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LITERATURE
GIGS
DRAMA
CONCERTS
LECTURES
FILM
ART

             SPRING 2020
LITERATURE GIGS DRAMA CONCERTS LECTURES FILM ART - SPRING 2020 - UEA
CONTENTS
           3    LITERATURE
           4    MUSIC AND DRAMA
           6    GIGS
           8    LECTURES AND SEMINARS
           19 FILM SCREENINGS
           22 ART EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
           25 SPORTSPARK 20TH ANNIVERSARY
           27 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
           28 EVENTS CALENDAR

           Front cover:
           The Orielles, Fri 28 Feb, The Waterfront

           This page:
           Sara Ahmed, Wed 26 Feb Photo: Lena Böhm

           Back cover:
           Orchid Brooch: Georges Fouquet. France. 1898-1901. Acquired 1978.
           Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau Photo: Pete Huggins
LITERATURE GIGS DRAMA CONCERTS LECTURES FILM ART - SPRING 2020 - UEA
LITERATURE
LITERARY TRANSLATION WORKSHOPS
Events hosted by the British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) and led by
renowned literary translators
All events take place 5.30pm-7pm in the Julian Study Centre 1.02, UEA
Free
Visit bclt.org.uk
Email c.rossi@uea.ac.uk
Follow @bcltuea

JANUARY                                       Thu 6 Feb
Wed 15 Jan                                    Poetry of the Holocaust:
How to write a reader’s report                An Anthology
Dr Cecilia Rossi (UEA)                        Book launch and readings
                                              Prof Jean Boase-Beier (UEA) and
Wed 22 Jan                                    Dr Marian De Vooght
Reader’s report clinic                        (University of Essex)
Dr Cecilia Rossi (UEA)
                                              Wed 12 Feb
Wed 29 Jan                                    Translating for the theatre
Theatre translation                           Timberlake Wertenbaker
Foreign Affairs theatre company
                                              MARCH
                                              Wed 4 Mar
FEBRUARY                                      Translation workshop
Wed 5 Feb                                     Alyson Coombes
Translating style
Prof Jean Boase-Beier (UEA)

Wed 12 Feb, 7pm (doors 6.30pm)
Isabel Allende in
conversation
Lecture Theatre 1, UEA
£10 / £6 (students)
Visit bit.ly/AllendeUEA
Email literaryevents@uea.ac.uk

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MUSIC AND DRAMA
                  CONCERTS
                  Tickets for UEA concerts are available:
                  Online uea.ac.uk/music-centre/events/tickets
                  In person and by phone St George’s Music Shop (01603 626414) or on the door
                  Visit uea.ac.uk/music-centre/events
                  Email musicevents@uea.ac.uk
                  Call 01603 593948
                  Follow @UEAConcerts
                  Facebook UEAMusicCentre

                  Wed 5 Feb, Wed 4 Mar and                   Thu 19 Mar, 7.30pm–9.30pm
                  Wed 6 May, 1.10pm–1.55pm                   (doors 6.45pm)
                  (doors 1.05pm)                             UEA Choir and Symphony
                  UEA Music Centre                           Orchestra: Fauré Requiem and
                  lunchtime concerts                         Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
                  Strode Room, UEA Music Centre              Directed by Stuart Dunlop
                  Free                                       (UEA Director of Music) and
                                                             Tom Primrose (UEA Choirmaster)
                                                             With Jenny Stafford (soprano)
                  MARCH                                      and Jake Muffett (baritone)
                  Sun 8 Mar, 6.30pm–7.30pm                   St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich
                  (doors 5.45pm)                             £12 / £4
                  UEA Chamber Choir:
                  Motets by Bach
                  Directed by Tom Primrose
                  (UEA Choirmaster)
                  St George’s Church, Tombland,
                  Norwich
                  Free

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MUSIC AND DRAMA
DRAMA
All events take place in the UEA Drama Studio

Thu 20, Fri 21 and                          Wed 26 Feb, 7.30pm
Sat 22 Feb, 7.30pm                          Mr Burns: a post-electric play
Cabaret 2020:                               Anne Washburn
a night at the musicals                     Mountview Academy
Minotaur Theatre –                          of Theatre Arts
UEA Drama students                          In the aftermath of nuclear
Free, booking essential                     apocalypse those left alive cling to
Visit minotaurtheatre.co.uk                 shared memories of The Simpsons
Email ldc.dramastudio@uea.ac.uk             to try and make sense of their
Call 01603 592279                           new world
Follow @minotaurtheatre                     £7 / £5
Facebook minotaurtheatre                    Visit mountview.org.uk
                                            Email ldc.dramastudio@uea.ac.uk
                                            Call 01603 592279
                                            Follow @ueadrama
                                            Facebook ueastudio

Sat 14 Mar, 4pm–8pm
Voices from Greece
Louis de Bernières,
Prof Vic Sage (UEA),
Dr Liana Giannakopoulou
(University of Cambridge) and
Prof Peter Mackridge
(University of Oxford)
Live music by Plastikes Karekles
Lecture Theatre 1, UEA
Free
Visit uea.ac.uk/events
Email h.anagnostopoulou@uea.ac.uk

