artificial intelligence

Regulating artificial intelligence - the example of automated vehicles

The School of Law is delighted to host this lecture by Dr Tamara Goriely.

Book
2022
Fri
11
February
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Tue
15
February
Time
14:00 - 16:00

Chatty Café

Chatty Café: an informal drop-in for caregivers
Visit MERL
2022
Fri
18
February
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Mon
21
February
Time
18:00 - 19:30

Multilingualism and social justice

Leading academics from across disciplines at the University of Reading will come together to present and discuss their international research with multilingual children and adults; research that challenges social inequality. 
Book
2022
Mon
21
February
Time
19:30 - 21:00

Café Théologique

Café Théologique Religious Pluralism as a Sign of Religious Hope

Join via Zoom
2022
Tue
22
February
Time
18:00 - 19:30

Annual Edith Mary Gayton Public Lecture

Annual Edith Mary Gayton Public Lecture
Book
2022
Wed
02
March
Time
17:30 - 18:30

School of Law Annual Lecture 2022

The School of Law Annual Lecture Series will host Dame Vivien Rose, the fourth ever female Supreme Court judge.
Book
2022
Wed
02
March
Time
19:30 - 20:30

The scary side of Zoology

The scary side of Zoology and the surprising medical connections... 

Join us as Professor Jon Gibbins explores some of the Cole Museum specimens and their links to biomedicine.

Book
2022
Fri
04
March
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Thu
10
March
Time
17:30 - 18:30

War in Ukraine

Reading Law School is pleased to announce a special event on the war in Ukraine.
Book
2022
Fri
11
March
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Mon
14
March
Time
19:30 - 21:00

Café Théologique

Can Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse Change and Should We Even Try?
Join via Zoom
2022
Tue
15
March
Time
14:00 - 16:00

Chatty Café

Chatty Café: an informal drop-in for caregivers
Visit MERL
2022
Tue
15
March
Time
16:30 - 18:00

BA Education Studies Annual Lecture

Dr Katy Smart from the University of Oxford will talk about her work with the Brain Story.
Book
2022
Tue
15
March
Time
17:00 - 19:00

Common Law Constitutionalism and the Freedom of Speech

Professor Ronald Krotoszynski, Jr.
John S. Stone Chair, Director of Faculty Research, and Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law.
Book
2022
Wed
16
March
Time
19:00 - 21:00

Great Debate 2022 The Future for Residential Heating

The aim of this years Great Debate event is to update the audience on these issues and to provide a forum for those attending to ask questions of the experts.
Find out more
2022
Fri
18
March
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Sat
19
March
Time
10:00 - 12:30

The Commons: Dispersed Song workshop with Carl Gent

Join artist Carl Gent as they look at a range of English folk songs, their history and legacy and work with them to create new lyrical and compositional arrangements to be performed during the workshop. The Commons Dispersed Song workshop
Register to attend
2022
Sat
19
March
Time
12:45 - 16:45

The Commons: Cordage workshop with artist Catherine Morland

Catherine Morland will explore the story of string and demonstrate how to make cordage with the materials used in her installations in the galleries, including natural plant fibres, recycled plastic bags and fabric scraps.
Register to attend
2022
Fri
25
March
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Thu
31
March
Time
14:00 - 15:30

Growth Volatility and Trade

DIVERSIFICATION Vs SPECIALISATION

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the inaugural GEAR Quarterly Lecture organised by the Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR) at the Department
for Economics of the University of Reading.
Book
2022
Thu
31
March
Time
09:30 - 17:30

The Commons: A Gathering

This symposium brings together artists involved in The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World project with other invited practitioners to engage in discussions around commoning.
Register to attend
2022
Fri
01
April
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Thu
07
April
Time
17:00 - 18:00

The Hermit Problem

The School of Law

The Hermit Problem: Autonomy’s role in liberating privacy from confidentiality’s grip

