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Saturday 30th September 2023
Live Music: YolanDa Brown (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Double MOBO Award-winning saxophonist YolanDa Brown brings her delicious fusion of reggae, jazz and soul.
For some, world-wide touring and critically acclaimed albums would be satisfaction enough. YolanDa Brown wears many hats – musician, broadcaster, author, philanthropist – and wears them well, with passion and full of vigour.
YolanDa has toured with The Temptations, Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, and Billy Ocean. She has collaborated with artists such as Dave Stewart from Eurythmics, Snarky Puppy’s Bill Laurance, Kelly Jones from Stereophonics and Rick Astley. She is currently composing music for the iconic Sesame Street as well as the Netflix Series CocoMelon Lane.
YolanDa is a broadcaster working across TV and Radio. Her series for CBeebies, ‘YolanDa’s Band Jam’, won the RTSNW award as Best Children’s Programme. For the BBC Proms she hosted the Ella and Dizzy Centenary, as well as Last night of the Proms. She hosted Gospel Choir of the Year for BBC One and BBC Young Jazz Musician of the year. She is host of the London Philharmonic Orchestra podcast Offstage.
On the radio, you can catch YolanDa Brown on Saturday on Jazz FM. She presents the best of classical music on Scala Radio on Sundays, and BBC Radio 4’s ‘Loose Ends’ with Clive Anderson.
A real renaissance woman set to reach new heights, join YolanDa Brown for some sunshine music.
Bring your 3 – 11 year olds and join us for YolanDa’s Band Jam on Sunday 1 October.
Sunday 1st October 2023
Family concert: YolanDa's Band Jam (15:00)
15:00 - 16:00
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
In a live version of her CBeebies TV show, saxophonist YolanDa introduces kids to the joys of music with singing, dancing and playing.
Dubbed ‘Jools Holland for kids’, YolanDa’s Band Jam is an acclaimed kids TV show, which encourages children to explore music.
Turning it into a stage show to share the fun in person, she brings crowd-pleasing songs and plenty of live music.
‘The joy of music making and the feeling that music emits is one of the biggest gifts we have. To be able to share this with young children both in the studio, into their homes and now live on stage, is just mind blowing. The lovely messages I am sent on my socials of children playing along to the show with their musical instruments, in living rooms around the country, is just amazing and makes YolanDa’s Band Jam such a joy to make.’ YolanDa Brown
Suitable for ages 3 – 11
Running time: 1 hour approx
Join us to see YolanDa in concert on Saturday 30 September. Find out more
Tuesday 3rd October 2023
SIAH PGR Seminar Series: Amna Smith (17:00)
17:00 - 18:00
Additional Place Info: Online
Join us for the first session in the Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities' PGR Seminar Series 23-24! This talk will discuss the barriers female refugee ESOL learners face when accessing ESOL provision in the east of England.
Talk: How to dress appropriately? Dress, migration & belonging between Diaspora & 'Eretz Israel', 1880s-1948 (18:00)
18:00 - 19:30
Additional Place Info: Avenue Campus & Online
Date: 3 October 2023 | Time: 6PM BST | Venue: Hybrid (Zoom and on-campus) | Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dress-migration-belonging-between-diaspora-eretz-israel-1880s
Join us for the first event in the Parkes Institute 23/24 Events and Seminar Series, a talk from Dr Svenja Bethke on 'How to dress appropriately? Dress, migration and belonging between Diaspora and "Eretz Israel", 1880s-1948'.
Since the end of the 19th century, Zionists aimed to forge a new national Jewish identity and the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Central to this was the idea to become visible as ‘Jewish’, often by using symbols that were pinned onto the clothes. Outward appearance and dress played a key role in expressing feelings of belonging between the European countries of origin and the imagined Jewish homeland. Those who immigrated to ‘Eretz Israel’ continued to discuss how to dress ‘appropriately’ in the pre-state Jewish community as an expression of a Hebrew national culture. However, notions on what the appropriate, ideal way of dressing was differed. My talk will shed light on related discussions and resulting dress modes. I will show how such a focus allows us to shed light on hybrid identities between the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ and allows to bring to the fore dynamics of negotiation and conflicts at the microlevel of a migrant community in the process of nation-building.
This talk is free to attend and all are welcome, but registration is required.
Live Music: Gavin Bryars Ensemble (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Chamber versions: Six Performers
The Flower of Friendship
The Sinking of the Titanic
It Never Rains Jesus’ Blood
Never Failed Me Yet
Epilogue from Wonderlawn
The influential British composer Gavin Bryars brings his Ensemble to Turner Sims in his 80th birthday year. He presents a programme built around two of his greatest works.
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet began with a discarded recording of an unknown homeless man singing unaccompanied. Gavin discovered that this fragment – a few lines from a misremembered gospel song – was accurate in pitch. He set about building an exquisite, swelling arrangement of brass and strings around it, a process that he has likened to setting a jewel. First performed in 1972, it was then recorded for Brian Eno’s Obscure label. A later version featured Tom Waits’ vocals. More recently, Gavin directed a 12-hour overnight performance in London’s Tate Modern. Inspired by the story that the ship’s band continued to perform as it slid beneath the waves, The Sinking of the Titanic imagines how the sound would reverberate through the medium of water. ‘The music goes through a number of different states, reflecting an implied slow descent to the ocean bed’, says Gavin.
7pm In conversation with Gavin Bryars
FREE TICKETS FOR 8-25 YEAR OLDS TO SELECTED CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS Through the generous support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, we are able to offer young people aged 8-25 the fantastic opportunity to experience selected concerts absolutely free.
Wednesday 4th October 2023
Induction & Welcome back for all Black students in FELS (13:30)
13:30 - 14:30
Additional Place Info: B100/R4011, Highfield Campus, Southampton
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We invite you for an Induction & Welcome back event for ALL Black-heritage students across FELS, scheduled for 4th October at 13.30 in 100/4011. This event would be held in addition to the program-based inductions in the respective schools and it is for both first-year students (for induction) and other-year students (to welcome back) across all three levels (UG/PGT/PGR) across the Faculty. This event is to facilitate networking between the first-year students and others, to introduce the 'Black in FELS' student network, the FELS Black Futures PhD scholarship scheme, and the role of the Cohort Tutors.
Refreshments will be available. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Thursday 5th October 2023
Digital Humanities Welcome Event (14:00)
14:00 - 16:00
Additional Place Info: Digital Humanities Hub B65/2155
Join us from 14.00 on Thursday 5 October to explore the Digital Humanities Hub! During this event, we'll look at some of the exciting equipment you can use in your studies or teaching, and you'll learn more about the expertise of the Southampton Digital Humanities team. Pizza and cake will be provided, and all are welcome to attend!
Although no formal registration is required to attend this Welcome Week session, we kindly ask that you complete this poll to register your interest in attending.
Friday 6th October 2023
Live Music: Cara Dillon - Coming Home (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Few singers are as celebrated and revered as Cara Dillon. Her captivating live performances, breathtaking voice and emotional delivery leave audiences spellbound. Her longstanding partnership with Sam Lakeman has ensured they have remained at the very pinnacle of the folk genre for over two decades.
Coming Home is Cara’s first new material in nearly six years. She effortlessly blurs the lines between spoken word and song to stunning effect. Personal memories, her native County Derry, and the people, places and customs she holds closest to her heart are brought to vibrant life. Cara reveals a new-found freedom to express herself within the tiniest of details and life’s larger mysteries. Her beautiful new material is skilfully woven through with beloved songs from her catalogue.
Join Cara and her band as she shares this unique collection of poems, accompanied by original music written by Sam Lakeman.
