Forthcoming Events :: University of Southampton

Forthcoming Events

The Alumni Relations Office works hard to bring you a range of events, in the UK and overseas, which we hope will include something to appeal to everyone. If you have any suggestions for new events, or comments on the existing programme, please let us know at alumni@soton.ac.uk.

Also, if you would like us to publicise your reunion, please let us know.

Date	Event	Location	Details
Monday 30 January - 30 March 2012	"Everyone is in admiration of it": Broadlands, a country house in Hampshire	Special Collections Gallery, Level 4, Hartley Library, University of Southampton	"Everyone is in admiration of it" Broadlands a country house in Hampshire The great house, surrounded by gardens and parkland, is a familiar image in the English countryside. It speaks of the power of the landed classes and their interests, from classical architecture and connoisseurship to landscapes of the picturesque and rural improvement. This exhibition looks at the country house, it's contents and context, through one Hampshire property, Broadlands near Romsey, mainly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when these establishments were at the height of their importance. Home successively to the St Barbe, Temple (Palmerston), Ashley and Mountbatten families, Broadlands was remodelled by Capability Brown and Henry Holland. Vignettes of daily life are drawn from family correspondence and the records of domestic service, horticulture and farming. The exhibition will run from 30 January until 30 March 2012. The Special Collections Gallery is open to the public Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm - Admission is free. Visitors may be asked for proof of identity by Library Reception staff - please e-mail alumni@soton.ac.uk to obtain an alumni card for access if you haven't done so already.
Thursday 2 February - Saturday 18 February 2012	Romeo and Juliet	The Nuffield Theatre, Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton	Nuffield Theatre Southampton, Headlong Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse present: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Director Robert Icke In association with Hull Truck Theatre This hot-blooded new production of the world's greatest love story is an explosive collision of youth with age, sex with death and love with tragedy. Romeo and Juliet is The Nuffield theatre's fourth co-production with Headlong following A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale and Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness. Each spring The Nuffield Theatre and Headlong Theatre work together to provide a talented emerging director with a main stage classic production, this year Nottingham Playhouse are also co-producing. All Southampton University Alumni will receive a £2 discount off each theatre ticket. Please quote 'alumni' when booking to receive your discount and show your Alumni card when collecting tickets from the Box Office. Box Office: 023 8067 1771
Saturday 4 February 2012	Shakespeare Cultural Day	The Avenue Campus, Building 65, Southampton	We will be holding a one-day cultural event on Saturday 4 February 2012, consisting of a series of short talks led by experts from within the University of Southampton English department. This thought provoking and inspiring conference will provide you with the opportunity to learn and engage in discussion about Shakespeare from academics of international distinction. Places are limited so book your place early to avoid disappointment. To register your interest please send an e-mail to humanitieslearn@southampton.co.uk. The event will run from 10am - 4pm and costs £25 including lunch and refreshments or £20 concessions fee (Alumni, University of Southampton students, University staff, or friends of Parkes Institute, over 65's).
Thursday 16 February 2012	Philosophy Cafe - External World Scepticism, or What If You're In The Matrix?	John Hansard Gallery, Highfield, Southampton	In the film 'The Matrix', the main character discovers that his life is an illusion - all of his experiences have come from a perfect computer simulation fed into his brain. This is a modern version of thought-experiments employed by philosophers for hundreds of years. Does the seeming fact that we can't tell that we're not in the Matrix show that we don't know anything about the world around us? And if you are in the Matrix, exactly what difference does it make? Free session from 1pm - 2pm at John Hansard Gallery - turn up early to avoid disappointment.
Thursday 1 March 2012	Law School, University of Southampton, Alumni Event	Travers Smith LLP, 10 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2AL	On behalf of the Law School, Professor Natalie Lee - Head of School - and members of the Law School we have the pleasure of inviting Law School alumni to a drinks and buffet reception, kindly hosted by Andrew Lilley, Managing Partner of Travers Smith LLP. Catch up with old friends, network with fellow law professionals and enjoy a University update. Places are limited, please RSVP to alumni@soton.ac.uk by 16 February 2012 - confirmation of acceptance and joining instructions will be sent to guests after 16 February.
