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OPEN LECTURES: Broken politics, grief, and why you should be a trade unionist

Posted on 21 February 2020

Find out something new at our free Open Lectures - everyone welcome.

Has Brexit broken British politics?
Monday 24 February 2020
Professor Curtice will examine why Brexit has proven so difficult to resolve, the impact that it has had so far on the country's politics, and the legacy that it yet might leave.

Grief and neurological impairment
Tuesday 25 February 2020
Professor Jonathan Cole answers questions around grief.

Wonders on Wednesday 3 - The Natural World
Wednesday 26 February 2020
From early research into the natural sciences to Victorian collectors and illustrators the natural world has always gripped imagination. Come and see what treasures the Library and Archives hold.

Uncertainty work as ontological negotiation: Adjudicating access to therapy in clinical psychology
Wednesday 26 February 2020
This talk is about how clinical psychologists foster access (or not) to psychological care. More specifically, it interrogates how psychologists manage, and make decisions around, patient referrals. 

What’s good about our prisons?
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Simon Shepherd has visited every prison and asked “What’s the good stuff that’s happening in this prison?”

Craig Ellwood and the betterment of Johnnie Burke
Wednesday 26 February 2020
The story of Craig Ellwood, architect of sleek, minimalist steel and glass houses which so epitomised post-war architecture in California, is one, as much as anything, of his four wives.

Alan Gillis Poetry Reading
Thursday 27 February 2020
‘Poetry happens when the sense can’t be separated from the sound of the sense.’ (Alan Gillis)

The changing mind: A neuroscientist’s guide to ageing well
Thursday 27 February 2020
Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age.

Len McCluskey: Why you should be a Trade Unionist
Thursday 27 February 2020
The University of York Labour Club in partnership with The York Union warmly invites you to an audience with Len McCluskey.

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Want to plan further ahead? See our full events listing.

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