Quite possibly the world’s most beautiful female voice. ★★★★ Q Magazine
Saturday 7th October 2023
Open Days 2023 (10:00)
10:00 - 16:00
Additional Place Info: Southampton Campuses
Undergraduate Open Days 7-8 October 2023
Winchester School of Art Open Days 2023 (10:00)
10:00 - 16:00
Additional Place Info: Winchester School of Art
Winchester School of Art Open Day 7 October 2023
Sunday 8th October 2023
Open Days 2023 (10:00)
10:00 - 16:00
Additional Place Info: Southampton Campuses
Undergraduate Open Days 7-8 October 2023
Tuesday 10th October 2023
F.T. Prince Memorial Lecture (18:00)
18:00 - 20:00
Additional Place Info: Avenue Campus, Southampton, SO17 1, England
The School of Humanities is pleased to invite you to the 11th annual F. T. Prince Memorial Lecture which will be given by the poet Andrew McMillan. This special event is a chance to hear one of the most important voices in modern poetry, and a pioneer for queer writing.
This event is co-organised by the English department and the Winchester Poetry Festival.
Guests can join this event in person at Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, or online. Please select your ticket choice when booking.
We encourage guests who wish to join in person to register at your earliest opportunity as spaces are strictly limited.
About the speaker: Andrew McMillan is Professor of Contemporary Writing at the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University and fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His debut poetic collection physical won the Guardian First Book Prize in 2015, and was voted a top poetry book of the last 25 years by Booksellers Association. His second collection, playtime, won the inaugural Polari Prize, and was followed by pandemonium in 2021. 100 Queer Poems, the acclaimed anthology he edited with Mary Jean Chan, was published by Vintage in 2022.
Reserve your place via Eventbrite.
Live Music: Cordelia Williams (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op 126
Schubert Impromptu in F minor, D935 No 1
Brahms Intermezzi, Op 117
Schumann Fantasie, Op 17
Pianist Cordelia Williams is renowned for her interpretations of the music of Schubert and Schumann. Both composers feature in this evening’s recital. Writing to his future wife, Clara Wieck, Robert Schumann described the first movement of his Fantasie as ‘…the most passionate I have ever composed…’.
The recital opens with Beethoven’s last work for piano. He described the work to his publishers as ‘…probably the best pieces of this kind I have written.’.
Wednesday 11th October 2023
Interpretive Political Science Intensive Course
Additional Place Info: Room 2015, Building 39, University of Southampton
This short course will equip students with a toolkit that will enable them to conceptualise and execute an interpretive project.
Many students in the social sciences, especially in political science, public policy and public administration who decide to undertake qualitative or interpretive research feel they are unqualified to do so. They also feel that interpretive approaches lack the type of specialised training that has become commonplace in quantitative political science. The aim of this course is to redress this gap.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13067
Workplace Stress Risk Assessment Training for Line Managers (09:30)
09:30 - 12:00
Additional Place Info: Microsoft Teams
This course is aimed at line managers who manage employees and has been designed to provide an understanding of what to consider in respect of their wellbeing.
By the end of the session, attendees should be able to:
- Understand what activities can trigger adverse wellbeing
- Identify the early signs of adverse wellbeing
- Identify when adverse wellbeing is significant
- Carry out a risk assessment
- Understand the potential implications of not controlling the risk
- Understand what controls can be implemented
- Carry out monitoring to check the controls are working
- Take action if controls are not working or an employee's health deteriorates
Guided Breathing with Rob Loades (10:00)
10:00 - 11:00
Additional Place Info: In-person
PAT Training (online): Roles and responsibilities (14:00)
14:00 - 15:00
Additional Place Info: MS teams event
This session will be repeated on Wednesday 18th November 2:00pm - 3:00pm and is also bookable on staffbook.
Beginning with the PAT essential guide, you will explore the roles and responsibilities of the Personal Academic Tutor and the relationship with the Senior Tutor.
What do students understand by your role?
Setting expectations and preparing to meet your students.
Session led by: Dr Ann Bingham, Senior Teaching Fellow in Academic Practice, Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP)
& Julia Kelly, Principal Teaching Fellow, Humanities
Thursday 12th October 2023
Workplace Stress Awareness for All Staff (11:00)
11:00 - 12:30
Additional Place Info: Online
CHEP online workshop: Introducing digital capability - Developing digital skills and capabilities within an HE perspective (12:00)
12:00 - 13:00
Additional Place Info: Online
In this interactive session with Dr Becki Vickerstaff, Higher Education Senior Consultant at Jisc, we discuss and explore why understanding and developing digital capability is important for all who study and work in higher education. We will explore the research informed key skills and priorities, summarised in the Jisc six areas of digital capability model and how this contributes to developing agile digital transferable skills for both the workplace and personal life. The discovery tool will be introduced, and examples shown of how this can support and develop a digitally confident institution.
The breakdown of the session will be:
What is digital capability?
Why does it matter?
Sector temperature on digital skills
Student digital skills
Jisc digital capability framework
Realistic expectations on embedding digital skills
Questions
START... 3D Printer Demo (14:00)
14:00 - 15:30
Additional Place Info: Digital Humanities Hub B65/2155
In this Digital Humanities START workshop, learn how to use our 3D printers.
3d printers have a range of applications: replicating objects for tactile study, making scale models of buildings or working models of machines, visualising data and change. In this START session, you will learn how to use our 3d printers. You will see examples of ongoing working that uses the technology. And you will have a chance to talk to our experts about your ideas and how they might be realised.
Spaces are limited, please register through Eventbrite.
If you have any questions, please email digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk
Live Music: Matthew Halsall (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Elevating, soulful music from trumpeter, Matthew Halsall.
Matthew’s luminous playing radiates a thoughtful beauty. Over 15 years and eight studio albums, he has created his own unique sound world. He joins the dots between the spiritual jazz of Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane and the contemporary sounds of Bonobo and The Cinematic Orchestra.
Expect spiritual, progressive, perfectly crafted, meditative jazz sounds for the 21st century. Matthew and his band perform music from their forthcoming album An Ever Changing View together with gems from his back catalogue.
If I could watch any jazz band in the UK, any, I would choose Matthew Halsall’s band, just love what he’s been doing over the last few years… It’s always high level, spiritual jazz music. Gilles Peterson BBC Radio 1
Monday 16th October 2023
Doctoral College PGR Seminar Series (15:00)
15:00 - 16:30
Additional Place Info: Highfield Campus
The Doctoral College Seminar Series offers you the space to come along and practice your presenting skills in a friendly and supportive environment, as well as the chance to receive feedback from your peers and academics. It provides an opportunity for doctoral researchers (PGRs) to practice presenting their research to a small interdisciplinary audience, as well as for interested doctoral researchers to learn about other research at the University.
Our monthly seminars last approximately 90 minutes, taking place as in-person or online sessions alternately. There will be eight short presentations (up to a maximum of 10 minutes each), followed by questions and further discussion. The Doctoral College will chair and facilitate these sessions to ensure all PGRs receive supportive and helpful questions and feedback. Refreshments will be provided at the in-person seminars.
Tuesday 17th October 2023
START... Programming with Jupyter Notebook (14:00)
14:00 - 15:30
Additional Place Info: Online
In this Digital Humanities START session, you’ll learn how to write and share code using Jupyter Notebook.
Jupyter Notebook is an open-source, cloud-based platform for writing, editing and sharing code. It can be used by academics to create and share documents which contain live code, written text, interactive data visualisations, computational output and multimedia sources all in one place. It also serves as a pedagogical tool, with learners being encouraged to edit code or work on collaborative projects using the Jupyter platform. In this START session, you’ll learn the fundamentals of how to use and share Jupyter Notebook documents.
Please register your space through Eventbrite.
If you have any questions, please email digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk
SIAH PGR Seminar Series: James Slaymaker (16:00)
16:00 - 17:00
Additional Place Info: Online
Join us for the second session of the Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities' PGR Seminar Series 23-24. This seminar will discuss - Origins of the 21st Century: Theorising the Cinematic Essay in the Digital Age.
