Library & University Collections Events

Find out more about events and exhibitions across Library & University Collections.

Upcoming events

Event date
Jun 22 2026 -

Breathing Room: Find Calm in the Heart of the University’s Main Library

Breathing Room, in the Main Library Exhibition Gallery, is a space for everyone to relax surrounded by artwork and objects from the University’s heritage collections carefully chosen to evoke calm and support mental wellbeing.

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Three female students sit on chairs in front of the entrance to the gallery. A fourth female student is entering the gallery.
Nov 11 2026 -

Celebrating Women’s Poetry from Ireland, Scotland & Wales 1400 – 1800

Join us to celebrate a new and expansive anthology of women's poetry, with talks from the authors, collections displays, and performances.

Further information
Decorative with text 'Women's Poetry from Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 1400-1800'
Jun 17 2027 -

Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2027

Join us for the Edinburgh Open Research Conference. In the '27 edition of EORC we will be thinking about Open Research Futures: what will our contexts will look like tommorrow, and how this will translate to changes to openness in research.

Further information
A photograph of the 2024 EORC2026 panel discussion on enacting culture change.

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