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E&A Autumn events programme

The Engagement & Advancement Events Team are excited to announce our programme of Autumn online and in person events. Click the links below to register your place at each event. 

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‘In Conversation with Muna Abusulayman’ 

Wednesday 11 October, 18:30

Live online or at Highfield Campus 

Continuously named one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World for her work in media, gender, leadership and education and as an iconic Arab media personality and humanitarian, Muna Abusulayman will be joining us for an ‘In conversation’ with Professor Jane Falkingham CBE. 

Register on Eventbrite.

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Annual 34th Wellington Lecture

Tuesday 17 October, 18:30

Highfield Campus (the lecture will be recorded and shared after the event)

Professor Tony Pollard, Professor of Conflict Archaeology and History at the University of Glasgow will be joining us to speak on ‘Aftermath, 1815 and Beyond: Battlefield Clearance and Archaeology at Waterloo’.

In addition to the lecture there will be the opportunity to visit an exhibition celebrating forty years of collecting archives – “The Duke presents his compliments”.

The exhibition in the Special Collections Gallery, Level 4, Hartley Library, will run weekdays 10:00-16:00 16 October – 15 December 2023 and 8 January – 16 February 2024. On Tuesday 17 October, the exhibition will be open until 17:30 for all lecture guests to attend on that day or you are welcome to visit at a later date. Booking to view the exhibition is not required.

Register on Eventbrite.

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Helen Alexander Memorial Lecture

Tuesday 24 October, 18:30

Live online 

This year’s lecture speaker will be Dame Kate Bingham DBE HonFRS. Kate is a managing partner at a venture capital firm, SV Health Investors. In 2020, she chaired the UK Government’s Vaccine Taskforce, steering procurement of vaccines and the strategy for their deployment during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Register on Eventbrite.

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Alex Lewis: Mountain – Exclusive Screening 

Thursday 9 November, 19:00 

Highfield Campus 

We are pleased to bring you an exclusive screening of the film titled ‘Alex Lewis: Mountain’.  This film documents the gruelling expedition of Hampshire residents Alex Lewis and David Collinson up the highest mountain in Ethiopia, Ras Dashen. Using an off-road, solar-powered, mobility handcycle which was designed at the University of Southampton. 

Register on Eventbrite.

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Annual Wade Lecture with Sir Peng Tee Khaw

Monday 13 November, 18:00 

Online and on Highfield Campus 

This year we will be welcoming Sir Peng Tee Khaw, a consultant and ophthalmic surgeon specialising in adult and paediatric glaucoma. 

Sir Khaw is the Director of the National Institute of Health’s Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields, and University College London’s Institute of Ophthalmology. He has raised more than £120 million for research and buildings including funding for the world’s largest Children’s Eye Hospital and translational research clinical centre. 

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For any queries about any of the events please contact [email protected].

 
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