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GIGS
       THE NICK RAYNS LCR
       UEA is known for hosting great gigs and attracting world-class musicians to Norwich
       All gigs are for over 14s only
       Prices are advance (more on the door) and may be subject to a booking fee
       Visit ueaticketbookings.co.uk
       Email boxoffice@uea.ac.uk
       Call 01603 508050
       Follow @officiallcr
       Facebook thelcr

       FEBRUARY                                    MARCH
       Thu 6 Feb, 7.30pm                           Thu 5 Mar, 7.30pm
       Bombay Bicycle Club /                       Jax Jones
       The Big Moon / Liz Lawrence                 £18.50
       £29.50
                                                   Fri 20 Mar, 7.30pm
                                                   Levellers
                                                   £27.50

       LEVELLERS
       Fri 20 Mar
       Photo: Steve Gullick

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GIGS
THE WATERFRONT
Gigs on King Street, Norwich
Visit ueaticketbookings.co.uk
Email boxoffice@uea.ac.uk
Call 01603 508050
Follow @waterfrontnr1
Facebook waterfrontnorwich

FEBRUARY                        APRIL
Fri 28 Feb, 6.30pm              Thu 2 Apr, 7.30pm
The Orielles                    Circa Waves / Red Rum Club
£12.50                          £16.50

                                Tue 28 Apr, 7.30pm
MARCH                           Mystery Jets
Mon 9 Mar, 7.30pm               £17.50
Joanne Shaw Taylor
£29.50

MYSTERY JETS
Tue 28 Apr
Photo: Phoebe Fox
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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
                        SPRING INAUGURAL LECTURES
                        Hear about a range of cutting-edge research from UEA’s newest professors
                        All talks take place at 6.30pm in the Julian Study Centre lecture theatre at UEA and are
                        followed by a drinks reception
                        Free
                        Visit uea.ac.uk/events
                        Email events@uea.ac.uk
                        Call 01603 592130

                        JANUARY                                       FEBRUARY
                        Tue 14 Jan                                    Tue 11 Feb
                        The plot against drama:                       Our future in energy:
                        dramaturgy in the age of Netflix              a return to remote islands
                        Prof Steve Waters                             Prof Konstantinos Chalvatzis
                        (School of Literature,                        (Norwich Business School)
                        Drama and Creative Writing)
                                                                      Tue 25 Feb
                        Tue 21 Jan                                    Renaissance war poetry and its
                        Infinite change within public                 discontents
                        sector organisations: praxis                  Prof Matthew Woodcock
                        transformation and beyond                     (School of Literature,
                        Prof Sally Hardy                              Drama and Creative Writing)
                        (School of Health Sciences)

                        Left to right:
                        Steve Waters, Sally Hardy, Konstantinos Chalvatzis, Matthew Woodcock,
                        Key Yeoman, Richard Meiser-Stedman

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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
                                  UEA LONDON LECTURES
                                  Hear about current UEA research, at
                                  the Regent Street Cinema in the heart
                                  of London
                                  All lectures take place at 6.30pm and
                                  are followed by a drinks reception
                                  Free, booking essential
                                  Visit uea.ac.uk/events
MARCH                             Email events@uea.ac.uk
                                  Call 01603 592130
Tue 3 Mar
From Norfolk rocks to seeds in
space: science communication      Thu 13 Feb
and the role of the university    How algae help bacteria
Prof Kay Yeoman                   clean up oil spills
(School of Biological Sciences)   Dr David Lea-Smith
                                  (School of Biological Sciences)
Tue 17 Mar
A child in every classroom:       Thu 12 Mar
tackling post-traumatic stress    Lights, camera, action!
disorder in children and          On visibility, voice
adolescents                       and the power of film
Prof Richard Meiser-Stedman       Prof Eylem Atakav
(Norwich Medical School)          (School of Art, Media and
                                  American Studies)
                                  *Lecture preceded by screening of
                                  Prof Atakav’s film, Growing Up Married,
                                  6pm (run time 27 minutes)

                                  Thu 23 Apr
                                  How not to regulate
                                  the internet
                                  Dr Paul Bernal
                                  (School of Law)

                                  Thu 14 May
                                  Prostate cancer, maths
                                  and artificial intelligence
                                  Prof Colin Cooper
                                  (Norwich Medical School)

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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
                        DRAGON HALL DEBATES
                        Dragon Hall Debates tackle a range of topical scientific, cultural and political issues,
                        drawing on the expertise of UEA academics as well as guest thinkers, writers and
                        commentators
                        Curated by UEA and the National Centre for Writing
                        All events take place from 7pm (doors 6.30pm) at the National Centre for Writing,
                        Dragon Hall, Norwich
                        Free, booking essential / Suitable for ages 16+
                        Visit nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
                        Email info@nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
                        Call 01603 877177