Wednesday 18th October 2023
PAT Training (online): Roles and responsibilities (14:00)
14:00 - 15:00
Additional Place Info: MS teams event
Beginning with the PAT essential guide, you will explore the roles and responsibilities of the Personal Academic Tutor and the relationship with the Senior Tutor.
What do students understand by your role?
Setting expectations and preparing to meet your students.
Session led by: Dr Ann Bingham, Senior Teaching Fellow in Academic Practice, Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP)
& Julia Kelly, Principal Teaching Fellow, Humanities
Thursday 19th October 2023
Menopause Awareness Training (11:00)
11:00 - 12:15
Additional Place Info: Microsoft Teams
The focus of this training is to raise awareness of Menopause in the workplace. Menopause is a phase of life. While some sail through it with barely a symptom, it isn't an easy transition for all. With the right support we can improve colleagues experience at work and in their personal lives. We want to help everyone feel comfortable to have open and honest conversations about menopause, never feeling that the subject is taboo or off limits.
The changing demographics of the UK’s workforce means that between 8 in 10 menopausal women are in work and research shows that the majority of women are unwilling to discuss menopause-related health problems with their line manager, or ask for the support or adjustments they may need. Line managers also need to be supported to enable them to give appropriate assistance to those they manage.
It's time to make a change.
Visit our Wellbeing Events SharePoint site to register.
Notes:
- Previous versions of this training include Menopause Awareness Training for Line Managers and Menopause Awareness for All Colleagues.
Live Music: Mullova Ensemble - Transfigured Night (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Mullova Ensemble
Viktoria Mullova director, violin
Ching-Ying Chien dancer
Debussy Clair de Lune
Strauss Waldseligkeit
Bartók Duos for Two Violins
Janáček ‘Moderato’ from String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
A stunning evening of music, poetry and dance. Viktoria Mullova and her ensemble take you on an immersive journey into a nocturnal forest, setting the scene for Schoenberg’s profoundly moving ode to love.
A magical atmosphere created through lighting and set design invites us into the first part of the programme. It is further brought to life by Joshua Junker’s choreography as danced by Ching-Ying Chien.
Punctuated by Jasmine Morris’s electronic music using samples of Verklärte Nacht, and by verses of the Richard Dehmel poem that inspired Schoenberg, the ensemble plays music that anticipates the themes of Schoenberg’s work. Alongside moments of improvisation, the ensemble moves from moonlit forests to romantic declarations, foreshadowing the passion of a story in which despair is vanquished by love. Then, suddenly, all special effects vanish, focussing attention on the intense beauty of Verklärte Nacht.
FREE TICKETS FOR 8-25 YEAR OLDS TO SELECTED CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS
Through the generous support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, we are able to offer young people aged 8-25 the fantastic opportunity to experience selected concerts absolutely free.
Sunday 22nd October 2023
Live Music: Come and Psing Psalmody (with David Owen Norris) (14:00)
14:00 - 18:00
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Join David Owen Norris and enjoy a colourful afternoon recreating – or just listening to – the sounds of country churches 200 years ago.
Psalmody, also known as West Gallery Music after the spaces where choirs would perform it from, is the music described by Thomas Hardy in many of his novels. Simple to perform, it is written for various combinations of singers and instruments. There are many amateur ‘Quires’ devoted to it who often dress in period costume.
This afternoon’s event is also an opportunity to view the University of Southampton’s psalmody collection. Housed in the Hartley Library, the collection was recently expanded with the acquisition of the Rollo Woods bequest of manuscripts and working papers, named after the renowned folk musician and music researcher.
11.30am Rehearsal for student instrumentalists & WGMA instrumentalists (rehearsal open to singer participants)
1pm Bring your own lunch break. Opportunity to visit manuscript displays in Hartley Library
2pm-3.45pm Full rehearsal, with all singer participants and instrumentalists
4.15pm Concert part 1 including talk on composing for worship, with special guest composer, Cheryl Frances-Hoad
4.55pm Interval including complimentary tea & cake
5.15pm Concert part 2 including performance of Lord Wellington’s March, composed in the early 19th century by Princess Charlotte of Wales, and the manuscript for which is in the University archives.
Listeners very welcome too – rehearsal 2 – 4.30pm. Performance punctuated by tea, 4.15 – 6pm
For participating singers: copies of the music for study beforehand will be available from September on davidowennorris.com
Participants £5 (price includes tea and cake)
Audience £10 (price includes tea and cake)
Come and Psing Psalmody is a collaboration between the University Music Department, the West Gallery Music Association (WGMA), University of Southampton Voices, and singers from local choral societies.
Wednesday 25th October 2023
Workplace Stress Risk Assessment Training for Line Managers (09:30)
09:30 - 12:00
Additional Place Info: Microsoft Teams
This course is aimed at line managers who manage employees and has been designed to provide an understanding of what to consider in respect of their wellbeing.
By the end of the session, attendees should be able to:
- Understand what activities can trigger adverse wellbeing
- Identify the early signs of adverse wellbeing
- Identify when adverse wellbeing is significant
- Carry out a risk assessment
- Understand the potential implications of not controlling the risk
- Understand what controls can be implemented
- Carry out monitoring to check the controls are working
- Take action if controls are not working or an employee's health deteriorates
Winchester School of Art Open Days 2023 (12:00)
12:00 - 16:00
Additional Place Info: Winchester School of Art
Winchester School of Art Open Day 25 October 2023
Thursday 26th October 2023
TALK... Igloo Demo (14:00)
14:00 - 15:30
Additional Place Info: Digital Humanities Hub B65/2155
This session will demo our 360 immersive audio-visual environment, The Igloo!
The Digital Humanities Hub is a space designed for staff and students working on digital and computational approaches to the humanities. It is a flexible environment for learning new computational skills or refining a digital approach.
Our digital humanities facilities support study and research, are a hub for expertise and critique, and provide access to a range of technologies. So come along to experience our 360 degree immersive audio-visual centre and discover new and creative ways to take your teaching and learning.
Spaces are limited, please register through our Eventbrite.
If you have any questions, please email digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk
Live Music: Reuben James (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Virtuoso jazz techniques and soulful vocals from British singer-songwriter, producer and pianist Reuben James.
Reuben James is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and creatively assured artists to have emerged in recent years. His infectious magnetism has led to a long list of artists lining up to collaborate with him. He has worked with superstars from Stormzy and Sam Smith to the likes of Herbie Hancock, Lang Lang, Marcus Mumford and Disclosure. These collaborations, blended with influences such as Frank Ocean, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and Robert Glasper, have led to James’ unique sound and style.
Releasing his music on his own record label is something that James has sustained and championed the entirety of his career. It allows him to control every aspect of his music and legacy. He oversees a back catalogue that has now amassed in excess of 50 million plays across all platforms.
One of UK music’s most interesting emerging voices, don’t miss the opportunity to see him live at Turner Sims.
With support from House of El
Friday 27th October 2023
RGS Talk: Leon McCarron - Wounded Tigris (19:30)
19:30 - 21:30
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
WOUNDED TIGRIS: A RIVER JOURNEY THROUGH THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION
Broadcaster, explorer and author of Wounded Tigris, Leon McCarron shares stories from his incredible journey along the River Tigris.
The River Tigris, the birthplace of civilisation, has been the lifeblood of ancient Mesopotamia and modern Iraq. Geopolitics and climate change have left it at risk of becoming uninhabitable.
Leon recounts his beautiful and occasionally dangerous journey by boat along the full length of the river. He is harassed by militias and relies on the generosity of a network of strangers to reach the Persian Gulf. He investigates the environmental and geopolitical challenges that threaten the river’s future.
Discover why it’s crucial to save this extraordinary river, and what its survival, or destruction, could mean for us all.
