Events
Inaugural Lectures
Every year we celebrate our newly appointed professors by holding inaugural lectures. This gives our professors the opportunity present to their colleagues, friends and families about their work to date, current research and future plans.
Languages in a Global World
Languages in a Global World is held annually and brings together local Modern Foreign Language teachers and their GCSE and A-level students, University of Exeter alumni, and current staff and students of languages and international cultures at the University.
Creative Dialogues
‘Creative Dialogues’ is a series of exclusive ‘in-conversation’ events hosted by the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, showcasing a range of high-profile speakers who are leaders in their respective fields across the creative industries and Humanities.

Thursday, 01 October 2026 - Saturday, 31 October 2026
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'Embark in the name of Allah': Religious and Secular Meaning in the 'decorative' practices of Yemeni Boatbuilders
Centre for the Study of Islam Monday Majlis Series
Mon 05 October, 20265:00 PM - 6:30 PM Online Only
Lectures Centre for the Study of Islam
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Posbury St Francis Trust Lecture 2026
In the 2026 Posbury St Francis Trust Lecture, Professor Mark Hill KC will examine the importance of freedom of religion in the current age.
Mon 05 October, 20265:30 PM - 7:30 PM Harrison Building, Lecture Theatre 004
Seminars Theology and Religion
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Dr Keith Howe: Analysing the Economics of Farming: What Every Rural Social Scientist Should Know
Analysing the Economics of Farming: What Every Rural Social Scientist Should Know
Wed 07 October, 202610:45 AM - 12:15 PM Byrne House Seminar Room or via Teams
Seminars Centre for Rural Policy Research
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Leo McTiernan: The Halberton Villa Curse(?) and Roman Defixiones Involving Faunal Remains
A HumAnE Research Centre Lecture
Wed 07 October, 20264:30 PM - 5:30 PM Laver 218
Lectures Archaeology and History
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Professor Nandini Chaterjee - Finding Lives: An Effort at Writing a Humanist History of South Asia
A talk hosted by the South Asia Centre
Thu 08 October, 20263:00 PM - 5:00 PM Digital Humanities Seminar Room 1
Lectures Archaeology and History
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Egenis seminar: Impression Management in Socially Anxious Young People: A Phenomenological Investigation
Egenis seminar (hybrid) with Dr Lucienne Spencer (University of Oxford)
Mon 12 October, 20263:15 PM - 5:00 PM Susan Kelly Seminar Room, Byrne House, Streatham Campus
Seminars Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences
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Centre for Translating Cultures Research Seminar
Centre for Translating Cultures Research Seminar
Wed 14 October, 20261:00 PM - 2:00 PM Queen's Building
Research events Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies
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Alan Endacott and Joe Hirst: A changing sacred landscape: reconstructing vegetation change and human-environment interactions on northern Dartmoor.
A HumAnE Research Centre Lecture
Wed 14 October, 20264:30 PM - 4:30 PM Laver 218
Lectures Archaeology and History
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Classics and Ancient History Research Seminar - Henriette van der Blom (Birmingham)
Henriette van der Blom (Birmingham): Addressing the people: Valerius Maximus on assembly speech and performance
Thu 15 October, 202611:30 AM - 1:30 PM Amory Building, Streatham Campus
Research events Classics and Ancient History
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Egenis book launch: The Science of Lost Worlds
egenis book launch (hybrid), with host Adrian Currie (University of Exeter), Jim Robbins (paleoartist), Andra Meneganzin (KU Leuven) and Max Dresow (Copehagnan)
Mon 19 October, 20263:15 PM - 5:00 PM The Susan Kelly Seminar Room, Byrne House, Streatham Campus
Seminars Egenis, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences