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
![Person looking at sky at night, credit Greg Rakozy via Unsplash Person looking at sky at night, credit Greg Rakozy via Unsplash](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/greg-rakozy-unsplash.jpg?itok=9dywMuU5)
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
![Helen Sharman's spacesuit, image credit Wikipedia Helen Sharman's spacesuit, image credit Wikipedia](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/1200px-helen_sharmans_spacesuit.jpg?itok=ukgzbfmU)
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
![nasa astronaut in space, via unsplash, ucl outer space studies nasa astronaut in space, via unsplash, ucl outer space studies](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/nasa_astronaut_unsplash.jpg?itok=WFVtzEAm)
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
![Jean-François Clervoy portrait](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/jean-francois_clervoy_portrait.png?itok=5rJ7rRZP)
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
![photos of participants in international womens' day at COSS event](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/international_womens_day.png?itok=FbcJ8EM5)
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
![scene inside a space museum with an astronaut's suit](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/space_museum.png?itok=BsY4L-Iy)
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
![planetary social thought book cover](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/planetary_social_thought_book_cover.jpg?itok=1_Adpwn0)
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