Saturday 28th October 2023
Live Music: Vida Guitar Quartet (19:30)
19:30 - 22:00
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Sergio Assad Uarekena
Vivaldi (arr Mark Eden) Concerto for four violins, Op 3 No 10 RV580
Schubert (arr Mark Eden) Fantasy in F minor, D940
Poulenc (arr Chris Stell) Sonata for four hands
Turina (arr Colin Downs) La Oración del Torero
Bernstein (arr Amanda Cook / Mark Ashford) West Side Story Suite
The VIDA Guitar Quartet brings together four guitarists of exceptional artistry who share a passion for chamber music.
Mark Ashford and Amanda Cook are both internationally renowned performers in their own right. Mark Eden and Christopher Stell are otherwise known as the Eden Stell Guitar Duo, one of the most innovative guitar duos in the world.
Since forming in 2007, VIDA has performed to critical acclaim in major UK venues and are sought-after festival artists throughout the UK, Europe and North America
Presented by Southampton Classical Guitar Society in association with Turner Sims
Tuesday 31st October 2023
Live Music: Piotr Anderszewski (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Bach Partita No 6 BWV 830
Szymanowski Mazurkas Op 50, Nos 3, 7, 8, 5, & 4
Bartók Bagatelles Op 6
Bach Partita No 1 BWV 825
From Bach to Bartók, pianist Piotr Anderszewski finds fascinating connections between composers whose visionary ideas would change keyboard music forever.
The peerless music of J S Bach bookends this concert. Anderszewski is renowned for his interpretations of Bach. He brings that special affinity to pieces which, unusually for the time, boast dramatic dynamic contrasts. This is music that reveals Bach’s awe-inspiring ability to weave whole worlds of sound from the simplest ideas.
Bartók’s pioneering Bagatelles laid down a blueprint for the composer’s style. Radical harmonies and clean lines jostle with Hungarian and Slovak influences. The revolutionary results prompted Busoni to declare: ‘at last, something truly new’. Szymanowski, from Anderszewski’s homeland of Poland was another true original. His mazurkas marry mind-bending rhythmic patterns with folk-like melodies.
Wednesday 1st November 2023
START... Analysing Large-Scale Text Data (14:00)
14:00 - 15:30
Additional Place Info: Online
In this Digital Humanities START session, you'll learn the principles of using software for processing and analysing large amounts of text semi-automatically.
Manually analysing text can be very time intensive. This is especially true when we have a lot of text data to work with. With the help of both specialist and generalist software, including purpose-built concordances and even Microsoft Excel, we can automate many aspects of analysing large amounts of text data. In this START session, you'll learn how to use freely available software to quantify patterns and generate useful statistical insights from large-scale text data.
Spaces are limited, please register through our Eventbrite.
If you have any questions, please email digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk
Thursday 2nd November 2023
Live Music: Gigspanner Big Band with Raynor Winn - Saltlines (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Saltlines is an inspiring ‘Prose and Music’ collaboration between bestselling author Raynor Winn (The Salt Path) and folk-roots supergroup The Gigspanner Big Band, which features some of the biggest names on the folk scene.
Together they celebrate the beauty, stories and traditions of the South West Coast Path. Old songs blend with new compositions Raynor has written especially for this production.
This is an unmissable experience for anyone who appreciates beautiful words, inspiring music, and the social and natural history of Britain’s coastline.
Gigspanner began life as a trio formed by legendary Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight. The line-up has since expanded to form The Gigspanner Big Band. Their number include multi-instrumental duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin – BBC Folk Awards ‘Best Duo’) and Bellowhead co-founder and melodeon player extraordinaire, John Spiers.
Audience reaction to Saltlines:
Incredible. I’m still reeling from the show this morning.
Simply perfect. Unbelievably emotional. One hell of an evening.
Saltlines was truly off the scale. Completely carried away by the beauty, sensitivity and pure artistic genius of the whole performance.
Quite simply one of the most exquisite, breathtaking, hauntingly beautiful and life-affirming performances I’ve ever seen. Thank you all so much.
Powerful, thought provoking, seamless and blessed with the flow of brilliance. Libretto perfect, musicianship perfect. Quite astonishing.
Monday 6th November 2023
Workplace Stress Risk Assessment Training for Line Managers (09:30)
09:30 - 12:00
Additional Place Info: Microsoft Teams
This course is aimed at line managers who manage employees and has been designed to provide an understanding of what to consider in respect of their wellbeing.
By the end of the session, attendees should be able to:
- Understand what activities can trigger adverse wellbeing
- Identify the early signs of adverse wellbeing
- Identify when adverse wellbeing is significant
- Carry out a risk assessment
- Understand the potential implications of not controlling the risk
- Understand what controls can be implemented
- Carry out monitoring to check the controls are working
- Take action if controls are not working or an employee's health deteriorates
Tuesday 7th November 2023
2023 Research Methods e-Festival
Additional Place Info: Online
The 2023 Research Methods e-Festival will take place between 7 and 9 November 2023. The online event, organised by the National Centre for Research Methods, will be a celebration of research methods with an interdisciplinary focus.
Our packed programme includes 100 sessions in a variety of immersive formats. These range from "what is" and "how to" talks, to more research-focused webinars, expert panels doing deep dives into particular topics and workshops where you can get a taster for a new skill.
The event will be the 10th edition of NCRM’s Research Methods Festival, which takes place every two years. It will be the second edition to be run online, with the first e-festival held in 2021.
NCRM is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and provides training and resources in research methods.
Find out more about the e-festival and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMeF2023/index.php
Introduction to Systematic Reviews in Health (09:00)
Join SHTAC to learn about Systematic Reviews in Health over two mornings our researchers will explain what systematic review are and how they are carried out.
No prior knowledge is required for this introductory course. The cost is £195.
For more information and to book please see our website Training | Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre (SHTAC) | University of Southampton or email SHTAC@soton.ac.uk.
Wednesday 8th November 2023
Measuring energy poverty and its effect on people's health and wellbeing outcomes
Additional Place Info: Online
This two-day online course will introduce researchers to the measurement of energy poverty and its effect on people's health and wellbeing.
It consists of both lectures and practical sessions. Bursaries to cover course fees are available for research staff.
The course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12946
Friday 10th November 2023
Live Music: The Bad Plus (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
The Bad Plus are the ultimate originals. A democratic unit with a clear vision and a refusal to conform to convention. For the past two decades, they have played with spirit and adventure, made their own rules and done so with a bold sense of creativity and intent. The Bad Plus has won critical acclaim and a legion of fans worldwide with their unique sound and flair for live performance.
Now in their 21st year, The Bad Plus continues to push boundaries. Founding members Reid Anderson and Dave King now embark on a new piano-less incarnation of the band with Ben Monder and Chris Speed. This new wave of excitement and anticipation within the band has re-energized their sound and inspiration. The Bad Plus search to bridge genres and techniques, exploring the infinite possibilities of exceptional musicians working in perfect sync.
‘Evolution is necessary for life and creativity,’ say Dave King and Reid Anderson. ‘We’ve evolved, but we’re still The Bad Plus.’
Sunday 12th November 2023
Music Talk: Bob Harris & Colin Hall - The Songs the Beatles Gave Away (19:30)
19:30 - 21:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
By 1963 Lennon and McCartney had written so many songs they simply couldn’t all be accommodated on just their own Beatles releases. It made artistic and economic good sense to offer them to other artists for recording. The Merseybeat boom of 1963 & 1964 gave them a tailor made outlet, with artists such as Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer and Tommy Quickly. This is the story behind those songs, the hits, the misses and the demos that the group never released: ‘The Songs The Beatles Gave Away’.
2023 marks 60 years since The Beatles’ first performances in Southampton. Join us for an evening of conversation and film with the BBC’s Bob Harris and author/music journalist Colin Hall. Based around their mutual love and appreciation of The Beatles, tonight includes previously unseen footage from Bob Harris’ Old Grey Whistle Test meeting with John Lennon.
