Events

A wide range of arts and culture events take place both on the University Campus and also at other venues in conjunction with our external partners.  Please see the dedicated Arts and Culture website  for a full range of forthcoming arts and culture events and exhibitions at the University of Exeter.

 Past Events

• A Celebration of Hilary Mantel, October 2012 - including a book-reading by the Man Booker prize-winning author and a discussion of her work with Arts & Culture Fellow, Professor Helen Taylor
• AHRC Creativity and Place conference, June 2010 - this included a series of podcasts from Professor Sam Smiles & Gina Cox highlighting some of the treasures of the University's fine art collection. To listen to these podcasts, please click here.
• Participation in the Daphne du Maurier Festival, Cornwall Campus May 2010, 2011 and 2012
• After Hogwarts: What is the future of children's reading and writing? The University Arts and Culture Strategy followed its successful launch in March with a major debate to kickstart EXEtreme Imagination, Exeter's first festival of children’s literature. Launch of Arts and Culture Strategy with Jonathan Dimbleby, Exeter Northcott, March 2010
• Photographic exhibition and podcasts of University art collection, by art historian Sam Smiles, June 2010
• Unveiling of Flayed Stone II, a sculpture by Dr Peter Randall-Page.
• Devon-wide Arts Council-funded Children’s Literature Festival, November 2010, featuring Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen, Floella Benjamin – the opening event for Devon’s Cultural Olympiad ‘Quest’