Thursday 1 March 2012	'Twenty-Five Years On: The Fight for LGBT Rights in the Uk'	Lecture Theatre B, Building 65, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton	The inaugural 'Southampton Stonewall Lecture'. The speaker Angela Mason CBE, the first director of Stonewall, will give a personal view on the last quarter century of developments. This annual Southampton Stonewall lecture has been devised specifically to explore the history of the gay/lesbian past but also to mirror the University's ongoing commitment to diversity and equality. This year the lecture will also form the conclusion of '2012 LGBT History Month'. Please e-mail Tracy Storey on tps@southampton.ac.uk for further information.
Saturday 3 March 2012	Alumni Career Development Workshop and Job Fair	Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel, Beijing, China	The British Council China would like to invite all Chinese UK alumni to attend the 8th Alumni Career Development Workshop and Job Fair. The workshop and recruitment fair will be taking place across China in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. The event is completely free and is designed to give returned overseas Chinese graduates a better understanding of the increasingly competitive job market in China. Useful information from a wide range of HR experts will help alumni capitalise on their UK education and successfully enter into the job market. There will be a half day workshop followed by a recruitment fair. Dozens of renowned international or domestic companies with hundreds of job vacancies will be available for UK alumni. Previous companies that have taken part include HSBC, KPMG, Ogilvy and Unilever. To register, you will need to visit the following website: http://www.educationuk.org/China/Article/2012-mini-job-fair. Should you have any questions or queries please contact Ms Li Hong: li.hong@britishcouncil.org.cn.
Tuesday 6 March 2012	SOES Alumni Careers Event	National Oceanography Centre, UoS Waterfront Campus, Southampton, SO14 3ZH	We are pleased to announce the date for the fourth annual Ocean and Earth Science alumni 'Life after Graduation' careers event. We encourage all students and alumni currently seeking employment to attend the alumni careers event. In recent years we have welcomed over 250 students to listen to a range of companies and panel speakers discussing employment opportunities in a variety of sectors relevant to Ocean and Earth Science. The event will run from 10am - 3pm. If you would like to attend on 6th March 2012 or participate as an exhibitor or speaker, please contact alumni@noc.soton.ac.uk.
Saturday 10 March 2012	Alumni Career Development Workshop and Job Fair	Crown Plaza Shanghai, China Ramada Pearl Hotel Guangzhou, China Kempinski Hotel Chengdu, China	The British Council China would like to invite all Chinese UK alumni to attend the 8th Alumni Career Development Workshop and Job Fair. The workshop and recruitment fair will be taking place across China in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. The event is completely free and is designed to give returned overseas Chinese graduates a better understanding of the increasingly competitive job market in China. Useful information from a wide range of HR experts will help alumni capitalise on their UK education and successfully enter into the job market. There will be a half day workshop followed by a recruitment fair. Dozens of renowned international or domestic companies with hundreds of job vacancies will be available for UK alumni. Previous companies that have taken part include HSBC, KPMG, Ogilvy and Unilever. To register, you will need to visit the following website: http://www.educationuk.org/China/Article/2012-mini-job-fair. Should you have any questions or queries please contact Ms Li Hong: li.hong@britishcouncil.org.cn.
Sunday 11 March 2012	Responses to the Holocaust Cultural Day	The Avenue Campus, Building 65, Southampton	We will be holding a one-day cultural event on Sunday 11 March 2012 consisting of a series of short talks led by experts from within Jewish Studies and History at the University of Southampton. This thought provoking and inspiring conference will provide you with the opportunity to learn and engage in discussion about the Holocaust from academics of international distinction. Places are limited so book your place early to avoid disappointment. To register your interest please send an e-mail to humanitieslearn@southampton.co.uk. The event will run from 10am - 4pm and costs £25 including lunch and refreshments or £20 concessions fee (Alumni, University of Southampton students, University staff, or friends of Parkes Institute, over 65's).