‘Whispering’ Bob Harris, OBE has been at the very heart of UK music scene for the best part of fifty years. He has established a worldwide reputation as one of the most trusted and influential broadcasters of his generation. The Radio Times called him ‘…one of the greats of British contemporary music broadcasting’, and ‘a national treasure’ by The Mail on Sunday.
For the past 20 years, Colin Hall has been the custodian at John Lennon’s childhood home, ‘Mendips’. He has guided the likes of Bob Dylan, Yoko Ono and James Taylor around the property. He’s written two books on The Fab Four and presented a BBC Radio 4 documentary with Alexei Sayle titled The Lennon Visitors. Colin was – incredibly – in the audience at the Village Fete where John was first introduced to Paul..!
Colin and Bob have worked on several projects together before. This includes the upcoming film Pre:Fab (which focuses on the band’s early days as The Quarrymen), a WBBC production of The Songs The Beatles Gave Away and 2007’s Sony Award winning The Day John Met Paul.
Colin (Hall) is perhaps the world’s greatest Beatle authority. Bob Harris
IN ADVANCE: £20, Friends £18, students & under 18s £10
ON THE DAY: £22, Friends £19.80, under 18s & students £11
Tuesday 14th November 2023
Introduction to Impact Evaluation
Additional Place Info: Online
This online course will introduce you to various empirical, quantitative methods that can be used to estimate the impact of a specific policy intervention.
These methods can be referred to as “programme evaluation”, “impact assessment”, “causal estimation” or “impact evaluation”.
Bursaries to cover course fees are available for research staff. The course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12804
Film: The Mark of Zorro (1920) (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
The Mark of Zorro is an uplifting escape adventure. Its thrills would be copied the world over throughout the rest of the history of cinema.
Fred Niblo’s The Mark of Zorro (1920) is classed as the world’s first action adventure film. Not only did it give birth to a genre, but it established a new persona for star Douglas Fairbanks. Just like Fairbank’s masked hero, the film catapulted him from standard film actor to one of Hollywood’s first superstars. Elements of the film and Fairbanks’ portrayal would later inspire Bob Kane’s most famous of heroes, Batman.
Set in Spanish California, Fairbanks portrays Don Diego Vega. He is a comically effete young nobleman with a taste for tasselled sombreros and juvenile silk-hanky magic tricks. But when danger calls, Diego swathes himself in black, straps on a well-honed sword and storms the countryside as the mysterious Zorro. He slices his initial into the faces of the ‘sentinels of oppression’. Diego’s bold alter-ego gives him the courage he usually lacks to romance the woman of his dreams (Marguerite De La Motte).
This special screening is co-produced by Turner Sims with Southampton Film Week in partnership with South West Silents. Live musical accompaniment comes from pianist Meg Morley and drummer Emiliano Caroselli.
Meg Morely is an Australian-born, UK-based pianist, composer and improviser. Meg creates music within diverse artistic genres (silent film, contemporary dance and ballet, solo piano, contemporary jazz ensembles and electronic music). Classically-trained from the age of two, Meg has worked with various dance companies (English National Ballet, Rambert Company, Matthew Bourne, Pina Bausch). She performs and composes for international film festivals and institutions (BFI, Nederlands Silent Film Festival, Kino Lorber). She recently released a second album with Meg Morley Trio (Richard Sadler on bass, Emiliano Caroselli on drums) who have also recorded and toured her original scores for silent film.
Wednesday 15th November 2023
Introduction to Health Economics Evaluation (09:00)
09:00 - 2023-11-22 13:00
Additional Place Info: Online/Zoom
Join SHTAC to learn about Health Economics Evaluation. Over two mornings our researchers will explain how and why health economics are used in research.
No prior knowledge is required for this introductory course. The cost is £195.
For more information and to book please see our website Training | Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre (SHTAC) | University of Southampton or email SHTAC@soton.ac.uk.
Thursday 16th November 2023
Introduction to National Pupil Database
Additional Place Info: Online
This course provides an introduction to the National Pupil Database (NPD), an administrative data resource covering the education system in England.
The course covers: the population coverage of NPD; the component modules of NPD and how they link together; how to create a longitudinal picture of pupils’ lives in schools; key data cleaning routines; accessing NPD.
It is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences, and supported by Administrative Data Research UK.
This course is suitable for anyone intending to undertake quantitative research on the school system in England. No prior knowledge of the NPD or statistical code is required to access the course.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12983
START... Filming Multi-Angle Scenes (14:00)
14:00 - 15:30
Additional Place Info: Online
In this Digital Humanities START session, we will work together to learn how to set up multi-cam shoots, audio and lighting used in podcasting and interviews.
The multiple-camera setup is a method of filmmaking and video production that uses multiple cameras to simultaneously record a scene. There are many benefits to using this method including reduced editing time, a more nuanced and engaging visual element to a production, decreasing issues with continuity tracking and reducing the need to relight. In this START session, you will learn how to set up the video, audio, and lighting components of a multi-camera shoot based around the Rode Rodecaster Pro II integrated audio production studio. This configuration is particularly useful for multi person podcast and interview formats useful for engaging with topics from all disciplines.
Spaces are limited, please register through our Eventbrite.
If you have any questions about this event, email digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk
Live Music: Fitkinwall - Harpland (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Beautiful harp and incredible keyboard from Goldfrapp and Kathryn Tickell harpist Ruth Wall and composer and electronics wizard Graham Fitkin.
Ruth’s explorations into the history of the Scottish Highlands where she grew up are at the heart of this show. The forced eviction and subsequent migration of farmers and crofters from the highlands, as part of ‘the clearances’ which benefited wealthy Southern sheep farmers, provides the central focus.
Graham’s haunting new versions of traditional Scottish tunes explore themes of loss and longing. These are written for Ruth’s three harps – the sitar-like Renaissance bray harp, the beautiful medieval Gaelic wire harp (clàrsach) and the Scottish lever harp.
Expect mesmerising Gaelic song, fiddle and pipe tunes.
The harp is luminous, pastoral and urban at the same time under Wall’s fingers, she pushes the instrument to its limits and Fitkin’s music allows for a certain steeliness and discordance. The sound is immaculate. London Jazz News
Ruth Wall was brought up in Sutherland, in the far north of Scotland, immersed in the songs and tunes of the Highlands. She has performed on stages around the world – the Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Berlin Philharmonic, Gucci 75th celebrations in Rome and Florence, Radio City New York, and the London Olympic Celebrations. Ruth has featured as a soloist with the London Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra and toured extensively with Goldfrapp, The Will Gregory Moog Ensemble, Kathryn Tickell, Ockham’s Razor and her partner, composer Graham Fitkin.
Composer Graham Fitkin has worked with Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New York City Ballet. He has won three BASCA composer awards and the Royal Philharmonic Society Composer Award 2015.
Saturday 18th November 2023
Winchester School of Art Open Days 2023 (10:00)
10:00 - 16:00
Additional Place Info: Winchester School of Art
Winchester School of Art Open Day 18 November 2023
Live Music: Bill Laurance & Michael League (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Snarky Puppy founder, multi-instrumentalist and Grammy winner Michael League joins forces with crossover piano icon Bill Laurance. They take us to an imaginary place full of beauty, peace and energy with their first duo album Where You Wish You Were.
Almost as an antithesis to the stadium-filling Snarky Puppy, the album has an intimate, atmospheric, melody-driven dialogue. League explores multiple timbres of acoustic bass, oud and ngoni against Laurance’s lyrical piano.
Musical escapism, world jazz 2.0 and an invitation to a place where we wish to be.
