Event Listings | What's On | Queen's University Belfast

Date: 1/07/2026
Time: 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Location: Zoom
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

female student standing smiling to camera with s purple background and text about NI Grad Fair 2026

Date: 2/06/2026
Time: 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Location: Ulster University Belfast campus
Category: Fair

Conveyancing and Practice Management Seminar

Date: 4/06/2026
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Institute of Professional Legal Studies
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Roundtable/Book Launch: Diasporic Futures

Date: 5/05/2026
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: Senate Room, Lanyon Building
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

New Postdoc Induction

Date: 7/05/2026
Time: 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Location: Seminar Room, First Floor, 63 University Road
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Victims' Conference

Date: 1/06/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: The Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Conference / Symposium

Research Workshop: Professor Conor Gearty (London School of Economics)

Date: 10/05/2023
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: Fellows' Room, Mitchell Institute, 18 University Square
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Preparing for Your Personal Development Review (PDR) for Research Staff

Date: 10/06/2026
Time: 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Location: Seminar Room, First Floor, 63 University Road
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion, Training / Learning & Development

Untangling Estate Disputes

Date: 11/06/2026
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Institute of Professional Legal Studies
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Bachelor of Social Work Offer Holder Evening

Date: 11/05/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Great Hall at Queen's University
Category: Offer Holder Event

Designing Healthier Cities: A cross-sector summit on health, equity and place

Date: 12/05/2026
Time: 9:15AM - 4:45PM
Location: Titanic Belfast
Category: Conference / Symposium

Irish Studies International Lecture: Hedwig Schwall, Interactionality in Contemporary Irish Fiction

Date: 12/05/2026
Time: 5:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Lanyon 01/05 and online
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Balmoral Show 2026

Dates: 13/05/2026 - 16/05/2026
Time: 9:30AM - 4:00PM
Location: Eikon Centre
Category: Community Event, Fair

Ekphrasis Pamphlet Launch

Date: 13/05/2026
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Performance, Social

Frank Wright Memorial Lecture

Date: 14/05/2026
Time: 4:30PM - 6:00PM
Location: Emeleus Lecture Theatre, Lanyon Building, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

The Seamus Heaney Centre Presents... WILD

Date: 14/05/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Performance, Social

Sonorities Festival Belfast

Dates: 15/04/2026 - 18/04/2026
Time: 10:00AM - 11:00PM
Location: Various locations - please see programme
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion, Performance

MacDermott Lecture 2026

Date: 16/04/2026
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: Moot Court - Main Site Tower
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Climate I Sound I Action 1: Climate, ecology, and sustainability

Date: 16/04/2026
Time: 5:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Sonic Arts Research Centre, SARC
Category: Performance

Reach'26 Exhibition Launch: Avant Gardener

Date: 16/04/2026
Time: 5:30PM - 8:00PM
Location: Naughton Gallery
Category: Exhibition

Reading Seamus Heaney: The Cure at Troy

Date: 16/04/2026
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Community Event

RDRUK 3rd Annual Conference

Date: 16/04/2026
Time: 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Location: The Birmingham Conference and Events Centre B5 4EW
Category: Conference / Symposium

Climate I Sound I Action 2: Climate, ecology, and sustainability

Date: 17/04/2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:30PM
Location: CaptureLab, University Square Mews
Category: Performance

HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE

Date: 17/04/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 7:40PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre
Category: Film

Plight of the Bumble Bee

Date: 17/04/2026
Time: 4:15PM - 5:15PM
Location: Queen's CaptureLab, University Square Mews
Category: Film

Magy’s Farm – Where Music Grows: Book Launch

Date: 17/05/2026
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: General / Other, Social

“Market Valuation of Human Capital in Interorganizational Mobility” - Thomas Kaspereit

Date: 17/04/2026
Time: 11:00AM - 12:30PM
Location: QBS Conference Hub, Seminar Room 01.012
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Judgmental Forecasting, Herding, and a ML-optimised consensus prediction - Konstantinos Nikolopoulos

Date: 17/04/2026
Time: 11:30AM - 1:00PM
Location: QBS Student Hub, Executive Lounge 01.015
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

students in a lab setting at an Employer's premises

Spotlight on Life Sciences Tour

Dates: 18/05/2026 - 19/05/2026
Time: 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: Various Employer locations across Northern Ireland
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

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Specialisterne 'Empower' Programme Drop In 18 May 2026

Date: 18/05/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Big Block Room, One Elmwood
Category: General / Other

Art in the A.M.

