Celebrating Cultures across the University of Birmingham
Post submitted by Erin, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors The 3rd of April 2025 marks the 75th Anniversary of the death of the world renowned composer Kurt Weill. Throughout his life, Weill became most known for writing music for theatre, best known for his collaborations with famous playwright and practitioner Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, … Continue reading “75th anniversary of the death of German-born composer Kurt Weill (3 April)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative celebrated from 17-23 March 2025. Neurodiversity imagines a world where neurological differences, experienced by 15-20% of the population, are accepted and respected like all other human variations. It is an umbrella term to describe alternative thinking styles such … Continue reading “Neurodiversity Celebration Week (17-23 March)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors St Patrick’s Day is named after St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who was a Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland during the fifth century. It is celebrated each year on 17 March, the day on which Patrick supposedly died. It was originally … Continue reading “St Patrick’s Day (17 March)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors Holi is a religious Hindu festival in India that marks the end of winter and celebrates spring, love, and new life. It also honours the triumph of good over evil. The day is marked by the last full moon of the Hindu month of Phalguna. … Continue reading “Holi (14 March)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our LCAHM Student Experience Ambassadors The Volkswagen Transporter is a range of light commercial vehicles, built predominantly as vans. The design and manufacturing of the Type 2 Transporter was inspired by an idea from the then-Netherlands-VW-importer Ben Pon. The Type 2 was recognised as one of the forerunners of … Continue reading “75th anniversary of the first Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Camper Van being manufactured in Wolfsburg, Germany (8 March)”
Post submitted by Erin, one of our LCAHM Student Experience Ambassadors February 14th 2025 marks the death of the famous writer, lyricist and playwright Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881-1975). Born in Guildford, England and eventually moving to the United States, he was most known for writing the light hearted, satirical stories ‘The Code of The … Continue reading “50th anniversary of the death of P.G. Wodehouse (14 February)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors Holocaust Memorial Day takes place every year on 27th January. The day marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. The Holocaust, known as the Shoah in Hebrew, was a systemic, state-sponsored attempt at a mass genocide of all Jews … Continue reading “Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors Jacqueline du Pré, born in Oxford in England in 1945, was a cellist who is considered as one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. Du Pré was a young talent, having started the cello at age five and then winning Britain’s most … Continue reading “80th anniversary of the birth of Jacqueline du Pré (26 January)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors George Orwell was a British journalist and author born in 1903 in eastern India. Born originally as Eric Arthur Blair, Orwell is famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949). He grew up in as the son of a minor British official … Continue reading “75th anniversary of the death of George Orwell 21 January”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States of America and takes place on the third Monday of January every year. This day honours the achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., who led significant campaigns to end legal racial segregation … Continue reading “Martin Luther King Jr. Day 20 January”
