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Jun 19

Creativity, Creative Arts, and Neurodivergence Conference

Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 14:00 to Saturday, June 21, 2025 - 18:00

Foundling Museum, London

Co-hosted by Creative Interactions and Contemporary Cultures of Writing at The Open University, together with colleagues from Falmouth University and Northwestern University in Qatar, this event will be held at the Foundling Museum in London on the 20th and 21st of June, with online pre-sessions on the 10th and 19th of June. Registration is now open. Spaces are free, but limited in person.

Jul 10

Aesthetics and the Management of Heritage

Thursday, July 10, 2025 - 09:00 to Friday, July 11, 2025 - 16:30

Churchill College, Cambridge

The topic of how to ‘treat’ heritage (decisions about conservation, restoration, or reconstruction) is currently the subject of heated debate. At least some of the principles underlying these decisions are aesthetic; the history of the discussion, going back to the Renaissance, features work from thinkers and practitioners such as Petrarch, Alberti, Viollet-le-Duc, Morris, Ruskin, and Riegl.


Previous Events

Creating Worlds, Real and Imagined

28th May 2025

A one-day symposium on the ways writers create worlds, real and imagined, featuring award winning novelists and non-fiction writers.

Next Generation: Arts & Social Sciences Lecture Series 2025

Repeats every week every Thursday until Thu May 22 2025.
1st May 2025, 8th May 2025, 15th May 2025, 22nd May 2025

From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.

Next Generation: Arts & Social Sciences Lecture Series 2025

1st May 2025, 8th May 2025, 15th May 2025, 22nd May 2025

From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.

Next Generation: Arts & Social Sciences Lecture Series 2025

1st May 2025, 8th May 2025, 15th May 2025, 22nd May 2025

From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.

Next Generation: Arts & Social Sciences Lecture Series 2025

1st May 2025, 8th May 2025, 15th May 2025, 22nd May 2025

From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.

Open Research Week 2025

24th March 2025 to 26th March 2025

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. 

Incredible stories of female sailors in disguise, with Xiaolu Guo

18th March 2025

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.

Literature Matters: Call for Papers

4th November 2024 to 6th November 2024

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.

British Political History Group Seminar

Repeats every week every Thursday 2 times. Also includes Wed Sep 25 2024.
5th September 2024, 12th September 2024, 25th September 2024

The British Political History Group has been founded to stimulate interest in lively topics involving speakers who have published significant recent books on British political history. We think British political history continues to be an important area for students with strong relevance to our curriculum, as well as being of sufficient interest likely to attract an audience beyond the OU.

The seminars will be lively, interactive and topical, and will include some prominent historians, writers and critics.

British Political History Group Seminar

5th September 2024, 12th September 2024, 25th September 2024

The British Political History Group has been founded to stimulate interest in lively topics involving speakers who have published significant recent books on British political history. We think British political history continues to be an important area for students with strong relevance to our curriculum, as well as being of sufficient interest likely to attract an audience beyond the OU.

The seminars will be lively, interactive and topical, and will include some prominent historians, writers and critics.

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