…we were instinctively trying to create a place where people want to go to, that felt comforting. We feel that now, maybe more than ever, there is a need for such places. Bill Laurance for Jazzwise
Monday 20th November 2023
Doctoral College PGR Seminar Series (14:00)
14:00 - 15:30
Additional Place Info: Online using MS Teams
The Doctoral College Seminar Series offers you the space to come along and practice your presenting skills in a friendly and supportive environment, as well as the chance to receive feedback from your peers and academics. It provides an opportunity for doctoral researchers (PGRs) to practice presenting their research to a small interdisciplinary audience, as well as for interested doctoral researchers to learn about other research at the University.
Our monthly seminars last approximately 90 minutes, taking place as in-person or online sessions alternately. There will be eight short presentations (up to a maximum of 10 minutes each), followed by questions and further discussion. The Doctoral College will chair and facilitate these sessions to ensure all PGRs receive supportive and helpful questions and feedback. Refreshments will be provided at the in-person seminars.
Tuesday 21st November 2023
Workplace Stress Risk Assessment Training for Line Managers (09:30)
09:30 - 12:00
Additional Place Info: Microsoft Teams
This course is aimed at line managers who manage employees and has been designed to provide an understanding of what to consider in respect of their wellbeing.
By the end of the session, attendees should be able to:
- Understand what activities can trigger adverse wellbeing
- Identify the early signs of adverse wellbeing
- Identify when adverse wellbeing is significant
- Carry out a risk assessment
- Understand the potential implications of not controlling the risk
- Understand what controls can be implemented
- Carry out monitoring to check the controls are working
- Take action if controls are not working or an employee's health deteriorates
START... Analysing Sentiment with Python (13:00)
13:00 - 14:30
Additional Place Info: Online
In this Digital Humanities START session, learn how to use Python to analyse text.
Processing text is a good way into learning a new programming language. In this START session, learn how to use Python (a general purpose programming language) to analyse textual data.
Please register your space through our Eventbrite.
If you have any questions, email digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk.
Live Music: Kroke (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
An exquisite mix of modern Polish music, klezmer, contemporary jazz and chamber classical music. Polish trio Kroke (Yiddish for Kraków) perform the ‘best of’ the band’s most popular songs from a stunning 30-year career.
Kroke were initially associated with klezmer music with strong Balkan influences. They are heavily influenced by jazz, contemporary and ethnic music, infused with their own stunning improvisations. The trio have honed a unique style which has attracted attention from renowned artists and audiences the world over.
In 1993 Steven Spielberg invited the band to Jerusalem to perform at the Survivor’s Reunion ceremony. They have since worked with Peter Gabriel, Nigel Kennedy, and featured on the soundtrack for David Lynch’s Inland Empire. In recent years the band has also collaborated with the likes of Anna Maria Jopek, Edyta Geppert, Talila, and Tomasz Stańko, and appeared at some of the world’s most prestigious music festivals.
Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Documents as Data
Additional Place Info: Online
This course will explain when and why to use documents as data for research and show you how to gather and analyse documentary data.
It is suitable for postgraduate students and early-career researchers in academia, as well as practice-based and independent researchers.
Bursaries to cover course fees are available for research staff.
The course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=12805
Friday 24th November 2023
Live Music: Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Grammy Award-winner Kayhan Kalhor is regarded as the world’s greatest master of the kamancheh (Persian violin).
One of the most exciting of his many projects is his duo with the renowned Turkish baglama player Erdal Erzincan. Their album The Wind was released in 2006 by ECM and their collaboration has remained vibrant ever since. Their music is inspired by the classical music traditions of Persia and Ottoman Turkey. These traditions share a great deal in common, including the ancient modal compositional system known as maqam. Improvisation plays a definitive role in their intensely spiritual and emotional performances.
Their music interweaves ecstatic rhythms with sensual melodic phrases. The result is a set of instrumental compositions that flow into each other like one continuous work. In gently drifting passages, their two instruments echo and improvise on different phrases.
Kalhor and Erzincan inhabit everything they play as bees inhabit a hive, wagging to invisible rhythms and joining the almighty hum that activates every soul to buzz its wings. What we have, then, is the honey. ecmreviews.com
Monday 27th November 2023
MAKE... An Interactive Story with Twine (14:00)
14:00 - 15:30
Additional Place Info: Online
In this Digital Humanities MAKE session, we will work together to understand the Twine Interface and the basic building blocks of creating an interactive story.
Twine is an open-source tool used for telling nonlinear interactive stories. Widely considered the industry standard for accessible interactive storytelling, whether it's used as a scriptwriting tool in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch or its ubiquitous presence in video game design, Twine’s simplicity and ease of use make it readily available to all levels of storytellers.
The great thing about Twine?
There’s no requirement to understand or write code for you to create these stories.
This MAKE session will take you through the basic building blocks of creating an interactive story. The first half of this session will walk you through the Twine interface, explaining what you need to know to get started on your first interactive story (as well as time to play around creating these stories). The second half of the session will begin to look at ways in which we can complexify our stories, bringing in beginner-friendly coding that can help us tell the stories we want to write.
The most important thing to remember about this MAKE class – it’s beginner friendly, working at a pace that suits its participants.
Please register your space through our Eventbrite.
If you have any questions, please contact digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk.
Tuesday 28th November 2023
Live Music: Chiaroscuro Quartet with Cédric Tiberghien (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Haydn String Quartet in D minor Op 9 No 4
Beethoven String Quartet in E minor, Op 59 No 2
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34
A compelling combination, as the Chiaroscuros and pianist Cédric Tiberghien return.
Tonight, they perform Brahms’ chamber music masterpiece. The work’s chequered history saw it originally written for string quintet. It was then revised for piano duo, before Brahms’ friend and mentor Clara Schumann’s recommendation to reshape it again. The version for string quartet and piano, which we hear this evening, was premiered in 1865. Writing to Brahms after its first performance, conductor Hermann Levi declared: ‘The Quintet is beautiful beyond words. Anyone who did not know it in its earlier forms…would never believe that it was not originally thought out and designed for the present combination of instruments… You have turned a monotonous work for two pianos into a thing of great beauty, a masterpiece of chamber music…’.
The concert opens with Haydn’s work. Broadcaster and critic Hans Keller described as ‘the first great string quartet in the history of music’.
Wednesday 29th November 2023
Benefits fair (10:00)
The University holds a benefits fair each year in June.
Benefits and discounts providers will be available on the day to answer staff queries directly and give an understanding of the benefits and potential savings available. This is an excellent opportunity for staff to appreciate their entire benefits package.
In addition to the benefits there are over 100 local and national retailers and suppliers who offer discounts to staff. A selection of these retailers and services will be present.
Friday 1st December 2023
Live Music: Romarna Campbell Trio (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Romarna’s storytelling begins with the drums. The nomadic spirit of this exciting drummer, producer and composer lives in her jazz and hip hop-infused music. Her irrepressible energy can be heard on Inherently Political, a super-charged sonic assault on racism. It immediately won favour with Anne Frankenstein, Jazz FM’s Tony Minvielle and had her crowned by Jamz Supernova as New Name of the Week.
Her independently-released kaleidoscopic debut 25 Songs For My 25th Birthday features Soweto Kinch, Tomeka Reid, Sumi Tonooka and Lady Sanity. It takes us deeper into her world of resonant frequencies and conscious vibrations.
Romarna honed her craft with Berklee College of Music, Tomorrow’s Warriors and the Notebenders. She stands on the shoulders of giants and is drawing inspiration from the view as she beats a path forward that is very much her own.
Tuesday 5th December 2023
START... Visualising Data with Python (14:00)
14:00 - 15:30
Additional Place Info: Online
In this Digital Humanities START workshop, learn about the fundamental principles of data visualisation and how to create your own graphs using Python.
Data visualisation is a key practice for representing data, allowing you to easily share information within presentations, posters, articles, and more. In this START session, you will learn about the fundamental principles of data visualisation and how to create your own graphs using the Python programming language. Data visualisations which may be covered include: bar graphs, scatter plots, line graphs, histograms, pie charts, subplots, and basic 3D graphs.
