Making Academic Literature Accessible Through Comics
The session is built around Captain Knowledge and Graphic Leadership, projects that were undertaken to make academic literature/theory/research more accessible.
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Events for 4th July 2026
The Future of Museums
Join curators at the Grosvenor Museum for a talk exploring the future of our museums. How might they look 50, 100 years from now? What might we collect, and which stories might we tell? How might the role of museums need to evolve as society and our audiences change?
Tapping into calm with EFT: A practical technique for daily life
Discover 'Tapping' (Emotional Freedom Techniques), a gentle and effective way to quieten a busy mind and relax your body in minutes.
Through the looking glass: Postcards to my younger and older self- exploring the psychology of ageing
Ever wondered what you would have said to yourself when you were younger, or what you would tell your older self? Opening with an exhibition of postcards written by students at the University of Chester to their older self and members of Chester U3A to their younger self, we will explore messages and their meanings, applying psychological principles to discuss aging and its representation.
Rome’s Cutting Edge: The Auxiliaries
Discover Rome's cutting edge: The Auxiliary Soldiers. Recruited from across the empire, these specialist troops helped the Roman army conquer new lands and face unfamiliar enemies.
The Ship that Chester Built: Exploring Chester’s links with slavery
In 1750, the St George was built in Chester’s shipyard. In three separate voyages, she carried a total of 662 enslaved people from Bonny on the coast of West Africa to plantations in the Caribbean. Join the project team for an interactive walking tour of some of the key sites in Chester connected with the history of transatlantic slavery.
You can write a song! 10 ways to get started.
"I wish I could write a song, but I don't know where to start..." This is a super practical workshop to remove the fear of the blank page and give you tools to start writing your own songs.