The York Festival of Ideas, now in it’s fifth year, is on from the 9th -21st June 2015, with one or two extra events happening in the run-up.
There are more than 150 events being put on this year, mainly focused around the theme of ‘Secrets and Discoveries’, but I want to tell you briefly about two events that myself and some of my colleagues from the Department of Archaeology will be running.
The Secret Science of Scurvy @ Science out of the Lab
Saturday 30th May, 10am-3pm, St Sampson’s Square.
As part of this two-day community event (it runs on Friday and Saturday, with different activities happening each day), I’ll be presenting ‘The Secret Science of Scurvy’, a hands-on event for children aged 5-11 – and their parents! – to discover how scurvy (the disease caused by not eating enough vitamin C) affects the human body and how it can be cured through diet.
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General event details can be found on the Science out of the Lab event webpage
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EDIT (16/06/2015): You can read a write-up of this event
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You Are What You Eat @ Festival Fringe Family Fun Afternoon
Saturday 13th June, 1.30pm-4.30pm, Ron Cooke Hub, University of York
‘You Are What You Eat’ invites children to explore food and diet from an archaeologist’s perspective. There are three separate activities: an archaeological ‘dig’, a food ‘craft market’ and a drawing station. Children are welcome to participate in one, two, or all three of these activities as many times as they want to over the course of the afternoon.
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General event details can be found on the Festival Fringe Family Fun Afternoon event webpage
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EDIT (16/06/2015): You can read Alice Toso’s write-up of this event
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For more information on the festival, please visit the Festival of Ideas Webpage or take a look at the Festival of Ideas Brochure
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