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Lectures

6 Nov Annual Law Lecture 2015

11 Nov Polly Toynbee in Conversation with Tony Wright: Politics in Interesting Times

12 Nov Rethinking Abolitionism from Below: The Dangerous Mind of Benjamin Lay (1682-1759)

13 Nov Elections in the Euro area’s Southern periphery

16 Nov The Agony & The Ecstasy – a comprehensive history of the football league play-offs

17 Nov Be Birkbeck & Birkbeck School of Law: Can There Be Justice Without Punishment?

18 Nov Political parties and ‘doing’ democracy

19 Nov Matthews Lecture: Chaucer and Wordsworth's Vivid

19 Nov Four Weddings and a Funerary Chapel: a brief ‘herstory’ of the Arena Chapel

21 Nov Birkbeck & The Guardian: What can you learn from a Roman skeleton?

Nov 23 Europe's Migrant Crisis and the Populist Right

26 Nov Blood Fractions: the Octoroon and Other Fantasies

26 Nov Health and Sustainable Development

29 Nov Birkbeck & The Guardian: Love and hate – the hidden dimensions of feelings
Workshops

6 Nov The Biographic-Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM) for Research Interviewing

7 Nov USS Student Induction Week: Writing Academic Essays for non-native speakers of English

16 Nov What Is Academic English?
Conferences

11 Nov Eating the New World: Foods from the Americas in the Old World, 1500-1700 (Rebecca Earle)

12 Nov Migration, Borders & Violence - A critical encounter with theory, law, and policy

13 Nov Racism and Nationalism after the Scottish Referendum and 2015 General Election

19 Nov Creativities of Protest: Imaginaries, Commons and Reparations
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Global Entrepreneurship Week

Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrates innovation and job creators who launch start-ups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. Birkbeck has collaborated with SOAS to offer events running 16-23 November.

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Academic Writing Day

Would you like to improve your writing skills? We are holding a full-day of lectures and workshops on academic writing on Saturday 21 November.

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Man Booker talk

Ali Smith (2014 Man Booker shortlist) will discuss her novel ‘How to be both’, led by Birkbeck’s Professor Russell Cellyn Jones, on 16 November.

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Birkbeck evening nursery

Birkbeck runs a nursery from Monday to Friday, open 5.30 pm to 9.00 pm during term time. It has a large play room with books, toys, sand, paint and a secure garden. It has up to twenty places for children aged two to six years, with places still available for this term.

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Birkbeck Stratford

Birkbeck students studying at Stratford can now borrow any book from the 150,000 items in UEL’s Stratford library. Access is available with your Birkbeck ID card - a separate card is no longer necessary.

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Visa drop-in sessions

Visa drop-in sessions are currently running for Birkbeck students with questions about immigration. Sessions are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1.30pm - 5pm at Talk room 7.

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Learning Skills Moodle module

Students have access to the Birkbeck Learning Skills module on Moodle – it’s a great way to test your learning skills and better prepare you for study. 

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Criminology Seminars Series

The School of Law is running a Criminology Seminar Series showcasing prominent and ground-breaking research on crime, criminal justice and related themes by scholars from within and beyond Birkbeck.

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Developing your research career

If you’re a PhD student, you’re invited to the research career development talk: ‘Research and the Media: Spreading the Word’ on 26 November.

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Academic Development Workshops

There are a range of academic development workshops available from the art of mind mapping to polishing your LinkedIn profile - places booking fast.

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BBK Writer's Room

If you’re interested in showcasing your writing, poetry or play, the BBK Writer's Room is hosting an evening for you to put yourself out there on 19 November from 8pm.

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Weekly documentary series

A weekly series of 10 films – each introduced by Birkbeck’s Professor Ian Christie – that have influenced and developed the art of documentary, runs Tuesdays until 8 December at DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury.

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The Fallen Woman exhibition

The Foundling Museum is offering Birkbeck students a 50% discount on the Fallen Women exhibition – and a 30% discount on café items. Don’t forget your student card!

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Birkbeck Voices

Birkbeck Voices episode 35 explores work-life balance, featuring interviews from organizational psychologist Dr Almuth McDowall, undergraduate students and more.

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Missed the Library tours?

Our guided library tours are now over for this term, but there are lots of other ways to get to know the Library and the resources we have for your subject.

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