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Professor Ken Gemes from Birkbeck's Department of Philosophy discusses Nietzsche's conception of nihilism, and how it relates to the rise of populist politics, including the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote. He will be discussing these ideas further at Birkbeck's next Big Ideas event, at City and Islington College on 29 May 2018. Tickets are free but booking is required. Find out more and book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/birkbecks-big-ideas-nihilism-whats-behind-the-brexit-vote-and-the-rise-of-donald-trump-finsbury-park-tickets-39284543126

Welcome to Art Week 2018. In this podcast, Sue Wiseman and Louise Owen from the School of Arts speak to some of the performers and artists whose events took place on Monday; Greek chorus cabaret Myth Independent; Birkbeck Artist-in-Residence Lily Hunter Green with her immersive sound and art project, Bee Composed Live; director Brian Logan from the Camden People's Theatre; plus special guest Bernie, who looks after the School of Arts all year round. Birkbeck Arts Week runs from 14-18 May 2018. Find out more and book onto events: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/arts/about-us/events/arts-week

Marking 120 years since Beardsley’s death, The Eve of St Aubrey: Re†Collecting Beardsley (1872-1898) symposium brought together established and emerging scholars of the artist to examine his works, his public image, and his new – global – place in the art canon. The interdisciplinary symposium unlocked the geographical and chronological boundaries of the ‘Beardsley Period’ by reassessing the artist’s international reception and the impact of his aesthetics on modern movements in art, literature, ballet, cinema, and fashion.

Professor Denis Mareschal, Director of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development talks about the successes of Birkbeck's pioneering Babylab in identifying early markers of autism in infants. We are currently crowdfunding to be able to extend these learnings to toddlers with the world's first ToddlerLab, and to transform the lives of children with developmental disorders. If you would like to contribute, please go to our crowdfunding page: birkbeck.hubbub.net/p/toddlerlab/

Marking 120 years since Beardsley’s death, The Eve of St Aubrey: Re†Collecting Beardsley (1872-1898) symposium brought together established and emerging scholars of the artist to examine his works, his public image, and his new – global – place in the art canon. The interdisciplinary symposium unlocked the geographical and chronological boundaries of the ‘Beardsley Period’ by reassessing the artist’s international reception and the impact of his aesthetics on modern movements in art, literature, ballet, cinema, and fashion.

Marking 120 years since Beardsley’s death, The Eve of St Aubrey: Re†Collecting Beardsley (1872-1898) symposium brought together established and emerging scholars of the artist to examine his works, his public image, and his new – global – place in the art canon. The interdisciplinary symposium unlocked the geographical and chronological boundaries of the ‘Beardsley Period’ by reassessing the artist’s international reception and the impact of his aesthetics on modern movements in art, literature, ballet, cinema, and fashion.

Marking 120 years since Beardsley’s death, The Eve of St Aubrey: Re†Collecting Beardsley (1872-1898) symposium brought together established and emerging scholars of the artist to examine his works, his public image, and his new – global – place in the art canon. The interdisciplinary symposium unlocked the geographical and chronological boundaries of the ‘Beardsley Period’ by reassessing the artist’s international reception and the impact of his aesthetics on modern movements in art, literature, ballet, cinema, and fashion.

Marking 120 years since Beardsley’s death, The Eve of St Aubrey: Re†Collecting Beardsley (1872-1898) symposium brought together established and emerging scholars of the artist to examine his works, his public image, and his new – global – place in the art canon. The interdisciplinary symposium unlocked the geographical and chronological boundaries of the ‘Beardsley Period’ by reassessing the artist’s international reception and the impact of his aesthetics on modern movements in art, literature, ballet, cinema, and fashion.

Marking 120 years since Beardsley’s death, The Eve of St Aubrey: Re†Collecting Beardsley (1872-1898) symposium brought together established and emerging scholars of the artist to examine his works, his public image, and his new – global – place in the art canon. The interdisciplinary symposium unlocked the geographical and chronological boundaries of the ‘Beardsley Period’ by reassessing the artist’s international reception and the impact of his aesthetics on modern movements in art, literature, ballet, cinema, and fashion.

Marking 120 years since Beardsley’s death, The Eve of St Aubrey: Re†Collecting Beardsley (1872-1898) symposium brought together established and emerging scholars of the artist to examine his works, his public image, and his new – global – place in the art canon. The interdisciplinary symposium unlocked the geographical and chronological boundaries of the ‘Beardsley Period’ by reassessing the artist’s international reception and the impact of his aesthetics on modern movements in art, literature, ballet, cinema, and fashion.