                        Mon 27 Jan                                        of Cambridge) will explain the
                        Rubbish                                           strange and wonderful science of
                        Control. Alt. Delete? We know                     our teenage years and local youth
                        that our planet faces serious waste               activist Taryn Everdeen will share
                        issues, but what if we redefined                  her experiences from the frontline
                        rubbish? Dr Lorna-Jane Richardson                 of adolescence
                        (UEA) will explore the value of
                        preserving our digital heritage,                  Mon 16 Mar
                        poet Dr John Wedgwood Clarke                      Death
                        will take us down to the poetic                   It happens every day, and all of us
                        landfill, Alun Housago (Norfolk                   have been affected by it. But why
                        County Council) will argue that                   is death and dying a taboo topic?
                        solutions lie in behaviour change                 Is there hope beyond the grief?
                        and Rowan Van Tromp (Norwich                      Dr Guy Peryer (UEA) will argue for
                        Food Hub) will challenge us to think              the necessity of improvements to
                        about how our economy can work                    palliative care, and Faye Kalloniatis
                        for us – one tin of beans at a time               (Norwich Castle Museum) will
                                                                          explore historical practices through
                        Mon 24 Feb                                        the lens of Egyptology. The panel
                        Adolescence                                       will be joined by Rachel Clarke,
                        The kids are alright… right? Societal             author of Dear Life – A doctor’s
                        rules for our adolescents mutate                  story of love and loss (Little, Brown
                        quicker than you can say Tik                      Book Group 2020)
                        Tok. Dr Victoria Cann (UEA) will
                        explore how gender is articulated
                        in our contemporary culture,
                        Dr David Bainbridge (University

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ANY
QUESTIONS?
                                                                     FRIDAY
                                                                  21 FEBRUARY
                                                               THOMAS PAINE STUDY CENTRE, UEA
BBC RADIO 4’S POPULAR ANY
QUESTIONS? WILL BE BROADCAST                                            Doors open: 6.30PM
LIVE FROM THE THOMAS PAINE                                         Audience to be seated by: 7.15PM
STUDY CENTRE, UEA ON
FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY.                                                      TICKETS:
                                                                   WWW.UEA.AC.UK/EVENTS
Chaired by Chris Mason, a panel of four
speakers answer questions from the
audience. The programme provides the
opportunity for people to challenge
politicians, policy-makers, writers and
thinkers. Names of panellists will be
announced prior to the event.

Any Questions? has been invited to UEA to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Public Media Alliance (PMA)
and its close ties with the School of International Development. Founded by the BBC in 1945 and now based at UEA,
PMA is an independent global media organisation.
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
                        CRISIS + CONTROL PHILOSOPHY LECTURES
                        The 2020 Philosophy Public Lecture Series will explore crisis in family life, our prison
                        system, political rhetoric and our emotions, and ask why so many people today are
                        turning to the ancient philosophy of stoicism for answers
                        All lectures take place in the Thomas Paine Study Centre lecture theatre, UEA,
                        6.15pm–8pm (doors 6pm)
                        The first and final lectures will be followed by a free drinks reception
                        Free
                        Visit uea.ac.uk/philosophy/news-and-events
                        Email philosophyevents@uea.ac.uk
                        Call 01603 593412

                        JANUARY                                         Wed 18 Mar
                        Tue 14 Jan                                      The rise of modern stoicism
                        Seneca on managing                              Dr John Sellars
                        a domestic crisis                               (Royal Holloway
                        Dr Elizabeth Gloyn                              University of London)
                        (Royal Holloway
                        University of London)

                        Tue 28 Jan
                                                                        KESWICK HALL CONVERSATIONS:
                        Practicing stoicism in prison
                                                                        Religious persecution in 2021
                        Dr Ben Walker
                        (Crito Project and UEA)                         The Auditorium, The Forum,
                                                                        Norwich
                                                                        Mondays, 7pm–8.30pm
                        FEBRUARY                                        Mon 16 Mar
                        Tue 11 Feb                                      The persecuted church
                        Is there a crisis of
                        rhetorical culture?                             Mon 23 Mar
                        Prof Alan Finlayson                             Antisemitism
                        (UEA)
                                                                        Mon 30 Mar
                                                                        Islamophobia
                        MARCH
                        Tue 3 March                                     Email events@uea.ac.uk
                        Who’s in charge of our emotions?                Visit uea.ac.uk/events
                        Dr Birgit Breidenbach
                        (UEA)

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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
WITTGENSTEIN WORKSHOPS
Discussion workshops focussing on a text sent by the speaker in advance,
Wednesdays, 4pm–6pm Free, open to all
To request a copy of the text, one week prior to each workshop:
Email o.kuusela@uea.ac.uk
Facebook UeaInternationalWittgensteinWorkshop