Please register your space through our Eventbrite.
If you have any questions, please email digitalhumanities@soton.ac.uk
Wednesday 6th December 2023
Workplace Stress Risk Assessment Training for Line Managers (10:00)
10:00 - 12:30
Additional Place Info: Microsoft Teams
This course is aimed at line managers who manage employees and has been designed to provide an understanding of what to consider in respect of their wellbeing.
By the end of the session, attendees should be able to:
- Understand what activities can trigger adverse wellbeing
- Identify the early signs of adverse wellbeing
- Identify when adverse wellbeing is significant
- Carry out a risk assessment
- Understand the potential implications of not controlling the risk
- Understand what controls can be implemented
- Carry out monitoring to check the controls are working
- Take action if controls are not working or an employee's health deteriorates
Menopause Awareness Training (14:00)
14:00 - 15:15
Additional Place Info: Microsoft Teams
The focus of this training is to raise awareness of Menopause in the workplace. Menopause is a phase of life. While some sail through it with barely a symptom, it isn't an easy transition for all. With the right support we can improve colleagues experience at work and in their personal lives. We want to help everyone feel comfortable to have open and honest conversations about menopause, never feeling that the subject is taboo or off limits.
The changing demographics of the UK’s workforce means that between 8 in 10 menopausal women are in work and research shows that the majority of women are unwilling to discuss menopause-related health problems with their line manager, or ask for the support or adjustments they may need. Line managers also need to be supported to enable them to give appropriate assistance to those they manage.
It's time to make a change.
Visit our Wellbeing Events SharePoint site to register.
Notes:
- Previous versions of this training include Menopause Awareness Training for Line Managers and Menopause Awareness for All Colleagues.
Thursday 7th December 2023
Live Music: Paul Lewis - Schubert III (20:00)
20:00 - 22:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Schubert Piano sonata No 4 in A minor, D537
Schubert Piano sonata No 9 in B, D575
Schubert Piano sonata No 18 in G, D894
Paul Lewis is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His cycles of core piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim worldwide. Tonight, he continues his survey of Schubert’s piano sonatas.
Both D537 and D575 are entirely characteristic works, dating from 1817. Written in October 1826, D894 was the last work in the form to appear during the composer’s lifetime: Robert Schumann called it ‘the most perfect in form and conception’ of all Schubert’s sonatas.
The final recital in the Schubert Series will take place on Tuesday 19 March 2024
Friday 8th December 2023
Live Music: USV - Revolver & Sergeant Pepper (19:30)
19:30 - 21:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
New arrangements of iconic music from the Beatles, marking 60 years since they first performed in Southampton.
Harvey Brough returns with the University of Southampton Voices. Tonight they feature music from Revolver, and the classic Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Hits include Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, She’s Leaving Home, With a Little Help From My Friends and A Day in the Life.
Sergeant Pepper was never performed in concert by the Beatles as it was released after their touring days. This is a thrilling opportunity to hear this iconic music live, in a special new arrangement by Harvey and David Le Page.
Audience rehearsal 6.45pm – 7.15pm
Thursday 14th December 2023
Live Music: A Christmas Carol (19:30)
19:30 - 21:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
A musical retelling of the best-loved Yuletide adventure of them all – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
First published in 1843, the classic story has been loved and retold by every generation since. It is credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the British Christmas. GreenMatthews blend voices and instruments to create a bewitching musical version of this seasonal favourite.
The first half of the show presents a blend of Victorian carols and midwinter folk songs. They paint a vivid and colourful picture of the festive season in Dickens’ time. The second half is an hour-long retelling of his most iconic novella.
Flinty-hearted miser Ebenezer Scrooge endures four ghostly visitations on a cold and bitter Christmas Eve. He awakes the following morning a changed man – generous, loving and full of the Christmas spirit. This heart-warming tale is presented entirely in narrative song, using brand-new lyrics set to traditional English folk and carol melodies.
Composer Chris Green says ‘A Christmas Carol is one of those rare works of literature that has been completely assimilated into the popular consciousness. It’s a tale that has been retold and reinvented by each new generation for the last 170 years, much like a classic folk song – so it seemed a natural progression to retell it using traditional melodies with new words.‘
Saturday 16th December 2023
IT Infrastructure Maintenance
Additional Place Info: University Wide
Organised by: iSolutions
Planned IT Infrastructure Maintenance. Disruption to the University's IT may be experienced during this period. Therefore it is advisable not to plan events requiring IT Services during this period. Services affected could include:- University Network, both wired and wireless Printing Telephony Email Banner including Self Service Finance or HR Systems
Sunday 17th December 2023
IT Infrastructure Maintenance
Additional Place Info: University Wide
Organised by: iSolutions
Planned IT Infrastructure Maintenance. Disruption to the University's IT may be experienced during this period. Therefore it is advisable not to plan events requiring IT Services during this period. Services affected could include:- University Network, both wired and wireless Printing Telephony Email Banner including Self Service Finance or HR Systems
Live Music: Melrose Quartet - A Bright New Year (19:30)
19:30 - 21:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
A Christmas concert like no other! Sheffield’s celebrated Melrose Quartet invite you to join them for an evening of festive songs and good cheer.
Melrose Quartet are known for exquisite close harmony and high energy instrumentals. They will treat you to the finest rousing Sheffield Village Carols, alongside new seasonal songs and some hilarious games.
Summer 2023 sees the release of their fourth studio album Make the World Anew. This follows the critical success of Dominion and their Christmas album The Rudolph Variations. Their debut album Fifty Verses was nominated for Best Album at the 2014 BBC Folk Awards.
Melrose Quartet have forged a reputation for making music that truly connects with people. With deep roots in their hometown’s vibrant music, song and dance scene, they have smashed concert appearances all over the UK. They are internationally renowned singers, instrumentalists and writer/composers. In 2017 they were proud to be named the patrons of Whitby Folk week.
Join us for an evening that will put a smile on the face of even the most hardened Scrooge!
Nancy Kerr voice, fiddle
James Fagan voice, bouzouki, guitar
Jess Arrowsmith voice, fiddle
Richard Arrowsmith voice, melodeons
Presented by Turner Sims in association with SHOCC Dances: English Ceilidh in the South
Friday 12th January 2024
Live Music: Seb Rochford & Kit Downes 'In the Round' (20:00)
20:00 - 21:15
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Join Seb and Kit on the Turner Sims stage, as they play A Short Diary acoustically ‘in the round’.
A Short Diary was released on the ECM Records label this year. It was Sebastian Rochford’s (Polar Bear) exquisitely poignant musical response to his father’s death in 2019. All the tunes, except one, were composed by Seb on his grandfather’s piano in his childhood home in Aberdeen. He then recorded them with his friend, BBC Jazz Award winner and Mercury Music Award nominee Kit Downes on piano, adding his own drums as a kind of discreet conversational partner.
This is music as a lament but also as an act of remembrance, ‘a sonic memory, created with love, out of need for comfort.’ It is deeply beautiful, full of hymn-like simplicity and space, yet also human warmth.
The final track Even Now I Think Of Her was composed by Seb’s Dad, poet and psychotherapist Gerard Rochford. In Seb’s words: ‘It’s a tune my dad had sung into his phone and sent me. I forwarded this to Kit’s phone. He listened, and then we started.’
Experience the poignancy and beauty of A Short Diary up close on stage with the musicians.