Book
2022
Fri
08
April
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Wed
13
April
Time
17:30 - 20:30

Forest Management and Red Squirrel Conservation

Forest Management and Red Squirrel Conservation
Book
2022
Tue
19
April
Time
14:00 - 16:00

Chatty Café

Chatty Café: an informal drop-in for caregivers
Visit MERL
2022
Thu
28
April
Time
19:00 - 20:00

Political Voices - A thorn in the government's side

Political Voices - A thorn in the government's side

Emily Thornberry
Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury
Book
2022
Fri
29
April
Time
10:00 - 11:30

Friday Fledglings

Friday Fledglings: a weekly outdoor session for under 5s.
Book
2022
Wed
04
May
Time
16:00 - 17:30

Teacher Training Information Event

Find out more about postgraduate teacher training programmes at the University of Reading’s Institute of Education.
Book
2022
Wed
04
May
Time
17:30 - 19:30

FINDING ALL OUR VOICES

FINDING ALL OUR VOICES Launch Event for MA in Creative Writing

The event will provide an outline of the new MA in Creative Writing with opportunities for questions and details of how to apply.

2022
Mon
09
May
Time
19:30 - 21:00

Café Théologique

Café Théologique: Why Christians Need to Stop Evangelising (Badly) and Have a Conversation

Join via Zoom
2022
Tue
17
May
Time
19:00 - 20:00

Fairbrother Lecture 2022

Fairbrother Lecture 2022

Faces of War: The Hidden Stories of the Female Fighters

Book
2022
Mon
23
May
Time
19:30 - 21:00

Café Théologique

Autism and Theology: What Can Autistic Thinking Offer to the Church?


Join via Zoom
2022
Thu
26
May
Time
17:30 - 18:30

Divorce Law Then and Now

In this lecture, Professor Thérèse Callus and Mr Tony Roe will look at how divorce law has developed over the years, both conceptually and practically.
Book
2022
Sat
28
May
2022
Sun
29
May
Time
10:00 - 17:00

Biscuit Weekend with Museums Partnership Reading

Join Reading Museum and The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) as Museums Partnership Reading celebrates 200 years since the beginnings of Huntley & Palmers and Reading’s history as the Biscuit Town.
2022
Mon
30
May
Time
10:00 - 14:00

Museums My Way

Museums My Way
Book
2022
Wed
08
June
Time
13:00 - 14:00

Royal Economic Society Annual Public Lecture

*Bookings are now Closed*

 

Established in 2001, the Royal Economic Society’s Annual Public Lecture provides an opportunity for school students to watch internationally renowned economists present their research.

2022
Fri
15
July
Time
15:00 - 16:00

Atmospheric Observatory guided tours

Weather observations commenced at the university in London Road in 1901, and today we have over 100 years unbroken daily records of temperature, rainfall etc.
Book
2022
Wed
10
August
Time
15:00 - 16:00

Atmospheric Observatory guided tours

Weather observations commenced at the university in London Road in 1901, and today we have over 100 years unbroken daily records of temperature, rainfall etc.
Book
2022
Thu
15
September
Time
16:00 - 17:30

MULTINATIONALS, INVESTMENT AND STOCK COMOVEMENT

We are delighted to invite you to participate in our upcoming GEAR Quarterly Lecture organised by the Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR) at the Department of Economics of the University of Reading.
Register to attend
2022
Thu
22
September
Time
18:00 - 20:00

Wolfenden Lecture 2022: In Conversation with Tufayel Ahmed

Join us for our annual Wolfenden Lecture!
Register to attend
2022
Tue
18
October
Time
11:30 - 12:30

CAREful Tours

Led by Curator of MERL Collections, Dr Ollie Douglas, and featuring other colleagues and specialists, each of these tours will take visitors on a short conversational trip through The MERL, exploring different aspects of CARE in relation to our collections.
Register to attend
2022
Thu
20
October
Time
18:00 - 19:30

The Windrush Generation

Black History Month flagship event - a panel discussion from local community members from the Windrush Generation. 
Register to attend
2022
Fri
21
October
Time
19:30 - 21:30

Café Théologique

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

Register to attend
2022
Thu
27
October
Time
17:30 - 19:00

School of Law

The Development of Prison Architecture and The Political Economy of Punishment

A study on prison facilities in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) by Leandro Ayres Franca and Ana Carolina Mezzalira.