JANUARY                                     MAY
Wed 15 Jan                                  Wed 6 May
Wittgenstein and moral vision               Naturalism, Wittgenstein
Sasha Lawson-Frost                          and history
(University of Oxford)                      Prof Jane Heal
Arts 01.15, UEA                             (University of Cambridge)
                                            Arts 01.18, UEA
Wed 29 Jan
Wittgenstein and moral realism:             Wed 20 May
the debate continues                        Wittgenstein on
Dr Sabina Lovibond                          frameworks of thought
(University of Oxford)                      Pascal Zambito
Arts 2.08, UEA                              (University of Cambridge)
                                            Arts 1.15, UEA
FEBRUARY
Wed 26 Feb                                  JUNE
Wittgenstein and Madhyamaka                 Wed 3 Jun
Joshua Smith (UEA)                          Wittgenstein on certainty
Arts 01.18, UEA                             and disagreement
                                            Prof Luigi Perissinotto
MARCH                                       (University of Venice)
Wed 11 Mar                                  Arts 1.15, UEA
Dr Hanne Appelqvist
(University of Helsinki)                    Wed 17 Jun
Arts 01.17, UEA                             Wittgenstein on responsibility
                                            and free will
APRIL                                       Prof John Hyman
Wed 22 Apr                                  (University of Oxford)
Philosophy of religion in a                 Queens 0.09, UEA
Wittgensteinian spirit: radically
pluralist and critically descriptive
Dr Mikel Burley
(University of Leeds)
Arts 01.17, UEA
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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
                        FUTURE OF THE AMERICAS
                        A new series of panel discussions exploring key issues across the contemporary
                        global world
                        All lectures take place in the Town Close Auditorium, Norwich Castle, on Tuesdays,
                        6.30pm–8pm (doors 6.15pm)
                        Free, booking essential
                        Visit uea.ac.uk/events
                        Email artsandhumanitiesevents@uea.ac.uk
                        Call 01603 593412

                        APRIL
                        Tue 28 Apr
                                                                     SYMPOSIUM:
                        The futures of the state:
                                                                     ETHICS IN DIGITAL HERITAGE
                        rebellion and reaction in the
                        politics of the Americas                     Sat 11 Jan, 10am–5pm
                        Chair: Prof Sarah Barrow                     Leading scholars discuss
                        (UEA)                                        ethical practice, new
                                                                     technologies and more
                                                                     New Science Building 0.07, UEA
                        MAY
                                                                     £15 / £5 (students and unwaged)
                        Tue 12 May
                        Future environments:                         Visit store.uea.ac.uk
                        environmental resilience and                 Email digitalhumanities@uea.ac.uk
                                                                     Call 01603 597466
                        renewal in the Americas
                                                                     Follow @UEADHi
                        Chair: TBC

                        Tue 26 May
                        Activism in the Americas:
                        resistance and representation                DARWIN DAY AT THE
                        across borders                               NORWICH RESEARCH PARK
                        Chair: Dr Nicholas Grant                     Wed 12 Feb, 1pm–5.30pm
                        (UEA)                                        Lecture theatre 0.21,
                                                                     UEA’s Bob Champion Research
                                                                     and Education Building,
                        JUNE                                         Norwich Research Park
                        Tue 9 Jun
                                                                     Free, booking essential
                        Technological futures: the
                        Americas, data and virtual realities         Visit bit.ly/2DS5hnu
                        Chair: Dr Alison Winch                       Email lisa.marchioretto@quadram.ac.uk
                        (UEA)

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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
EXPLORE! UEA AT THE FISHER
A new series of talks by academics from UEA’s Interdisciplinary Institute of
Humanities, held at the historic Fisher Theatre in Bungay, Suffolk on Thursdays at 7pm
(doors 6.30pm)
£5
Visit uea.ac.uk/events/fishertheatre.org
Email events@uea.ac.uk or info@fishertheatre.org
Call 01603 592130 / 01986 897130

Thu 6 Feb                                    Thu 9 Apr
The tuneful electron: a history of           Digital futures: the dark side
electronic music                             of the digital age
Dr Stephen Bennett                           Dr Lorna-Jane Richardson
(UEA)                                        (UEA)

Thu 5 Mar
Hidden histories: mental health
and hospitals in East Anglia
(with the East Anglian Film Archive)
Dr Georgia Walker-Churchman
(UEA)

IF THESE DOORS COULD TALK
Wed 26 Feb, 3pm–4.30pm
Sara Ahmed
Lecture Theatre 1, UEA
Free, booking essential
Visit store.uea.ac.uk
Email IIH.Schooloffice@uea.ac.uk
Call 01603 593540
Follow @UEAInstitute

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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
                        HEALTH SEMINARS
                        Monthly seminars and workshops hosted by UEA’s School of Health Sciences
                        Free
                        Email sally.beet@uea.ac.uk

                        Tue 28 Jan, 12pm–1pm
                        Narrative healthcare: is it time         DEMENTIA OPEN FORA
                        we taught poetry and prose
                        to all healthcare students?              Bi-monthly exchanges hosted by
                        Christie Watson                          UEA researchers and the general
                        Edith Cavell Building                    public – all welcome
                        lecture theatre, UEA                     The Harvard Lecture Theatre,
                                                                 Julian Study Centre 3.02, UEA
                        Tue 25 Feb, 1pm–2pm                      Free
                        Personal Assistants                      Visit uea.ac.uk/medicine/research/dementia
                        Dr John Woolham                          Email dementia.research@uea.ac.uk
                        (King’s College London)                  Call 01603 593540
                        Queens Building 01.09, UEA