Marking 120 years since Beardsley’s death, The Eve of St Aubrey: Re†Collecting Beardsley (1872-1898) symposium brought together established and emerging scholars of the artist to examine his works, his public image, and his new – global – place in the art canon. The interdisciplinary symposium unlocked the geographical and chronological boundaries of the ‘Beardsley Period’ by reassessing the artist’s international reception and the impact of his aesthetics on modern movements in art, literature, ballet, cinema, and fashion.

Marking 120 years since Beardsley’s death, The Eve of St Aubrey: Re†Collecting Beardsley (1872-1898) symposium brought together established and emerging scholars of the artist to examine his works, his public image, and his new – global – place in the art canon. The interdisciplinary symposium unlocked the geographical and chronological boundaries of the ‘Beardsley Period’ by reassessing the artist’s international reception and the impact of his aesthetics on modern movements in art, literature, ballet, cinema, and fashion.

Dr Tim Reynolds, a senior lecturer from the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck discusses the relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans, following a recent discovery in a Neanderthal burial cave. Tim will deliver a talk that explores those discoveries and what they can tell us about our nearest relatives, on 17 April at City & Islington College, as part of Birkbeck’s Big Ideas series of free public lectures. Book your free spot here: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events-calendar/neanderthal

In this episode of Birkbeck Voices, we chat with Professor Ian Crawford from the Department of Planetary Sciences and Astrobiology. Professor Crawford discusses the recent launch of the world's most powerful operational rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy and what it means for space exploration in the future, as well as the benefits of mining resources on the moon and why it is still so important to 'keep looking for aliens' (read more here: https://theconversation.com/why-looking-for-aliens-is-good-for-society-even-if-there-arent-any-80700).

Professor Daniel Monk from Birkbeck's School of Law discusses the debate around school uniforms and dress codes, and what it might be able to tell us about childhood, education and politics in contemporary Britain. Daniel will be speaking further on the topic at City and Islington College on 20 March as part of Birkbeck's Big Ideas series. Book your free place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/birkbecks-big-ideas-school-dress-codes-who-cares-and-why-finsbury-park-tickets-43123651001

The Birkbeck Law Review recently held its annual conference, ‘Law and the City: Exploring the Urban Revolution in Critical Legal Studies’. In this podcast, we hear the keynote address from Mariana Valverde Professor of Criminology at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law, introduced by Stewart Motha, Acting Dean of Birkbeck’s School of Law. Professor Valverde’s keynote talk is called ‘Beyond privatization and neoliberalism: analysing hybrid networks of urban development.’ Find out more about the Birkbeck Law Review: http://www.bbklr.org/

Ron Balzan, who is in the third year of his PhD in psychology at Birkbeck’s Department of Psychological Sciences, will be speaking at Birkbeck's next Big Ideas event entitled, 'The biggest problem in the world: our problem with problems (and why truth matters)'. If you’ve ever struggled with solving a problem – and most of us have! – his thesis sets out to prove that you may not have represented, or modelled the problem correctly. Ron talk will be held on 20 February at City & Islington College, as part of Birkbeck’s Big Ideas series. Book your free place now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/birkbecks-big-ideas-the-biggest-problem-in-the-world-our-problem-with-problems-and-why-truth-tickets-38659920864 Birkbeck's Big Ideas is a series of thought-provoking free public lectures, designed to inspire and bring world class Birkbeck academics to the local community.

The Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies and History and Theory of Photography Research Centre hosted a panel discussion with a talk by Kate Flint and a response by Lindsay Smith to mark the publication of Kate Flint’s Flash! Photography, Writing, and Surprising Illumination (Oxford University Press, 2017).

The Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies and History and Theory of Photography Research Centre hosted a panel discussion with a talk by Kate Flint and a response by Lindsay Smith to mark the publication of Kate Flint’s Flash! Photography, Writing, and Surprising Illumination (Oxford University Press, 2017) in November 2017. This is a recording of Lindsay Smith's response.

In this episode of Birkbeck Voices, we're joined by Dr Clare Makepeace, who completed her PhD at Birkbeck and is now an Honorary Research Fellow at the College. Clare’s work looks at prisoners of war, specifically those in Europe during the Second World War and the measures they took to cope and come to terms with wartime imprisonment. Perhaps the most inventive of these measures was putting on pantomimes, with prisoners dressed as female impersonators. Clare has recently published a book, Captives of War, available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Captives-War-British-Prisoners-Cultural/dp/1107145872 You can find out more about her work on her website: warfarehistorian.org Birkbeck Voices, the podcast series from Birkbeck, University of London, brings you interviews with our academics, students, alumni and the wider community. We cover the latest research and inspiring events taking place at the College and find out more about the people who make Birkbeck the place that it is. Listen to the #BirkbeckVoi