Date: 18/04/2026
Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Location: Naughton Gallery
Category: Exhibition

It Goes As Follies: A Family-Friendly Trad Session

Date: 18/04/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Performance, Social

Jam 3 Choir

Date: 18/04/2026
Time: 12:30PM - 1:00PM
Location: One Elmwood
Category: Performance

Jump the Hedges Workshop

Date: 18/04/2026
Time: 11:30AM - 1:00PM
Location: Belfast Room, Ulster Museum
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Trad Session

Date: 18/04/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Community Event

Annual Meeting of Convocation - Notice

Date: 19/05/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Great Hall Lanyon Building Queen's University Belfast
Category: University Event

CQAF and SHC: Derek Mahon - A Celebration with Stephen Rea, Katy Mahon and Stephen Sexton

Date: 2/05/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Carlisle Memorial Church, north Belfast
Category: Performance

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Spotlight on Law Tour

Dates: 20/05/2026 - 21/05/2026
Time: 8:30AM - 6:00PM
Location: Various locations in Employer premises in NI
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Wiles Lectures 2026

Dates: 20/05/2026 - 23/05/2026
Time: 5:00PM - 12:00PM
Location: Emeleus Lecture Theatre, QUB
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

LINAS 2026 Conference - Synergizing AI Research: Linking Diverse Expertise to Ignite Progress

Date: 20/04/2026
Time: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Location: Canada Room and Council Chamber, Lanyon Building, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Institute of Irish Studies Seminar

Date: 20/04/2026
Time: 4:30PM - 6:00PM
Location: Hybrid event
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Specialisterne 'Empower' Programme Drop In 20 April 2026

Date: 20/04/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Big Block Room, One Elmwood
Category: General / Other

The Afterlives of Atrocity Tribunals

Date: 20/04/2026
Time: 12:30PM - 2:00PM
Location: Main Site Tower 09.022
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Symposium: Framing Terror: Screen Violence, Memory, and the Ethics of Looking

Date: 20/05/2026
Time: 10:00AM - 3:00PM
Location: 0G.74 Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast
Category: Conference / Symposium

Q-IEL Lecture 2026

Date: 20/05/2026
Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Moot Court (MST 02.006)
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Carbon Literacy Training - April 2026

Date: 20/04/2026
Time: 9:30AM - 12:00PM
Location: TBC
Category: Training / Learning & Development

Experimental Frames (Short Film Package)

Date: 20/04/2026
Time: 1:15PM - 2:30PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre
Category: Film

Irish Studies Seminar: Melissa Baird and Michael Kennedy, DIFP

Date: 20/04/2026
Time: 4:30PM - 6:00PM
Location: Institute of Irish Studies, 27 University Square 01/003
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Nabataean Heritage, the Tourist Economy, and Language Education in Contemporary Saudi Arabia

Date: 20/04/2026
Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: Peter Froggatt Centre/02/026
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Queen's Business School Economics Seminar Series - Sam Grant, University of Strathclyde

Date: 20/04/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: QBS Conference Hub, Seminar Room 01.012
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Systems Tools for General Understanding - Session 1

Date: 20/05/2026
Time: 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Location: Zoom
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Systems Tools for General Understanding - Session 2

Date: 27/05/2026
Time: 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Location: Zoom
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Lecture: Child Soldiers: Coming of Age in Atrocity

Date: 21/04/2026
Time: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Location: Canada Room and Council Chamber, Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

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POSTPONED: Two approaches to exploring crisis and vulnerability in the cultural sector

Date: 21/04/2026
Time: 4:30PM - 6:00PM
Location: Drama Studio, Drama & Film Centre, 20 University Square, Queen’s University Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

PhD Employability Series: Marketing your Skills as a Researcher

Date: 21/04/2026
Time: 9:30AM - 3:00PM
Location: Graduate School, TR7
Category: Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course

Advanced Negotiation Seminar

Date: 21/05/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Institute of Professional Legal Studies
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Queen's MBA Information Breakfast - Inspiring Leadership in Action