                                                                 Wed 5 Feb, 2pm–3pm
                        Wed 13 May, 1pm–2pm
                                                                 What factors affect the quality
                        Prof Laura Serrant OBE
                                                                 of life of family carers of people
                        (Manchester Metropolitan
                                                                 with dementia?
                        University)
                                                                 Milena Contreras
                        Edith Cavell Building
                                                                 (UEA)
                        lecture theatre, UEA

                                                                 Tue 21 Apr, 1pm–2pm
                                                                 Why do patients with Alzheimer’s
                        WHERE NEXT FOR HEALTH                    disease get lost, and can we
                        HUMANITIES AT UEA?                       predict who is at high risk?
                        Tue 28 Jan, 7pm–9pm                      Vaisakh Puthusseryppady
                        (doors 6.30pm)                           (UEA)
                        An evening with Christie Watson
                        Julian Study Centre 0.01, UEA
                        Free, booking essential
                        Visit uea.ac.uk/events
                        Email h.cooper@uea.ac.uk
                        Follow #UEAMEdHums

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CHRISTIE WATSON
Edith Cavell Building
lecture theatre, UEA
Tue 28 Jan
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
                        JAPANESE ART AND CULTURE
                        Events hosted by UEA’s Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and
                        Cultures (SISJAC)
                        Visit sainsbury-institute.org
                        Email sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org
                        Call 01603 597507
                        Follow @SISJAC_UK
                        Facebook sisjac.org

                        THIRD THURSDAY LECTURES                     Thu 20 Feb
                                                                    Word embodied: entangled icons
                        All lectures take place in
                                                                    in medieval Japanese Buddhist art
                        Norwich Cathedral Hostry at 6pm
                                                                    Dr Halle O’Neal
                        50-minute lecture followed by               (University of Edinburgh)
                        refreshments
                        Free, booking essential                     Thu 19 Mar
                                                                    Politics and tradition:
                        Thu 16 Jan                                  Georges Bigot in Meiji Era
                        Mount Fuji: changing landscapes             Christian Polak
                        in Japanese history                         (SERIC)
                        Dr Junzo Uchiyama
                        (Sainsbury Institute) and
                        Dr Mark Hudson
                        (Max Planck Institute for the
                        Science of Human History)
                                                                    Bigot ‘A Fishing Party’ in Tôbaé, No.1,
                                                                    February 1887

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FILM SCREENINGS
GREEN FILM FESTIVAL @UEA
Film screenings and talks hosted by UEA’s Film, Television and Media Studies
department, in conjunction with local Green partners
All events take place in The Enterprise Centre lecture theatre, UEA,
unless otherwise stated*
Free, booking opens March 2020
Visit uea.ac.uk/about/sustainability
Email c.cornea@uea.ac.uk
Call 01603 592873
Follow @GreenFilmsUEA

Thu 7 May, 7.30pm–9.30pm                      Sat 9 May, 1pm–2.30pm
Silent Forests                                Youth Unstoppable:
Documentary delving into the                  The Rise of the Global Youth
heart of Africa’s Congo Basin to              Climate Movement
meet the men and women trying                 This documentary explores the
to save the forest elephant from              evolution of Slater Jewell-Kemker,
extinction                                    a young activist, and a diverse
Screening plus Q&A                            network of youth growing and
Town Close Auditorium,                        struggling within the Global Youth
Norwich Castle Museum*                        Climate Movement

Fri 8 May, 7.30pm–9.45pm                      Sat 9 May, 4pm–5.30pm
The Green Lie                                 The Biggest Little Farm
Documentary filmmaker                         The chronicles of an eight-year
Werner Boote joins forces with                quest by John and Molly Chester as
Katharina Hartmann, an expert in              they trade city living for 200 acres
greenwashing, to uncover the fake             of barren farmland and a dream to
promises and green lies designed to           harvest in harmony with nature
seduce consumers
                                              Sat 9 May, 7pm–9.40pm
                                              Woman At War
Youth Unstoppable, Sat 9 May                  Comedy-drama film about the life
                                              of Halla, a 50 year-old woman who
                                              leads a double life as a passionate
                                              environmental activist

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FILM SCREENINGS
                  EUROPEAN POLITICAL CINEMA
                  A selection of European political films hosted by UEA’s Language and
                  Communications department
                  All screenings take place at 5.15pm in Arts 01.02, UEA
                  Free
                  Email v.koutrakou@uea.ac.uk

                  JANUARY                                       MARCH
                  Tue 14 Jan                                    Tue 3 Mar
                  I, Daniel Blake                               The Jewel
                  UK, Ken Loach, 2016                           Italy, Andrea Molaioli, 2011

