Celebrating Cultures across the University of Birmingham
The Cultural Calendar’s biggest event to date is here: the Year of the Pig, Spring Festival and Chinese Lunar New Year. We’ve got performances, concerts, workshops, VR experiences, food offers, a mountain of fortune cookies, and traditional, red new year gift envelopes to hand out across campus. Old Joe will also turn red to mark … Continue reading “Year of the Pig Celebrations – Chinese/Lunar New Year”
Last week on Wednesday the 24th of October, the Cultural Calendar kick-started with its first celebration of the year: United Nations Day. In commemoration of this event, which traditionally celebrates the signing of the UN Charter, we organised activities across campus for students, staff, and visitors to take part in. We started the day with … Continue reading “UN Day — A Retrospective”
United Nations Day commemorates the anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter. This foundational document was ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council—France, The Republic of China, the Soviet Union, the UK and the US—and then by the majority of the 46 other signatories on the 24th of October … Continue reading “United Nations Day Celebrations October 24th”
