Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025
Be part of a transformative three-day event uniting global thinkers, scholars, and leaders to shape the future—sign up today!
| Tue 18 March | 9:00AM - 7:00PM |
The Shutter Hub OPEN 2025 exhibition brings together over 100 international photographers in a selected exhibition of diverse and creative imagery – covering the walls over four floors of the Alison Richard Building. |
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Crazy Cone Caper self-led trail Join us for a whodunit mystery and track down who's been stealing seeds from cones. |
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| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Highlight Hidden Histories Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
An exhibition of contemporary queer art by Mark Mann |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Picturing Excess: Jan Davidsz de Heem Experience the monumental still-life paintings by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem, displayed together for the first time ever. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Arthur Christopher Benson, Diarist: A Centenary Exhibition This exhibition, which will be inaugurated with a lecture by Professor Eamon Duffy, co-editor of a new annotated edition of Benson’s diary, illuminates Benson’s remarkable family background, the Edwardian literary scene in which he was a significant figure, and the academic world before, during and in the aftermath of the First World War. |
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| 5:00PM - 6:30PM |
From Rights to Protection: Reframing Women's Empowerment for Authoritarian Democracy Public Lecture by Professor Poulami Roychowdhury, chaired by Professor Manali Desai. |
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| 5:30PM - 7:00PM |
Juries saved a high proportion of people accused of crimes related to witchcraft during the 'witch hunting’ era in England’s history. Trial juries sent hundreds of women (and some men) to the gallows. This talk focuses on the restraint and doubt shown not by learned, elite scholars or judges but by community members who acted as witnesses or jurors and helped free many hundreds more. |