Wednesday 14 March 2012	Russell Group Alumni Reception - Edinburgh	Playfair Library Hall, The University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL	The University of Edinburgh will be hosting the fourth Russell Group Alumni Reception on 14 March 2012 following the success of other joint events with Russell Group institutions, which have seen more than 400 alumni gathering together in Belfast, Cambridge and Leeds. As a Russell Group University, Southampton joins 19 other Universities that are committed to the highest level of academic excellence in our teaching and research. The evening will offer the opportunity to catch up with fellow University of Southampton alumni over free drinks and canapes, as well as the opportunity to network and socialise with graduates from the other Universities who live in and near the city. The reception will run from 6pm - 8pm. Places are limited and must be booked in advance. Please reserve your place online at http://edinburgh-university-83.eventbrite.co.uk/.
Saturday 17 March 2012	Ocean and Earth Day	National Oceanography Centre, UoS Waterfront Campus, Southampton, SO14 3ZH	Please join us on Saturday 17 March for our annual Ocean and Earth Day event. Each year over 2500 members of the public attend this open house event at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. The free, popular event attracts children and adults and offers interactive exhibits, hands-on displays and the opportunity to tour one of the world's best centres for Ocean and Earth Science. The event runs from 10:30am - 4pm. Cost - Free of charge.
Wednesday 11 April 2012	'Lahore: The Physical and Spiritual Landscape of My Writing' Administered by Humanities	Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, SO17 1BF	Speaker: International novelist Bapsi Sidhwa Bapsi Sidhwa is an internationally acknowledged Pakistani/American novelist. Her best known work, 'Ice Candy Man' was published in 1988 in England and three years later in the US under the title 'Cracking India'. It draws on her childhood experiences in Lahore at the time of the 1947 Partition of India. The novel was made into the film 'Earth' by the Indo-Canadian film maker Deepa Mehta which won a number of awards including the grand prize at the Deauville Panasian Film Festival. Bapsi Sidhwa has written four other novels which have been translated and published in several languages. 'The Bride' and 'The Crow Eaters' have been especially acclaimed with the latter novel receiving the David Higham award. In 2006 she wrote the novel 'Water' which is based on Deepa Mehta's 2005 film of that title. The novel received the 2007 Premio Mondallo prize for foreign authors. Earlier in 1991, Bapsi Sidhwa had received Pakistan's highest prize for the arts, the Sitar-i-Imtiaz. She has held a number of visiting fellowships and scholarships in such Universities as Harvard and was visiting Writer in Residence at the University of Southampton. Her most recent publication, 'City of Sin and Splendour' is an edited anthology of writings on Lahore; the city of her birth and the inspiration for her creative works. This topic forms the focus of her public lecture. Please contact Tracy Storey on tps@soton.ac.uk for further information and to register for this lecture.
Saturday 21 April 2012	Titanic Cultural Day	The Avenue Campus, Building 65, Southampton	Coinciding with the centenary of the departure of the Titanic on her fateful voyage from Southampton and her sinking on 15 April 1912, this cultural day will explore the rich cultural history of the retelling of the ship’s story in literary and cinematic form, and across many different cultural contexts. Filmic representations range from a silent German movie made only weeks after the disaster to James Cameron’s epic from 1997, with a number of British, American, and European productions in between. The Cultural day will also explore a number of wider issues relating to the connections between maritime history and the cinema. Places are limited so book your place early to avoid disappointment. To register your interest please send an e-mail to humanitieslearn@southampton.co.uk. The event will run from 10am - 4pm and costs £25 including lunch and refreshments or £20 concessions fee (Alumni, University of Southampton students, University staff, or friends of Parkes Institute, over 65's).
Saturday 28 April 2012	Alumni Sports Day 2012	Highfield Campus & Wide Lane Sports Ground, Southampton	Do you ever reminisce about the good old days of University sport? Do you occasionly check the club websites during episodes of nostalgia? We would like to give you the opportunity to relive your sporting experiences at the annual Alumni Sports Day taking place on Saturday 28 April 2012. We will be updating this page soon with information on all the sports included in the 2012 Alumni Sports Day but please don't hesitate to contact us on alumni@soton.ac.uk if you have any questions in the meantime!