Date: 21/05/2026
Time: 8:00AM - 9:30AM
Location: Queen's Business School, Executive Lounge, Student Hub Building, 185 Stranmillis Road, Belfast
Category: Information Event

From Waste to Wardrobe: A Creative Upcycling Experience

Date: 21/04/2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:45PM
Location: The Cube, One Elmwood, Queen’s University Belfast
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Student Led Campus Sustainability Tour

Date: 21/04/2026
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Outside the main entrance to the Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast, on University Road opposite One Elmwood. In wet weather, the meeting point will move inside the Lanyon Building.
Category: Information Event

The Repair Project – mending for a sustainable future

Date: 21/04/2026
Time: 12:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Main Foyer, One Elmwood
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Write Night and Trust Your Voice: Cartooning for Writers with Andrew Pope

Date: 21/04/2026
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: The Wolfson Lecture Theatre, The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Criminal Justice: Look to the Future, Learn From the Past Lecture

Date: 22/04/2026
Time: 6:30PM - 7:45PM
Location: Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

'Leveraging the Lipids' - Professor Stephen Cochrane

Date: 22/04/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Lecture Theatre (LG.012), School of Biological Sciences
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Give to Gain: Navigating a Fulfilling Career

Date: 22/04/2026
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: Riddell Hall, 185 Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5EE
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Conflict, Trauma, Memorialisation: Material Culture, Archives, Public Space

Date: 22/06/2023
Time: 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Location: Various
Category: Conference / Symposium

Earth Day Conference

Date: 22/04/2026
Time: 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: The Canada Room, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Conference / Symposium

Book Launch: Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims: A Linguistic Ethnographic Study

Date: 22/04/2026
Time: 3:10PM - 4:10PM
Location: Peter Froggatt Centre, Room 02/018
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Irish Studies PG Event: Cassidy Allen, 'Cutting Motherhood in Mary Morrissy's "Mother of Pearl"'

Date: 22/04/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Location: Institute of Irish Studies, 27 University Square 01/003
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Queen’s University Law - Class of 1986 Reunion

Date: 22/05/2026
Time: 6:45PM - 11:30PM
Location: Canada Room, Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN.
Category: Reunions

An Evening of John Dowland Songs & Ayres

Date: 22/06/2026
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Harty Room, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Performance

Queen's Business Organisation, Work & Leadership (OWL) Seminar Series - Wojdan Omran, QUB/QBS

Date: 22/04/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: QBS Student Hub, Entrepreneurial Hub, 01.028
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Introduction to Stakeholder Network Analysis - Session 1

Date: 22/04/2026
Time: 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Location: Zoom
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Film Screening: Republic of Amnesia

Date: 23/04/2026
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Queen’s Film Theatre, 20 University Square, Belfast, BT7 1PA
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Anthropology Research Seminar

Date: 23/04/2026
Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: 01/003, 27 University Square
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

The ECHR and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Workshop

Date: 23/04/2026
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Moot Court, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Queen's Big Band - Spring Concert

Date: 23/04/2026
Time: 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Location: The Harty Room, Music Building, QUB
Category: Performance

The ECHR and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement

Date: 23/04/2026
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Moot Court - Main Site Tower
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

It Goes As Follies: A Family-Friendly Trad Session

Date: 23/05/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Performance, Social

The Making of Asian Public History

Date: 24/04/2026
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: 01/003, 27 University Square, Queen's University Belfast
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Critical Systems Heuristics - Session 1

Date: 24/06/2026
Time: 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Location: Zoom
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

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Career Launch

Dates: 25/05/2026 - 26/05/2026
Time: 10:30AM - 1:00PM
Location: Both online via Microsoft Teams and in-person at the Student Hub, Queen's Business School.
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Real-World Consultancy Programme

Dates: 26/05/2026 - 29/05/2026
Time: 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: The Cube, One Elmwood
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Time Management for Productive Work and a Happy Life

Date: 26/05/2026
Time: 9:30AM - 1:30PM
Location: Seminar Room, First Floor, 63 University Road
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Conveyancing and Practice Management Seminar

Date: 26/11/2026
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: The Ebrington Hotel, Derry
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Queen’s University Medicine and Dentistry Class of 2001 Reunion

