What Am I Looking At? Following Chester’s Buildings Through Time
Chester is filled with beautiful and distinctive buildings, but in a place where people have lived for more than two thousand years, things are rarely as they seem.
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Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, Chester
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Hidden Histories Beneath Our Feet: How Digital Tools Reveal Local Stories
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomThrough visual examples from local heritage sites, including castles and community spaces, this session explores how technology can reconnect people with the stories beneath their feet, and inspire new ways of seeing familiar places.
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Monika Haeger – Inside Stasi: The Art of Translation and Adaptation for the Stage
Storyhouse Garret Theatre Hunter Street, ChesterThis event will be led by Dr Stef Kerrigan and Dr Richard Millington and will include an audience Q&A. This presentation is the first public sharing of an ongoing collaborative project between staff
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Can You Spot the Traitor? The Psychology Behind The Traitors
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomMissing The Traitors now the series has finished? Join this interactive session exploring the psychology behind the show.
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The Rows of Chester: A Unique Creation or a Unique Survival?
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterThe uniqueness of Chester's Rows lies first in the imaginative adaptation of a common medieval building form to the city's hilly site. However, they would not have seemed so unusual had comparable buildings elsewhere survived better. The talk will look at parallels for the building type, how it was adapted to the landscape, and the historical circumstances that prompted it.
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What have doctoral researchers in health and social care ever done for you?
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterOur doctoral researchers in health and social care grapple with real-world problems that have an impact on people's lives.
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The Broader Autism Phenotype: Subtle Traits and Their Impact on Everyday Life
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterThis session explores how understanding the Broader Autism Phenotype (BAP) can help support diverse learning and communication styles.
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Randolph Caldecott: Illustrating Victorian Life
Chester Town Hall 33 Northgate Street, ChesterJoin one of West Cheshire Museums' curators to learn more about this Chester-born artist.
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The Body Speaking: Functional Seizures and The Place of Trauma
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomJoin Professor Paul Bissell, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation at the University of Chester, and Dr Marian Peacock, Honorary Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Sheffield’s School of Health and Related Research to learn more about this fascinating, and often ignored, topic.
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Screening Siblings: Brothers and Sisters on Film
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomWhat can brothers and sisters on film tell us about the state of a nation? In the 21st century, siblings are everywhere on screen, from superhero blockbusters to horror films, teen movies and slice-of-life dramas.
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The University of Chester in 15 Objects
Senate House, Exton Park Campus, University of Chester Parkgate Road, ChesterThis event will showcase the history of the University from its opening in 1839 to the present day. We will present ten objects from across the decades and discuss how each of them relates to an important event in the university's history.
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Queering Britain: Keeping LGBTQ Stories Alive
Chester Picturehouse Unit 10 Hunter Street, Chester, United KingdomThis research began in Blackpool, exploring its rich drag scene and LGBTQ+ histories. It has since grown into a wider project gathering stories from towns and cities across the UK. Through voices that connect generations and place, Helen is starting to explore how identity is shaped by place and heritage.
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