Events diary

The University has an extensive programme of other events which alumni and their guests are very welcome to attend. The programme of events taking place at the Wickham Theatre can be found on the Department of Drama webpage. Information about ways in which the public can get involved with the University is available from the Centre for Public Engagement.

For information about other events taking place in Bristol visit the Bristol City Council website or Visit Bristol for tourist information.

For complete details of an event please click on the date or title:

Saturday 13 March 2010

Alumni Gala Dinner, Beijing

University of Bristol takes part in UK Alumni Gala Dinners in China

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Sunday 14 March 2010

The Music of Tudor England

Enjoy an evening of intimate Tudor music in the elegant surroundings of Clifton Hill House. The programme of vocal repertoire will include both sacred music by Tallis and Byrd, and secular pieces by Morley and Gibbons. The ensemble performing is a group of seven musicians consisting of current students and alumni and the President of the University of Bristol Union.

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Thursday 18 March 2010

Bristol University Air Squadron Reunion, London

All past and present members of the Squadron and their partners are cordially invited to the BUAS Reunion, which will be held at The Royal Air Force Club, London on Thursday 18 March 2010.

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Saturday 20 March 2010

Alumni Gala Dinner, Shanghai

University of Bristol takes part in UK Alumni Gala Dinners in China

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Saturday 20 March 2010

Bristol Bach Choir

The Bristol Bach Choir joins with some of Britain's leading young talent in a performance that will combine the choir’s celebrated precision and clarity.

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Thursday 25 March 2010

New York lecture: 'The idea of the University - the University in crisis?'

A lecture presented by Ian Wei, Senior Lecturer in Medieval European History, University of Bristol.

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Tuesday 13 April 2010

2009 - a two-wheeled odyssey, London

Greg Spencer (BSc 2006) will talk about his experiences cycling 907 miles across the United Kingdom from Land's End to John O'Groats.

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Thursday 22 April 2010

Bristol Alumni Forum: stem cell research, London

Professor Anthony Hollander, from Bristol’s Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, will debate the future of stem cell research in the first Bristol Alumni Forum of 2010.

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Saturday 24 April 2010

Visit to Blecthley Park, organised by the Midlands Branch

Visit the UK's famous World War II decryption site with fellow alumni in the Midlands area.

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Sunday 25 April 2010

2010 Virgin London Marathon

The Campaigns and Alumni Relations office has selected four Bristol graduates to take part in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon. Last year the runners raised a total of over £8,500 towards the University of Bristol Cancer Research Fund.

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Friday 30 April 2010

Student, Staff and Alumni Golf Challenge

Golf challenge tournament between Students, Staff and Alumni. This will be a friendly but competitive event and all alumni are invited to join the alumni team.

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Saturday 01 May 2010

Alumni Sports Weekend

Welcomed back to the university, alumni will take part in a weekend of sporting activities against student teams. Come along and show your support for the University.

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Wednesday 05 May 2010

Bristol Alumni Forum: Competition Law, London

Professor Brenda Sufrin and John Davies (LLB 1997) will be discussing competition law during the University's second 2010 alumni forum.

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Saturday 08 May 2010

Varsity boat race

Come along to support the University of Bristol as we compete against UWE.

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Tuesday 11 May 2010

Blackwell Lectures 2010

Professor Erika Fischer-Lichte from the Free University of Berlin will give the fourth series of Blackwell Lectures in May 2010, on the theme 'Dionysus Resurrected: Performances of Euripides' Bacchae in a Globalizing World'. She asks how a tragic play which, until the 1960s, had almost no performance history has since spread all over the globe with remarkable resonance.

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Tuesday 11 May 2010

London Branch of Convocation - The Old Palace Quarter guided walk, London

The London Branch of Convocation is organising a historic walk around London, starting at Green Park tube station at 6:15pm and finishing with a pub supper at around 8pm.

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Wednesday 26 May 2010

The Convocation Spring Lecture - The history of prehistory: Megaliths and the British imagination

Hear Professor Ronald Hutton, Professor of History, consider how the impressive ritual monuments of the British Neolithic and Bronze Age have inspired people since the Middle Ages.

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Saturday 19 June 2010

A Cruise through Burgundy

We have chartered a luxury hotel barge to take our party of no more than 22 people on the Burgundy Canal from Dijon, then along a short stretch of the Saône, and the Canal du Centre.

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Tuesday 22 June 2010

Private tour of the new Supreme Court for the London Branch of Convocation

The Right Honourable the Baroness Hale of Richmond (Hon LLD 2002), one of the 12 Justices of the Supreme Court and Chancellor of the University of Bristol, will give a private tour of the Supreme Court.

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Friday 02 July 2010

Bristol Alumni Reunion Weekend 2010

Every year the University invites its former students back to Bristol for a weekend of reminiscing and rediscovery. The 2010 Alumni Reunion Weekend will take place from Friday 2 July to Sunday 4 July.

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Saturday 18 September 2010

Visit to the Shugborough Estate, organised by the Midlands Branch

Explore the Shugborough Estate in Milford near Stafford - the ancestral home of the Earls of Lichfield.

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Sunday 19 September 2010

The Ancient Levant: Syria and Jordan

The sites of Apamea, Bosra and Palmyra in Syria are among the finest remains of the classical world, as are the Hellenistic city of Jerash and the Nabatean capital at Petra in Jordan. Combining these in this exciting tour makes it a fascinating kaleidoscope of Near Eastern history.

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Wednesday 06 October 2010

London Branch of Convocation - Annual Lecture, London

Professor Dame Carol Black CBE DSC (BA 1962, MB ChB 1970, MD 1975, Hon DSc 2003) will be talking at the London Branch of Convocation's Annual Lecture.

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Thursday 18 November 2010

Galapagos Islands Cruise & Ecuador

We are really pleased to offer this special Galapagos tour again which has proved so popular. After a visit to Colonial Quito, with its many churches and protected buildings, and a tour along the Avenue of the Volcanoes, among stunning scenery, the group will fly to the Galapagos Archipelago for an eight-day cruise through the Islands on board a privately chartered, first-class yacht, Coral I.

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