…sorrow is replaced with consolation, and, in responding to death, the duo also creates a parable of grief. Pitchfork
Pure music of luminous quality [which is] bound to be in quite a few year-end lists. The Arts Desk
This concert is approximately 75 minutes straight through, without an interval
Saturday 13th January 2024
Live Music: Welsh National Opera Orchestra - New Year Concert (19:30)
19:30 - 21:30
Additional Place Info: Turner Sims
Organised by: http://id.southampton.ac.uk/org/P2GR020000
Weber Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance), Op 65
Johann Strauss II Wo die Zitronen blüh’n (Where the Lemons Bloom) Waltz, Op 364
Josef Strauss Ohne Sorgen (Without Worries), Polka schnell, Op 271
Schubert Ave Maria, D839
Brahms Hungarian Dance No 5
Delibes Sous le dôme épais (The Flower Duet) from Lakmé
Josef Strauss Dynamiden Waltz, Op 173
Suppé Dichter und Bauer Overture
Dvořák Slavonic Dance No 2 Dumka Allegretto grazioso Op 72
Delibes Pizzicati from Sylvia
Richard Strauss Bein Schlafengehn from Four Last Songs
Lanner Der Romantiker Waltz Op 167
Johann Strauss II Furioso Polka Op 260
Stolz Du Solsst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein from Der Favorit
Kick-start the New Year the right way, with WNO Orchestra.
This is an unmissable New Year concert from WNO Orchestra. Experience the musical pulse of Austria’s capital city, where the air is full of music and its soul rooted in Viennese.
Full of fun, attractive and zesty rhythmic masterpieces, enjoy some of the most brilliant examples of Viennese music. Hear Weber’s romantic concert waltz, Strauss II’s riveting polka, Josef Strauss’s Dynamiden waltz and Lanner’s Der Romantiker waltz, complete with a few rousing, and familiar, surprises.
WNO are directed by Leader and Concertmaster David Adams and joined by WNO’s latest Associate Artists. Sit back and delight in this vibrant showcase of favourites from Vienna.
Concert presented by Welsh National Opera in association with Turner Sims
Monday 15th January 2024
Introducing Institutional Ethnography: An Interdisciplinary Feminist Approach to Social Research
Additional Place Info: Online
This workshop will introduce Institutional Ethnography (IE), an interdisciplinary feminist approach to social research that focuses on how texts and language organise our everyday lives.
IE is not just a methodology, but an entire approach to research with a specific ontology of how the social world works and the organising role of texts and language.
In IE, the researcher ‘takes sides’ using a specific version of standpoint to explore how institutions work in practice rooted in peoples’ experiences.
This often involves researching as, with, or alongside marginalised groups and making visible how institutions exclude or make invisible certain groups of people and experiences.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13100
Friday 2nd February 2024
Introduction to QGIS: Spatial Data and Spatial Analysis
Additional Place Info: Online
In this online two day course (taught over four mornings) you will learn what GIS is, how it works and how you can use it to create maps and perform spatial analysis.
We assume no prior knowledge of GIS and you will learn how to get data into the GIS, how to produce maps using your own data and what you can and cannot do with spatial data.
You will also learn how to work with a variety of different data sources and types (including XY coordinate data and address or postcode data) and using spatial overlays, point in polygon analysis and spatial joins.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13105
Wednesday 7th February 2024
Four Qualitative Methods for Understanding Diverse Lives (for professionals)
Additional Place Info: Online
In this one-day online training workshop, you will be introduced to four qualitative methods to better understand diverse lives: photo go-alongs, collage, life history interviews and participant packs.
When researching social groups, it can be tempting to focus on categories such as age, gender, sexuality and so on. However, these categories can turn catch-all terms into catch-all agendas. Treating groups of people with one shared characteristic as homogenous risks a cookie-cutter approach which overlooks diverse lives and needs. Given the complexity of what it means to be a person, a one-size fits all approach to engagement cannot suffice.
The methods introduced in this training workshop are beneficial in exploring diverse lives and can be used when working or researching with any group.
The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13109
Four Qualitative Methods for Understanding Diverse Lives (for professionals)
Additional Place Info: Online
In this one-day online training workshop, you will be introduced to four qualitative methods to better understand diverse lives.
The methods are photo go-alongs, collage, life history interviews and participant packs. The session is aimed at professionals working in the community sector (and those organisations who support such activity) across the UK
Bursaries are available to cover course fees for research staff.
The course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13109
Wednesday 21st February 2024
Introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics
Additional Place Info: Online
This course will provide participants with an understanding of how Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data are collected and coded, their structure, and how to clean and analyse HES data.
A key focus will be on developing an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of HES, how inconsistencies arise, and approaches to deal with these.
This course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Bursaries are available to cover course fees for research staff.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13118
Tuesday 27th February 2024
Introduction to QGIS: Spatial Data and Spatial Analysis
Additional Place Info: Online
In this online two day course, you will learn what GIS is, how it works and how you can use it to create maps and perform spatial analysis.
It will be taught over four mornings.
The course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Bursaries are available to cover course fees for research staff.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13105
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Radical Research Ethics
Additional Place Info: Online
This one day online course is designed to raise your awareness of why and how you need to think and act ethically in practice throughout your research work.
It will be taught over two mornings.
The course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Bursaries are available to cover course fees for research staff.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13120
Wednesday 13th March 2024
Menopause Awareness Training (11:00)
11:00 - 12:15
Additional Place Info: Microsoft Teams
The focus of this training is to raise awareness of Menopause in the workplace. Menopause is a phase of life. While some sail through it with barely a symptom, it isn't an easy transition for all. With the right support we can improve colleagues experience at work and in their personal lives. We want to help everyone feel comfortable to have open and honest conversations about menopause, never feeling that the subject is taboo or off limits.
The changing demographics of the UK’s workforce means that between 8 in 10 menopausal women are in work and research shows that the majority of women are unwilling to discuss menopause-related health problems with their line manager, or ask for the support or adjustments they may need. Line managers also need to be supported to enable them to give appropriate assistance to those they manage.
It's time to make a change.
Visit our Wellbeing Events SharePoint site to register.
Notes:
- Previous versions of this training include Menopause Awareness Training for Line Managers and Menopause Awareness for All Colleagues.
Monday 18th March 2024
Conducting Ethnographic Research
Additional Place Info: Online
The aim of this two-day online training course is to introduce participants to the practice and ethics of ethnographic research.
Through a mix of plenary sessions, group and independent work, participants will learn the basic principles of participant observation and research design, as well as the foundations of ethical ethnographic research.
The course will also examine the ways in which other qualitative and creative methods of data collection may be productively integrated in ethnographic research.
The course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Bursaries are available to cover course fees for research staff.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13127
Tuesday 16th April 2024
Questionnaire Design for Mixed-Mode, Web and Mobile Web Surveys
Additional Place Info: Online
In this live online course, participants will learn about questionnaire design in the context of different modes of data collection.
You will explore question wording issues, the questionnaire as a whole and visual concerns when moving from interviewer-administered to web survey, when creating a web survey in general and when facing the questionnaire design challenges in creating mobile-friendly web surveys.
Mirroring in-person training this will be an interactive course and will also have workshops throughout.
The course is run by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Bursaries are available to cover course fees for research staff.
Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13136
Thursday 20th June 2024
Menopause Awareness Training (14:00)
14:00 - 15:15
Additional Place Info: Microsoft Teams
The focus of this training is to raise awareness of Menopause in the workplace. Menopause is a phase of life. While some sail through it with barely a symptom, it isn't an easy transition for all. With the right support we can improve colleagues experience at work and in their personal lives. We want to help everyone feel comfortable to have open and honest conversations about menopause, never feeling that the subject is taboo or off limits.
The changing demographics of the UK’s workforce means that between 8 in 10 menopausal women are in work and research shows that the majority of women are unwilling to discuss menopause-related health problems with their line manager, or ask for the support or adjustments they may need. Line managers also need to be supported to enable them to give appropriate assistance to those they manage.
It's time to make a change.
Visit our Wellbeing Events SharePoint site to register.
Notes:
- Previous versions of this training include Menopause Awareness Training for Line Managers and Menopause Awareness for All Colleagues.