                  Tue 21 Jan                                    Tue 10 Mar
                  A War                                         Circles
                  Denmark, Tobias Lindholm, 2015                Serbia, Srdan Golubović, 2013

                                                                Tue 17 Mar
                  FEBRUARY                                      What’s in a Name?
                  Tue 4 Feb                                     France, Alexandre de la Patellière
                  Bomb Scared                                   and Matthieu Delaporte, 2012
                  Spain, Borja Cobeaga, 2017

                  Tue 11 Feb                                    APRIL
                  Memories on Stone                             Tue 28 Apr
                  Germany-Iran, Shawkat Amin Korki,             Nabat
                  2014                                          Azerbaijan, Elchin Musaoglu, 2014

                  Tue 18 Feb
                  Human Flow
                  Germany, Ai Weiwei, 2017

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FILM SCREENINGS
MAY                               Tue 12 May
Tue 5 May                         Glory
A Screaming Man                   Bulgaria-Greece, Kristina Grozeva
France, Mahamat Saleh Haroun,     and Petar Valchanov, 2016
2010

MEDIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST:
RESISTANCE AND ACTIVISM
Two day international symposium
bringing together scholars
and filmmakers
Free, booking essential
Fri 6 Mar, 5.30pm–8pm
Film screening: For Sama
(Waad Al-Kateab and
Edward Watts, 2019)
Cinema City, Norwich

Sat 7 Mar, 9am–6pm
Panel discussions and
short film screenings
Keynote: Dr Saeed Talajooy
(University of St Andrews)
Julian Study Centre 1.03, UEA
Email z.khosroshahi@uea.ac.uk
Call 01603 592972
Follow @eyelematakav / @zahrfkh

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ART EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
                             The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is a world-class art gallery and museum located
                             on campus at UEA
                             All art events and exhibitions take place at the Sainsbury Centre unless otherwise stated
                             Opening hours Tue–Fri: 10am–6pm Sat–Sun: 10am–5pm
                             Closed Mondays, including bank holidays Daily tours 11am and 2pm*
                             *subject to availability and change
                             Free for Sainsbury Centre members
                             50% reduction on exhibition tickets for under 18s, UEA staff, full-time students
                             and Art Fund members
                             Visit scva.ac.uk
                             Email scva@uea.ac.uk
                             Call 01603 593199
                             Follow @SainsburyCentre

                             EXHIBITIONS                                    Sun 9 Feb – Sat 20 Jun
                                                                            Art Deco by the Sea
                             Until Sun 9 Feb 2020                           Curated by Sainsbury Centre
                             Doris Lessing 100                              Acting Director Ghislaine Wood
                             A revealing exploration and                    The show celebrates iconic examples
                             reappraisal of the life and work of            of seaside architecture, from hotels
                             Nobel laureate Doris Lessing (1919–            and apartment blocks, to piers,
                             2013), one of the most celebrated              cinemas and lidos, and reveals how
                             and extraordinary writers of the               Art Deco became the key style for
                             twentieth century                              pleasure, leisure and entertainment.
                             £8 / £7                                        This exhibition will feature over 150
                                                                            works including paintings, posters,
                                                                            brochures, photographs, fashion,
                                                                            ceramics, glass and textiles drawn
                                                                            from both public and private
                                                                            collections across the UK
                                                                            £13 / £12

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ART EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Sun 29 Mar – Sun 13 Sep
Art Nouveau:
The Nature of Dreams                      Sainsbury Centre
This exhibition will examine the          Sculpture Park
spectacular and controversial vision      Free
of art practice that raged across
                                          The Sculpture Park is situated
the Western world from the end
                                          across the UEA campus, with
of the 19th century: Art Nouveau.
                                          350 acres of attractive parkland
A dazzling selection of ceramic,
                                          open to everyone to enjoy art,
furniture, glass, jewellery, paintings,
                                          architecture and the natural
posters and prints, sculpture and
                                          environment. As well as formal
textiles will be on display, featuring
                                          sculpture gardens, the Park offers
interpretations of nature and the
                                          the tranquillity of the Broad and
creation of a modern style. Artists
                                          Yare River Valley and dense urban
and designers will include René
                                          modernist architecture, designed
Lalique, Edgar Degas, Charles
                                          by leading architects such as
Rennie Mackintosh, William Morris,
                                          Norman Foster, Denys Lasdun
Alphonse Mucha and Gabriel
                                          and Rick Mather. The Sculpture
Dante Rossetti
                                          Park includes important works
£8
                                          by Henry Moore, Elisabeth Frink,
                                          Lynn Chadwick, Liliane Lijn and
                                          Antony Gormley

Image:
New Brighton & Wallasey Artwork
by Septimus Edwin Scott,
©National Railway Museum/Science
& Society Picture Library

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ART EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
                             SPECIAL EVENTS
                             Running alongside the major exhibitions
                             All events take place at 6pm on Thursdays in the Elizabeth Fry lecture theatre 01.08,
                             UEA
                             £8 / £6
                             Free places available for students

