Pandemic Spaces: Cordons and Borders Architectural historians Leslie Topp and Miloš Kosec (Birkbeck) converse about pandemics and the spaces of cities, regions and nations.
Pandemic Spaces: Homes and Rooms Architectural historians Leslie Topp and Miloš Kosec (Birkbeck) converse about pandemics and the spaces of homes and rooms.
Wild and Precious Life with Lily Dunn and Zoe Gilbert Writers Lily Dunn and Zoe Gilbert discuss their creative practice with participants leading to a new anthology of recovery stories, and tell the story of its publication.
In conversation: Jack Thorne Jack Thorne, playwright and screenwriter, in conversation with Birkbeck playwright David Eldridge.
New Activist Museums Panel discussion about the Museum of Transology and the Museum of Homelessness with their founders E-J Scott and Jess and Matt Turtle.
Poetry versus Colonialism Poets Keith Jarrett, Nick Makoha, Miriam Nash, Sandra A Agard and Laila Sumpton perform new work and discuss the power of poetry to uncover the history of colonialism.
Lesia Ukrainka: Subverting the Western Canon of Patriarchy Sasha Dovzhyk (Birkbeck) explains how fin-de-siècle Ukrainian poet Lesia Ukrainka dismantled the European canon of patriarchy in her treatment of the foundational myths of European culture.
Building back better Leading freelance theatre makers from Freelancers Make Theatre Work discuss the challenges faced by the theatre's workforce.
DREAM STONES: A creative writing workshop A story-making workshop with poet and artist Sophie Herxheimer and writer Marina Warner, drawing on memories and imagination.
Exploring the Family through Comparative Literature Join Joanne Leal and Ann Lewis (Birkbeck) for a discussion of family connections - and complications. Starting in the eighteenth century and ending in our own we will trace the family across time, place and medium from Goethe’s Werther in the eighteenth century, via Rousseau’s Julie to Tom Lehr’s recent September: Fata Morgana.
Interactive narrative workshop with Alan Trotter and Mark Blacklock What is interactive digital narrative and what tools are available to writers? A two-part workshop.
The Politic Art of Subtitling Storyteller Wafa’ Tarnowska discusses translating the original footage of the multi award-winning film For Sama (2019) from Arabic to English with a panel chaired by Birkbeck’s Marina Warner.
Invisible Ink Interactive online life drawing event and panel discussion of new digital project Invisible Ink exploring isolation and alienation, inspired by film noir.
Week Three: 17 May
Radioastronomy (here comes the Sun) ‘Radioastronomy (here comes the Sun)’ invites you to contribute to a new digital piece on our nearest star – the Sun.
Theatre Scratch Night A rich collection of new short-form sound and video works from students in Birkbeck's School of Arts, encompassing terrific solo pieces, adaptations, and audio performances.
Missing London Have you been Missing London? We have and in our minipedia we count some of the ways and things – from ice and excuses to mice and museums. A digital copy is also available.
Lupi Lupi Lu Peter Fifield (Birkbeck) reflects on a five minute musical film about lupus and diagnosis by Adam Castle.
Muslim Representation on Screen with UK Muslim Film and the Riz Test Daragh Carville (Birkbeck), Sajid Varda (UK Muslim Film) and Shaf Choudry (The Riz Test) will be exploring issues around Muslim representation in UK.
Jews, the Reformation and Making Europe Helen Parish (Reading) and Professor Anthony Bale (Birkbeck) discuss The Jews and the Reformation (2020) with the author Kenneth Austin.
Writing, Rights and Literature Lyndsey Stonebridge (University of Birmingham) and Julia Bell (Birkbeck) join Agnes Woolley to discuss the need for literary communities, political truth telling, and the relationship between writing and rights.
Circles of Hell Live-streamed from Sitges, Barcelona, in association with Museus de Sitges, Theatre North presents a new solo performance piece based on Salvador Dali’s paintings of Dante’s Inferno.
Malik Nashad Sharpe In Conversation Performer and choreographer Malik Nashad Sharpe shares their new video work, commissioned by OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College. In conversation with Fintan Walsh.
Burning Light Into That Good Night A single-screen moving image based on a memory session recorded in the summer 2019 by artist Alda Terracciano with her father, a few weeks before his death.
Mobilising Memory through Mixed Reality Silke Arnold de Simine (Birkbeck) and Diana Diana Popescu (Birkbeck) discuss the uses of digital and immersive technologies.
Pandemic spaces: a workshop Live workshop with architectural historians Leslie Topp and Miloš Kosec (Birkbeck), building on their Pandemic Spaces video conversations.
Belarus Free Theatre's Burning Doors A screening and Q&A about Belarus Free Theatre’s film Burning Doors, drawn from the real-life stories of Petr Pavlensky, Oleg Sentsov and Maria Alyokhina.
Interactive narrative workshop with Alan Trotter and Mark Blacklock Feedback on draft piece made by participants in the first workshop on 13 May.
Conceal/Reveal: pop-up festival of lockdown essay films Jarman Lab presents seven short essayistic film works made in the year when much creative activity reverted to the pre-social stage of human endeavour: working in solitude at home.
MIRLive - Arts Week Special Emerging poets and storytellers share their new work.
What did I do with my arts degree Are you wondering what kind of career your Arts degree may lead to? Meet some of our former students and find out how their degrees opened up new opportunities for them.