Saturday 12 May 2012	Nietzshe Cultural Day	The Avenue Campus, Building 65, Southampton	We will be holding a one-day cultural event on Saturday 12th May consisting of a series of short talks led by experts from within Philosophy at the University of Southampton. This thought provoking and inspiring conference will provide you with the opportunity to learn and engage in discussion about Nietzsche from academics of international distinction. This thought provoking day will provide you with the opportunity to learn and engage in discussion about Friedrich Nietzsche from academics of international distinction. Friedrich Nietzsche attacked some of our most deep-seated intuitions about human life: he fiercely criticised traditional conceptions of value, of freedom of the will, of the self, of science, of the arts, of the significance of religious belief and, above all, of morality. In their place, he extolled human greatness, the possibility of self-creation, the capacity to affirm ‘the eternal recurrence’ and, among the virtues, honesty and courage. But who was this remarkable man, and what does his positive vision of an alternative way of life amount to? Places are limited so book your place early to avoid disappointment. To register your interest please send an e-mail to humanitieslearn@southampton.co.uk. The event will run from 10am - 4pm and costs £25 including lunch and refreshments or £20 concessions fee (Alumni, University of Southampton students, University staff, or friends of Parkes Institute, over 65's).
Saturday 9 June 2012	Jewish-Christian Relations Cultural Day	The Avenue Campus, Building 65, Southampton	We will be holding a one-day cultural event on Jewish-Christian relations, consisting of a series of short talks led by experts from within the Parkes Institute for the study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton. The Parkes Institute brings together academics from the variety of disciplines within the Faculty of Humanities including English, History and Modern Languages. These thought provoking and inspiring conferences provide you with the opportunity to learn and engage in discussion about this aspect of Jewish Studies from academics of international distinction. More Information coming soon... Places are limited so book your place early to avoid disappointment. To register your interest please send an e-mail to humanitieslearn@southampton.co.uk. The event will run from 10am - 4pm and costs £25 including lunch and refreshments or £20 concessions fee (Alumni, University of Southampton students, University staff, or friends of Parkes Institute, over 65's).
Saturday 16 June 2012	40 years of Medicine at the University of Southampton	University of Southampton Highfield Campus and St Mary's Stadium, Southampton	Medicine alumni and partners are invited to attend a special day and evening event to celebrate 40 years of medicine at the University of Southampton. To find out more please register your interest by e-mailing alumni@southampton.ac.uk by 10 February 2012 - invitations and further details will follow after this date. Places will be limited.
Saturday 30 June 2012	Literature & Landscapes Cultural Day	The Avenue Campus, Building 65, Southampton	We will be holding a one-day cultural event on Saturday 30th June 2012, consisting of a series of short talks led by experts from within the English Literature and Art departments at the University of Southampton. This thought provoking and inspiring conference will provide you with the opportunity to learn and engage in discussion with academics of international distinction. More Information coming soon... Places are limited so book your place early to avoid disappointment. To register your interest please send an e-mail to humanitieslearn@southampton.co.uk. The event will run from 10am - 4pm and costs £25 including lunch and refreshments or £20 concessions fee (Alumni, University of Southampton students, University staff, or friends of Parkes Institute, over 65's).
Saturday 1 September 2012	1962, 1972, 1982 and 1992 Anniversary Class Reunion	Highfield Campus, Southampton	On Saturday 1 September 2012 we are delighted to invite alumni celebrating their 20th, 30th, 40th and 50th anniversaries back to campus. There will be a programme of events throughout the day and evening which you can choose to suit your interests including tours of campus, lectures, exclusive access to some of our research facilities and trips on the Toastrack. There will also be time to catch up with old friends and look at memorabilia from your days at University. We will end the celebration with a reception and three course dinner all to be enjoyed with your class and academic guests. We hope you can join us to celebrate your anniversary - please contact alumni@soton.ac.uk for further information.