Open lectures: Semester 2 - 2024-25

Dr. Valery Radchenko will discuss how medical radionuclides are designed and made in order to advance medical imaging and targeted cancer treatment.

This talk explores how music streaming platforms reshape global music production, distribution, and consumption, highlighting power, inequality, and cultural impacts.

Sociologist, Dr Samuel Burgum, presents an alternative account of the real lives of London's squatters: their ambitions and struggles.

Lois Shearing explores how far-right movements recruit women online, exposing their roles, misogyny, and strategies to counter radicalisation.

Rebecca Buxton talks about how women in philosophy initiatives promote inclusion but may hinder lasting integration by focusing too much on gender identity.

Join Alistair Boxall for a lecture on chemical pollution in Yorkshire’s rivers, its impact on wildlife, and practical steps to reduce contamination.

By harnessing the process that powers the Sun and stars, fusion has the potential to provide a safe, abundant source of low carbon energy. The first of its kind, STEP is a programme that includes building a prototype fusion powerplant in the UK.

Join the York Drug Science Society at the University of York for a free public lecture on psychedelic experiences with biologist and author Dr Rupert Sheldrake.

Explore how we're discovering the origins of the elements that make up our world by recreating stellar reactions in the lab.

A public talk by Florian Block (dock10 and University of York) about AI innovation in live virtual production.

Historian Sarah Lonsdale explores five women’s inspiring efforts to reclaim and protect the wild, challenging societal norms worldwide.

Join Dr Christian Diget to explore how atomic nuclei are made, from astrophysical processes to cutting-edge experiments. Journey through the nuclear chart, to discover the properties of the building blocks of our universe.

Join University of York researchers from the Departments of Psychology and Sociology as they discuss the psychology of eating - or choosing not to eat - meat and meat-based substitutes.

Dr Stuart Higgins will introduce some of the core ideas around biomedical engineering, and discuss some of the active research being carried out at the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology.

Join York's Drug Science Society as Dr Simon Erridge prodives a comprehensive overview of the current UK medical cannabis landscape.

This talk explores Britain-India relations (late Victorian-Edwardian) through art and music, highlighting empire grandeur, colonial fantasies, and anti-imperial critiques.

Join the Department of English and Related Literature for the second in a series of three lectures this year by Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, writer and psychoanalyst.

How do institutional gender regimes affect formal reporting processes for sexual harassment?

Queer as Folklore is an exhilarating journey across centuries and continents which reveals the unsung heroes and villains of storytelling, magic and fantasy.

Join the Centre for Medieval Studies for a talk that explores how early Islamic garrison cities and palatial projects stimulated innovation in the art, architecture, and craft sectors.

Humans have long been designing and constructing robots, but could a robot create other robots to cope with unfamiliar environments? Join Dr Edgar Buchanan Beruman to explore the exciting Autonomous Robot Evolution project.

Fashion and cartography, rooted in practical geometry, shaped national identities and shared overlapping influences, explored through Dior’s legacy.

Dr Rob Harvey, Head of Production Systems at Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd will describe this vision to provide clean, affordable energy for all.