Register to attend
2022
Thu
27
October
Time
18:00 - 19:30

Annual Cottingham Lecture

The Department of Philosophy is hosting the second annual Cottingham Lecture
Register to attend
2022
Tue
01
November
Time
11:30 - 12:30

CAREful Tours

Led by Curator of MERL Collections, Dr Ollie Douglas, and featuring other colleagues and specialists, each of these tours will take visitors on a short conversational trip through The MERL, exploring different aspects of CARE in relation to our collections.
Register to attend
2022
Mon
07
November
Time
11:00 - 15:30

Meteorology Fellowships Open Day

The University of Reading Meteorology Department is holding an open day for prospective fellowship applicants
Register to attend
2022
Thu
10
November
Time
14:00 - 15:30

Firm Heterogeneity and Imperfect Competition

We are delighted to invite you to participate in our upcoming GEAR Quarterly Lecture organised by the Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR) at the Department of Economics of the University of Reading.
Register to attend
2022
Thu
10
November
Time
18:30 - 20:30

Armistice Public Lecture

The Armistice Day Public Lecture Series Organised By The Department Of Languages And Cultures Presents PROFESSOR VERNON BOGDANOR, CBE, FBA, on `Should Britain Have Gone To War In 1914?
Register to attend
2022
Fri
11
November
Time
10:50 - 11:05

Armistice Day Services

Join us for our annual Armistice Day services
2022
Tue
15
November
Time
11:30 - 12:30

CAREful Tours

Led by Curator of MERL Collections, Dr Ollie Douglas, and featuring other colleagues and specialists, each of these tours will take visitors on a short conversational trip through The MERL, exploring different aspects of CARE in relation to our collections.
Register to attend
2022
Thu
17
November
Time
18:00 - 20:00

Stenton Lecture 2022 Enslaved Mothers and their Children

The Stenton lecture is an annual lecture by an eminent historian, hosted by the Department and held in honour of its founders, Sir Frank and Lady Stenton.
Register to attend
2022
Wed
23
November
Time
18:00 - 19:30

Templeton Lecture

Public Lecture by Prof. David S. Oderberg, Department of Philosophy, sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the John Templeton Foundation
Register to attend
2022
Sun
27
November
Time
11:00 - 15:00

MERLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EVENT

Come to The MERL and enjoy a lovely, festive experience.
See more
2022
Tue
29
November
Time
11:30 - 12:30

CAREful Tours

Led by Curator of MERL Collections, Dr Ollie Douglas, and featuring other colleagues and specialists, each of these tours will take visitors on a short conversational trip through The MERL, exploring different aspects of CARE in relation to our collections.
Register to attend
2022
Thu
01
December
Time
17:30 - 19:00

Winter Festival

Starting from 17:30

Ring in the festive season at the Winter Festival at the Palmer Quad.

Join us for carols with Staff and Students, festive treats, Arts & Crafts Market, and extended Thursday Food Fair, this is the perfect start to the festive season!