Date: 26/09/2026
Time: 3:00PM - 12:00AM
Location: The Great Hall
Category: Reunions

PhD Employability Series: Effective Job Search and Career Planning

Date: 27/04/2026
Time: 9:30AM - 3:00PM
Location: Graduate School, TR7
Category: Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course

Rejuvenation Yoga

Date: 27/04/2026
Time: 5:15PM - 6:15PM
Location: Graduate School
Category: Community Event

Silence Imposter Syndrome

Date: 27/04/2026
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Graduate School, TR2
Category: Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course

Irish Studies Seminar - Enda Delaney, The Cognitive Revolution in Modern Ireland, 1850-1920

Date: 27/04/2026
Time: 4:30PM - 6:00PM
Location: Institute of Irish Studies, 27 University Square, 01/003
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Researcher Writing Spaces

Dates: 24/04/2026 - 27/05/2027
Time: 9:30AM - 1:00PM
Location: Online
Category: Information Event, Workshop / Seminar / Course

Queen's University Association London (QUAL) Annual Golf Day 2026

Date: 27/05/2026
Time: 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Location: Wyke Green Golf Club, Osterley, West London
Category: Social

NI Productivity Forum event 29th April 26

Raising Northern Ireland’s productivity: Better outcomes for people, firms and places

Date: 29/04/2026
Time: 8:30AM - 1:00PM
Location: Queem's Business School, Isdell Courtyard, Riddel Hall, 185 Stranmillis Road Belfast BT9 5EE
Category: Conference / Symposium

The Dramatic Works of Brian Friel - Showcase by QUB Drama Students

Date: 29/04/2026
Time: 7:30PM - 9:00PM
Location: The Brian Friel Theatre, QFT, QUB
Category: Performance

As a Lover by Hilary McCollum: Book Launch

Date: 29/04/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: General / Other, Social

Queen’s Graduates’ Association: QUBIS

Date: 29/04/2026
Time: 5:30PM - 8:00PM
Location: The Cube, One Elmwood Student Centre
Category: Information Event

Introduction to Stakeholder Network Analysis - Session 2

Date: 29/04/2026
Time: 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Location: Zoom
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Queen's University Pharmacy Class of 1986

Date: 3/10/2026
Time: 7:00PM - 11:00PM
Location: Deane's at Queen's
Category: Reunions

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Undergraduate Open Day

Date: 3/10/2026
Time: 9:30AM - 3:00PM
Location: Queen's University Belfast
Category: Open day

Hone and Develop In-Demand Skills

Date: 30/04/2026
Time: 1:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: Seminar Room, First Floor, 63 University Road
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Words in the Air: script showcase

Date: 30/04/2026
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: The Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square
Category: General / Other, Social

Book launch with Shannon Kuta Kelly

Date: 30/04/2026
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: General / Other, Social

The Tuesday Group presents: The Lobster Pot with Bernie McQuillan

Date: 5/05/2025
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Sensation by Colin Graham

Date: 6/05/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: The Wolfson Lecture Theatre, The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion, Social

Undergraduate Open Day

Date: 6/06/2026
Time: 9:30AM - 3:00PM
Location: Queen's University Belfast
Category: Open day

Anthropology Symposium

Date: 8/05/2026
Time: 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN
Category: Conference / Symposium

Prestige Drama by Séamas O’Reilly

Date: 8/05/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: The Wolfson Lecture Theatre, The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion, Social

The Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference, 2026

Dates: 7/05/2026 - 8/05/2026
Time: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Location: Queen's University Belfast
Category: Conference / Symposium

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Purpose and the possible in education: what do we want and what can we have?

Date: 17/04/2026
Time: 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Room G/02, 6 College Green, Belfast BT7 1LN
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Mythology v. Psychology: Robert Graves and His Poet-Biographer, Martin Seymour-Smith

Date: 25/04/2026
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: The Wolfson Lecture Theatre, The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Lecture / Talk / Discussion

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Finding Your Voice: Poetry workshop with Bebe Ashley

Date: 9/05/2026
Time: 11:00AM - 12:30PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

The Girl on Fire: creative writing workshop

Date: 9/05/2026
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre
Category: Workshop / Seminar / Course

Off The Page: Scratch

Date: 27/05/2026
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
Category: Performance