Events

Join The Open University (OU) from Monday 24th March to celebrate and promote open research, showcasing examples of our open practices across many disciplines. Throughout the week, you’ll hear about the real world applications and engagement of our openly available data, outputs and citizen science platforms. 

Admirers of the novelist Xiaolu Guo will be excited to learn that her latest work, Call Me Ishmaelle, responds to Herman Melville’s great American novel, Moby Dick.

This FREE 3-day online international conference, Literature Matters, encourages participants to interrogate the importance (or not) of literature and writing in the 21st century.

From nineteenth century literature to nuclear activism in 1980s Wales, from English Literature to Criminology, join us for fascinating talks by PhD students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 13 June – 4 July

In partnership with University Music, Bournemouth, The Open University Literature and Music Research Group are organising a one-day symposium on the theme of Words, Music and Silence, which will take place on Friday 28th June, 2024 at Bournemouth University (BH12 5BB). The day will conclude with a lecture recital exploring words, music, silence and disability given by the concert pianist Duncan Honeybourne, whose career has been shaped by his autism. 

From nineteenth century literature to nuclear activism in 1980s Wales, from English Literature to Criminology, join us for fascinating talks by PhD students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 13 June – 4 July

From nineteenth century literature to nuclear activism in 1980s Wales, from English Literature to Criminology, join us for fascinating talks by PhD students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 13 June – 4 July

From nineteenth century literature to nuclear activism in 1980s Wales, from English Literature to Criminology, join us for fascinating talks by PhD students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 13 June – 4 July

We’re delighted to invite you to the launch of OpenARC, the new school-wide research centre in Arts and Humanities at The Open University, on the 10th June 2024. With the theme of ‘Arts and Humanities research for the 21st century’, the event showcases and explores new directions in Arts and Humanities research, through an exciting mix of talks, stalls and an afternoon panel of high-profile external speakers.