Calendar of events

Keele University is pleased to offer a range of events that are open to our alumni.  From reunions and concerts, to lectures and exhibitions, Keele is your lifelong connection to intellectual opportunities.

27
Sep 2023
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27 Sep 2023 to 27 Sep 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 12:00PM
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28
Sep 2023
Inaugural lecture

You are invited to attend the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Jonathan Hill.

Denise Coates Foundation Building, room LG0.30 6:00PM
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4
Oct 2023
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4 Oct 2023 to 4 Oct 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 12:00PM
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4
Oct 2023
Henry Dimbleby

The latest in a series of Global Challenge lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The Ballroom, Keele Hall and Online via MS Teams 1:00PM
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10
Oct 2023
Inaugural lecture

You are invited to attend the Inaugural Lecture of Dr Peter Coventry.

TBC 6:00PM
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11
Oct 2023
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11 Oct 2023 to 11 Oct 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 12:00PM
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14
Oct 2023
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14 Oct 2023 to 14 Oct 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 11:00PM
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18
Oct 2023
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18 Oct 2023 to 18 Oct 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 12:00PM
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18
Oct 2023
Dr Farah Faizal

The latest in a series of Global Challenge lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Keele Hall (room to be confirmed) and Online via MS Teams 6:00PM
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24
Oct 2023
six performers looking out in a dim blue lit space holding a variety of props - a doll, paintbrush

24 Oct 2023 to 24 Oct 2023

Throughout his career Rey Camoy strove obsessively to capture his ideal of beauty and to produce a self-portrait that satisfied his demand for truth. tarinainanika picks up the themes of identity, beauty and truth and translates them through the lens of Corporeal Mime into a theatrical work of sophisticated physicality and visual poetry.

Keele University Chapel 7:00PM
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25
Oct 2023
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25 Oct 2023 to 25 Oct 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 12:00PM
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25
Oct 2023
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Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize winner Jonny Mansfield is critically-regarded as one of the UK’s outstanding young jazz talents. His second album The Air in Front of You presents compositions written whilst studying for a masters in psychology. “Studying psychology resulted in me wanting to compositionally explore my physical surroundings as a release from self-analysis...”

Keele University Chapel 7:30PM
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28
Oct 2023
Paul Atterbury in pastel green blazer with blue and red striped tie holding a ceramic pot smiling

28 Oct 2023 to 25 Mar 2023

Ceramics Lectures presented by Arts Keele, the Raven Mason Collection and the Northern Ceramic Society.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Home Farm, Keele University 11:00AM
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1
Nov 2023
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1 Nov 2023 to 1 Nov 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 12:00PM
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1
Nov 2023
Professor Charlotte Watts CMG

The latest in a series of Global Challenge lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Keele Hall (room to be confirmed) and Online via MS Teams 6:00PM
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7
Nov 2023
Inaugural lecture

You are invited to attend the Inaugural Lecture of Andrew McKeown, School of Medicine.

TBC 6:00PM
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8
Nov 2023
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8 Nov 2023 to 8 Nov 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 12:00PM
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8
Nov 2023
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Lizzie’s Ball's uplifting Classical Kicks! began as a performance residency upstairs at Ronnie Scott's and has now sold out every show since 2012. If you love classical but enjoy other styles, performed to the highest quality with a down-to-earth approach, this is for you.

Westminster Theatre, Chancellor's Building, Keele University 7:30PM
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15
Nov 2023
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15 Nov 2023 to 15 Nov 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 12:00PM
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15
Nov 2023
Professor NiCole Buchanan

The latest in a series of Global Challenge lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Online only via MS Teams 6:00PM
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18
Nov 2023
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18 Nov 2023 to 18 Nov 2023

All are welcome to visit the Raven Mason Collection of ironstone china, located in the beautiful surroundings of Keele Hall.

Raven Mason Suite, Keele Hall 11:00PM
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22
Nov 2023
Female performer sat at piano in dark space with projection of apples on a plate.

22 Nov 2023 to 22 Nov 2023

An unbroken sequence of fragments, last thoughts, elegies and absences.

Keele Chapel 7:30PM
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1
Dec 2023
a woman's head, superimposed above a snowy forest, with her eyes closed in a dream-like state

The agony and the ecstasy of our modern world. If you had to pick a single musical work to reflect the energy, chaos and trauma of the 20th century, you could do a lot worse than Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Quartet for the End of Time’. This is chamber music at its most dramatic and unfiltered.

Keele University Chapel 7:30PM
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17
Jan 2024
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Chineke!’s motto is: ‘Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music’. The organisation aims to be a catalyst for change, realising existing diversity targets within the industry by increasing the representation of Black and ethnically diverse musicians in British and European orchestras. Chineke!

New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme 7:30PM
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7
Feb 2024
Dr Tristram Hunt

The latest in a series of Global Challenge lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Keele Hall (room to be confirmed) and Online via MS Teams 6:00PM
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14
Feb 2024
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Recognised as one of the world’s leading guitar quartets, the award-winning Aquarelle Guitar Quartet is a dynamic and innovative group known for its extraordinary ensemble in performance, expansive repertoire, and ground-breaking work in developing the guitar quartet medium. Originally formed at the Royal Northern College of Music in 1999 the quartet has performed extensively both internationally

Keele University Chapel 7:30PM
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21
Feb 2024
Professor Ian Cumming

The latest in a series of Global Challenge lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Salvin Room, Keele Hall and Online via MS Teams 6:00PM
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6
Mar 2024
Professor Tilly Blyth

The latest in a series of Global Challenge lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Salvin Room, Keele Hall and Online via MS Teams 6:00PM
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6
Mar 2024
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After two previous sold-out events we welcome Andy Quin back for another silent film treat. Andy will perform live to two silent film classics using the wonderful Keele Chapel organ and Steinway piano.

Keele University Chapel 7:30PM
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13
Mar 2024
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Winners of the Tunnell Trust Awards 2020, the Elmore String Quartet is a dynamic young ensemble formed at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in 2017.

Westminster Theatre, Chancellor's Building, Keele University 7:30PM
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20
Mar 2024
Julie Bentley

The latest in a series of Global Challenge lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Salvin Room, Keele Hall and Online via MS Teams 6:00PM
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