                             FEBRUARY                                      APRIL
                             Thu 27 Feb                                    Thu 23 Apr
                             ‘Modernité, Surprise,                         By train to the sea
                             Nouveauté’: Art Deco fashion                  Paul Atterbury
                             Cassie Davies-Strodder
                             (V&A and University of the
                             Arts London)

                                                                           WORKSHOPS
                             MARCH                                         Sat 7 and Sun 8 Mar,
                             Thu 5 Mar                                     10.30am–3.30pm
                             Curator’s talk: Art Deco by the Sea
                                                                           Screen printing masterclass
                             Ghislaine Wood
                                                                           weekend with Print To
                             (Sainsbury Centre)
                                                                           The People
                                                                           Two-day course inspired by Art
                             Thu 26 Mar
                                                                           Deco by The Sea
                             When the sun came out: seaside
                             architecture between the wars                 Sainsbury Centre Studio
                             Dr Kathryn Ferry                              £100, booking essential

                             YOUNG ASSOCIATES
                             Art workshops for 16-25 year-olds
                             on Tuesdays in term time:
                             21, 28, 4, 11, 18 and 25 Feb, 3, 10
                             and 17 Mar, 4.30pm–6.30pm
                             Sainsbury Centre Studio
                             Free
                             Email n.croose-myhill@uea.ac.uk
                             Follow @sainsburycentre
                             Facebook sainsburycentre

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SPORTSPARK 20TH ANNIVERSARY
SPORTSPARK EVENTS
Events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sportspark at UEA
Free, booking essential
Visit sportspark.co.uk
Email sportspark@uea.ac.uk
Call 01603 592398
Follow @SportsparkUEA
Facebook @SportsparkUEA

Tue 28 Jan, 6pm–10pm                        Wed 11 Mar, all day
Sports science after 6                      BUCS conference cup
Sporty brains with relaxed, bitesize        Regional festival of sport for
talks and games for adults only!            university teams from across the UK.
Dr Kate Russell (UEA),                      30 events with 60 teams finish with
Tom Leeder (UEA),                           a showcase fixture
Rachel Cooke (Active Norfolk),
Dr Peter Dawson (UEA),
Dr Michael Grey (UEA),
Laura Cooledge (PESH),
Dan Robathan (Premier League)

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WHAT’S ON
            Until Sun 9 Feb          Art: Doris Lessing 100                                        22

            Sun 9 Feb - Sat 20 Jun   Art: Art Deco by the Sea                                      22

            Sun 29 Mar - Sun 13 Sep Art: Art Nouveau: The Nature of Dreams                         23

            JANUARY
            Sat 11 Jan               Symposium: Ethics in digital heritage                         14

            Tue 14 Jan               Lecture: The plot against drama                               8

            Tue 14 Jan               Lecture: Seneca on managing a domestic crisis                 12

            Tue 14 Jan               Film: I, Daniel Blake                                         20

            Wed 15 Jan               Workshop: How to write a reader’s report                       3

            Wed 15 Jan               Workshop: Wittgenstein and moral vision                       13

            Thu 16 Jan               Lecture: Mount Fuji                                           18

            Tue 21 Jan               Lecture: Infinite change within public sector organisations   8

            Tue 21 Jan               Film: A War                                                   20

            Wed 22 Jan               Workshop: Reader’s report clinic                               3

            Mon 27 Jan               Debate: Rubbish                                               10

            Tue 28 Jan               Lecture: Practicing stoicism in prison                        12

            Tue 28 Jan               Seminar: Narrative healthcare                                 16

            Tue 28 Jan               Lecture: Where next for health humanities at UEA?             16

            Tue 28 Jan               Lecture: Sports science after 6                               25

            Wed 29 Jan               Workshop: Theatre translation                                  3

            Wed 29 Jan               Workshop: Wittgenstein and moral realism                      13

            FEBRUARY
            Tue 4 Feb                Film: Bomb Scared                                             20

            Wed 5 Feb                Workshop: Translating style                                    3

            Wed 5 Feb                Concert: Lunchtime concert                                    4

            Wed 5 Feb                Talk: Dementia open forum                                     16

            Thu 6 Feb                Lecture: The tuneful electron                                 15

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WHAT’S ON
Thu 6 Feb               Gig: Bombay Bicycle Club                                    6

Thu 6 Feb               Literature: Poetry of the Holocaust: An Anthology           3

Tue 11 Feb              Film: Memories on Stone                                    20

Tue 11 Feb              Lecture: Our future in energy                              8

Tue 11 Feb              Lecture: Is there a crisis of rhetorical culture?          12

Wed 12 Feb              Lecture: Darwin Day                                        14

Wed 12 Feb              Workshop: Translating for the theatre                       3

Wed 12 Feb              Literature: Isabel Allende in conversation                  3

Thu 13 Feb              Lecture: How algae help bacteria clean up oil spills        9

Tue 18 Feb              Film: Human Flow                                           20

