The University of York International Team

09/06/2017

Global food project launches at York.....take a look!

World-leading speakers, including the Head of Sustainability at Sainsbury’s, will take part in a panel debate on global food security on Thursday 8 June at the York Management School. The event is part of the N8 Agrifood resilience programme.

08/06/2017

is an international conference focused on identifying future breakthroughs in science and society. Using the metaphor of the fall of the Berlin wall,

08/06/2017

Highly protected marine reserves can help mitigate against the impacts of climate change, a study by a team of international scientists has concluded.

08/06/2017

Ten University of York PhD research students have just three minutes to communicate the impact of their research, effectively and concisely, to a non-specialist audience. Communicating to different audiences helps to demonstrate the contribution that research makes to wider society and the economy.…

30/05/2017

Centre for Urban Reserach free open lecture: Remembering the future

Wednesday 31 May, 3.00pm

In 'Remembering the Future', Darran Anderson will re-assess utopian ideas in an age of pessimism. In contrast to our technological advances, we seem increasingly powerless and disconnected from our urban surroundings. Looking at projects from Bauhaus to Bjarke Ingels, Anderson will examine the chall...

29/05/2017

Want to attend a free open lecture.....

Should we really be ourselves?
In this lecture, Rafe shows how Simone de Beauvoir and Frantz Fanon meet the ethical challenge posed by authenticity

Tuesday 30 May, 6.30pm

The concept of being true to oneself or being all one can be is much-valued, but it’s most comprehensive articulation is by Martin Heidegger, a confirmed National Socialist. In this lecture, Rafe shows how Simone de Beauvoir and Frantz Fanon meet the ethical challenge posed by authenticity.

28/05/2017

Annual; Stephen Copley Lecture: Austen as Wartime Novelist
Jane Austen

Tuesday 30 May 2017, 5.00pm

Austen’s popular and critical reception through much of the twentieth century was built on her seeming ignorance of public events, well described by Marilyn Butler as her ‘discreet’ approach to ideas. But just how discreet was she? Turbulent public events touched closely the private lives of sever...

23/05/2017

Join our open lecture series: On the confluence of virtualities in computer-based environments

Thursday 25 May 2017, 5.30pm

Virtual reality (VR) applications in the context of phobia therapy are centred on the core concept of 'presence'. This is clearly their design target; it is identified as correlated to the moderate degree of fear that psychologists and patients can work with. The VR technology is based on virtuality...

22/05/2017

Free open Lecture Wednesday 24 May 2017, 3.00pm

Antinomies of data-driven public services: The case of regionalisation of adoption in England: Dr James Cornford examines the interaction of different cultures of data in the reform of the adoption process in England

The adoption of children from care is a form of state-led family making – what Derek Kirton (2013) has called ‘Kinship by design.’ As a practice, it is reliant on a variety of forms of data that are gathered, organised and interpreted to inform the various agencies involved, including children and p...

21/05/2017

The origin of perspective
Whitney Davis presents his annual lecture as part of the York Summer Theory Institute in Art History

Tuesday 23 May 2017, 5.30pm

16/05/2017

Congratulations to the Department of Electronic Engineering for its successful application for an Athena SWAN Bronze Award!

The award recognises the department's commitment to gender equality and its continued efforts to advance women's careers

The Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York, UK website

15/05/2017

Open Lecture, Wednesday 17 May, 6pm

Fraud and veracity in early modern observations of generation
Through the cases of two 17th century naturalists and physicians, Ole Worm (1588-1654) and Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680), this talk discusses the tensions, negotiations and uncertainties in early modern scientific knowledge production, resulting from the ever-present worries about fraud

Early modern naturalists and physicians used a range of strategies to authenticate natural facts, including witness testimony, written technologies, and visual and material evidence. Yet, at a time when many naturalists were particularly driven towards descriptions of everything wondrous, there was…