During the 2020-2021 year, events were all online because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
COSS TALKS series 2020-2021
COSS TALK: Amateur Astronomy with Paddy Edgley

Join us as Centre Co-director Paddy Edgley talks to us about amateur astronomy as he talks through what it means to stargaze in London.
14 October 2020, 7pm–8:30pm
COSS TALK: TM-12: Woman From Mars

Extracts from a new play by Nicola Baldwin , directed by Cat Robey, with Becky Simon, Peter Clements and Lynda Rooke. Followed by a Q&A.
11 November 2020, 7pm–8:30pm
COSS TALK: NASA, Astronauts & Anthropology

Talking through her years of experience working for NASA Dr Jo Aitken leads through what it means to be an anthropologist in the world of astronauts and space science.
9 December 2020, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm
COSS TALK: Visualising space politics with Julie Patarin-Jossec

Visualising space politics: using photography and art-based methods in studying a space programme. This talk proposes a discussion of the uses of visual methods for an ethnographer studying space politics.
9 February 2021, 1pm–2pm
International women’s day with COSS: A Celebration of Women In Space

A Celebration of Women In Space: How to Transition from Student to Industry Professional. Hosted by Chaneil James
8 March 2021, 7pm–8:30pm
COSS TALK: Regional Museums of Space Exploration in Russia

Dr Denis Sivkov and Makar Tereshin speak on how the heritage of the Soviet space project is maintained and engaged with in regional museums across Russia
28 April 2021, 7pm–8:30pm
COSS TALK: What can a planet do? Planetary social thought & the search for more-than-organic life

COSS is excited to host professors Bronislaw Szerszynski and Nigel Clark who will ask ‘What can a planet do?’ in their talk regarding the wider questions emanating from their recent book ‘Planetary Social Thought’.
5 May 2021, 2pm–4pm