Thu 20 Feb - Sat 22 Feb Drama: Cabaret 2020: a night at the musicals                5

Thu 20 Feb              Lecture: Word embodied                                     18

Fri 21 Feb              Panel: Any Questions?                                      11

Mon 24 Feb              Debate: Adolescence                                        10

Tue 25 Feb              Lecture: Renaissance war poetry and its discontents        8

Tue 25 Feb              Seminar: Personal assistants                               16

Wed 26 Feb              Workshop: Wittgenstein and Madhyamaka                      13

Wed 26 Feb              Drama: Mr Burns: a post-electric play                       5

Wed 26 Feb              Lecture: If these doors could talk: Sara Ahmed             15

Thu 27 Feb              Talk: ‘Modernité, Surprise, Nouveauté’: Art Deco Fashion   24

Fri 28 Feb              Gig: The Orielles                                           7

MARCH
Tue 3 Mar               Lecture: From Norfolk rocks to seeds in space               9

Tue 3 Mar               Lecture: Who’s in charge of our emotions?                  12

Tue 3 Mar               Film: The Jewel                                            20

Wed 4 Mar               Workshop: Translation workshop                              3

Wed 4 Mar               Concert: Lunchtime concert                                 4

Thu 5 Mar               Talk: Curator’s talk: Art Deco by the Sea                  24

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WHAT’S ON
            Thu 5 Mar               Gig: Jax Jones                                                                 6

            Thu 5 Mar               Lecture: Hidden histories                                                     15

            Fri 6 Mar - Sat 7 Mar   Symposium: Media and the Middle East                                          21

            Sat 7 - Sun 8 Mar       Workshop: Screen printing masterclass                                         24

            Sun 8 Mar               Concert: UEA Chamber Choir                                                    4

            Mon 9 Mar               Gig: Joanne Shaw Taylor                                                        7

            Tue 10 Mar              Film: Circles                                                                 20

            Wed 11 Mar              Workshop: Dr Hanne Appelqvist                                                 13

            Wed 11 Mar              Sport: BUCS conference cup                                                    25

            Thu 12 Mar              Lecture: Lights, camera, action! On visibility, voice and the power of film    9

            Sat 14 Mar              Literature: Voices from Greece                                                 5

            Mon 16 Mar              Debate: Death                                                                 10

            Mon 16 Mar              Conversation: The persecuted church                                           12

            Tue 17 Mar              Lecture: A child in every classroom                                            9

            Tue 17 Mar              Film: What’s in a Name?                                                       20

            Wed 18 Mar              Lecture: The rise of modern stoicism                                          12

            Thu 19 Mar              Concert: UEA Choir and Symphony Orchestra                                     4

            Thu 19 Mar              Lecture: Georges Bigot in the Meiji Era                                       18

            Fri 20 Mar              Gig: Levellers                                                                 6

            Mon 23 Mar              Conversation: Antisemitism                                                    12

            Thu 26 Mar              Talk: When the sun came out: Seaside architecture between the wars            24

            Mon 30 Mar              Conversation: Islamophobia                                                    12

            APRIL
            Thu 2 Apr               Gig: Circa Waves                                                               7

            Thu 9 Apr               Lecture: Digital futures                                                      15

            Tue 21 Apr              Talk: Dementia open forum                                                     16

            Wed 22 Apr              Workshop: Philosophy of religion in a Wittgensteinian spirit                  13

            Thu 23 Apr              Talk: By train to the sea                                                     24

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WHAT’S ON
Thu 23 Apr   Lecture: How not to regulate the internet                      9

Tue 28 Apr   Gig: Mystery Jets                                              7

Tue 28 Apr   Panel: The futures of the state                               14

Tue 28 Apr   Film: Nabat                                                   20

MAY
Tue 5 May    Film: A Screaming Man                                         21

Wed 6 May    Workshop: Naturalism, Wittgenstein and history                13

Wed 6 May    Concert: Lunchtime concert                                    4

Thu 7 May    Film: Silent Forests                                          19

Fri 8 May    Film: The Green Lie                                           19

Sat 9 May    Film: Youth Unstoppable                                       19

Sat 9 May    Film: The Biggest Little Farm                                 19

Sat 9 May    Film: Woman at War                                            19

Tue 12 May   Film: Glory                                                   21

Tue 12 May   Panel: Future environments                                    14

Wed 13 May   Seminar: Prof Laura Serrant                                   16

Thu 14 May   Lecture: Prostate cancer, maths and artificial intelligence    9

Wed 20 May   Workshop: Wittgenstein on frameworks of thought               13

Tue 26 May   Panel: Activism in the Americas                               14

JUNE
Wed 3 Jun    Workshop: Wittgenstein on certainty and disagreement          13

Tue 9 Jun    Panel: Technological futures                                  14

Wed 17 Jun   Workshop: Wittgenstein on responsibility and free will        13

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ART NOUVEAU:
THE NATURE OF DREAMS
The Sainsbury Centre, UEA
Sun 29 Mar – Sun 13 Sep

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