2022
Sun
04
December
Time
19:00 - 21:00

Puccini: Messa di Gloria concert

The University's Chorus and Orchestra combine in the final big concert of the term
Book tickets
2022
Mon
05
December
Time
18:00 - 19:00

University of Reading Carol Service

Join the University Chaplaincy and Reading University's Music Society to celebrate the Christmas season with a traditional service of carols, readings and musical performances.
2022
Tue
20
December
Time
16:30 - 17:30

Children's Christmas Lecture

Money Matters
Register to attend
2023
Mon
16
January
Time
19:30 - 21:00

Café Théologique: Unveiled: Rebel Women of the Old Testament

Café Théologique is hosted by the University of Reading Chaplaincy and is a space to explore contemporary issues from a theological perspective

2023
Sun
22
January
Time
13:00 - 16:00

Youth Workshop Garment Upcycling

Youth Workshop with fashion and textiles artist, Anurita Chandola.
Register to attend
2023
Wed
25
January
Time
16:00 - 17:00

The 12th Annual Percy Ure Lecture - NEW DATE

All are welcome to join the University of Reading's Classics Department for the 12th Annual Percy Ure Lecture:

Polycrates assigns a mother: Greek Tyranny in proverb, collective memory and the local polis histories
Register to attend
2023
Wed
25
January
Time
18:00 - 21:00

Do (A)I Know You? The Changing Face of Data Privacy

Facial recognition, fingerprint IDs and retina scanning have become more and more commonplace and have even begun to encroach on our working lives. But who is collecting this data and what are they are doing with it?
Register Now
2023
Sun
29
January
Time
10:00 - 12:00

The Merl Green Explorers

New monthly nature and bushcraft sessions for families.
Register to attend
2023
Thu
02
February
Time
05:15 - 18:15

A History Of English Georgic Writing

Panel Event And Book Launch
Register to attend
2023
Tue
07
February
Time
18:00 - 20:30

How To Start Your Own Business - Black Business Workshop

This workshop has been organised by members of the local community in collaboration with the University of Reading and is based on Eric Collins's book 'We Don't Need Permission, How Black Business Can Change Our World'.

Register to Attend
2023
Mon
13
February
Time
10:00 - 14:00

Museums My Way

Themed sessions for Neurodivergent visitors of all ages.
Register to attend
2023
Sat
11
February
2023
Sun
19
February
Time
10:00 - 17:00

FEBRUARY HALF TERM AT THE MERL

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Visit The MERL this February half term for fun activities and more
Register to attend
2023
Tue
21
February
Time
11:30 - 12:30

Our Green Stories Tours

Curator-led tours of The MERL galleries
Register to attend
2023
Wed
22
February
Time
17:00 - 18:00

International Law

School of Law

International Law

Revisiting Coercion as an Element of Prohibited Intervention in International Law.
Register to attend
2023
Mon
27
February
Time
18:00 - 19:30

Queer Tragic Masks LGBT History and Ancient Drama

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2023
Tue
28
February
Time
18:00 - 19:30

The School of Law Annual Lecture Series 2023

The School of Law Annual Lecture Series 2023- Justice Andrew Phang, Senior Judge, Supreme Court of Singapore.The Importance of Comparative Common Law – A View from Singapore. 

 

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2023
Tue
07
March
Time
18:00 - 20:00

The Fairbrother Lecture

Behind Electric Eyes: Facial Recognition Surveillance in public spaces.

 
 
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2023
Thu
09
March
Time
19:00 - 20:30

Forgiveness An Exploration in conversation

Chaplain Mark Laynesmith interviews Marina about her inspiration and her recent book 'Forgiveness: An Exploration'. Copies of the book will be on sale on the evening.  

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2023
Mon
06
March
2023
Fri
10
March
Time
09:00 - 16:30

The Forgiveness Project Exhibition

Thought-provoking photo-journalistic exhibition exploring the theme of forgiveness

2023
Mon
13
March
Time
19:30 - 21:00

Café Théologique: From Black Power to Black Lives Matter

Café Théologique: From Black Power to Black Lives Matter: The Ongoing Trajectory of Black Liberation Theology

2023
Thu
23
March
Time
18:30 - 20:00

Edith Morley Annual Lecture 2023

Edith Morley Annual Lecture 2023. Coping with Cancer: Support, Research, Empowerment. Regaining control after a breast cancer diagnosis.

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