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This is the website for Festival of the Mind 2022

The 2022 festival has now passed, for the Festival of the Mind 2024 programme, please visit festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/2024. More info
  • Exhibition
15th Sep 10:00am - 25th Sep 5:00pm

Event Central Exhibition

The Event Central exhibition showcases fantastic collaborations between artists and University of Sheffield researchers.
  • Exhibition
15th Sep 10:00am - 25th Sep 5:00pm

Futurecade Exhibition

Futurecade at the Millennium Gallery, is a space in which immersive technology, art and research collide.
illustration of a woman reading a book
  • Talk
20th Sep 11:00am

No Silence Please: The Crone Spoken Library

A panel discussion with Dr Lorna Warren and Justine Gaubert, discussing their Crone Spoken Library project
ballet dancy in red dress holding onto a pole
  • Performance
20th Sep 11:30am

Suzy Homemaker

A dance performance by Erica Mulkern portrays three women from different eras in history.
  • Talk
20th Sep 12:30pm

For Every Bird a Nest

Dr Nicola Hemmings will be joined by artist Judith Tucker and poet Harriet Tarlo to discuss their project For Every Bird a Nest
man with VR headset
  • Talk
20th Sep 2:00pm

A Spaceship Inside the Ear

Researchers from Professor Walter Marcotti's Hearing Research Group will talk about their immersive project exploring the human ear and simulating hearing loss
sign for henry leah & sons
  • Talk
20th Sep 3:00pm

Cultural Futures: Leah’s Yard

James O’Hara and Tom Wolfenden will talk about the renovation of Leah’s Yard
Harmony Works digital illustration
  • Talk
20th Sep 4:00pm

Cultural Futures: Harmony Works – A Home for Music

The Harmony Works team will talk through the exciting plans to develop the building as a home for music.
Collage of photographs of women from the 80s with the text 'Battledress' in pink neon below
  • Talk
20th Sep 5:00pm

Battledress

In this talk Professor David Forrest, School of English, will take you on a journey into the world of working class women's fashion.
child listening to a tree with a wooden ear cone
  • Talk
20th Sep 6:00pm

Wood-lands: Young People Living with Trees

Artist Steve Pool and Dr Clare Rishbeth, will showcase research on youth voices in changing treescapes
  • Film
20th Sep 7:00pm

Flow

Film, inspired by interviews with victims/survivors, explores the power of storytelling to spark debate about how we hinder the disclosure of childhood sexual abuse.