Social functions

Date: Wednesday 7 February
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Location: Pegasus Arms, 14 Oxford Street
Included in your conference registration

Join us for informal drinks and reconnect with colleagues. Continue on to the Saints in Coffee Jars exhibition (limited numbers) at the Art Centre or dine in one of many restaurants and bars on The Terrace.

Date: Wednesday 7 February
Time: 7pm - 8.15pm
Location: Christchurch Art Centre, Worcester Boulevard

Maximum numbers apply

The Story of Bishop John Grimes and the Relics hidden beneath Ōtautahi’s Catholic Basilica.

Step back into 19th-century Christchurch, where history and faith intertwine.

Discover the concept of the Christian relic and its impact on culture and faith. Understand how relics - and attitudes - evolved across two millennia. We draw back the veil on a European collection of biblical and medieval saints, and explore why the relics lay concealed for over forty years.

Date: Thursday 8 February
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Location: Pegasus Arms, 14 Oxford Street
Included in your conference registration (limited bar tab, thereafter cash bar)

A pub quiz organised by postgrads, for postgrads. Get together and enjoy a night of fun!

Date: Saturday 10 February
Time: 3pm lecture, 4pm concert
Location: Great Hall, Christchurch Art Centre, Worcester Boulevard
Included in your conference registration

The lingering importance and influence of the legacy of the Middle Ages on the colonial project of settling the western United States
Wallace Cleaves

Early / Modern - Revival and Reinvention. A short concert of early music

Date: Saturday 10 February
Time: 7pm - 11pm
Location: Great Hall, Christchurch Art Centre, Worcester Boulevard
$150 per person
NOTE: Guests are requested to refrain from wearing stiletto heels at this venue.

Wind up the conference with a final get together over a sumptuous feast with fine local wines.

Date: Sunday 11 February
Time: 10am - 3pm
Location: University of Canterbury, conference venue
Open to all Postgraduates and ECRs