Upcoming Events
Wednesday, 29th May 2013
9:00AM - 11:00AM
Recital Room, Armstrong Building
King's Hall Music :
Stage 2 Music Student End of Year Recitals
9.00am James Hedges (voice)
9.30am Greta Buitkute (voice)
10.00am Marcus Adams (voice)
10.30am Anna PUlpitz (voice)
Free admission
Thursday, 30th May 2013
10:10AM - 12:00PM
Recital Room, Armstrong Building
King's Hall Music :
Stage 2 Music Student End of Year Recitals
10.10am Catherine Dalzell (violin)
10.40am Odhran McIntaggart (viola)
11.10am Catriona Gormley (viola)
11.40am Will Wymington (cello)
Free admission
Friday, 31st May 2013 - Saturday, 15th June 2013
6:00PM - 5:00PM
Hatton Gallery and Fine Art Studios
Fine Art Degree Show
Exhibtion of work by final year BA Fine Art Students.
The Hatton Gallery and Fine Art Department present up to 60 students' exhibitions displaying a diverse range of creative art - the culmination of four years of studio practice. Admission: Free. Contact for further information: Nigel Villalard Tel: 0191 222 6047 Email: fineart@ncl.ac..uk
Friday, 31st May 2013
8:00PM - 10:00PM
The Sage Gateshead
Final Celebration Folk Degree Concert
Please join us for the finalists year end celebration concert at The Sage Gateshead, next Friday the 31st May at 8pm in Hall Two. Admission: £8 Contact for further information: Simon McKerrell Tel: 0191 222 5609 Email: simon.mckerrell@ncl.ac.uk
Thursday, 6th June 2013
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Room 1.65, Ridley Building 2, Newcastle University
Seminar
The Genes behind Autism
Professor Persico from University Campus Bio-Medico in Rome, Italy will be visiting the Institute of Neuroscience to talk about his research. Admission: Free, all welcome. Contact for further information: Ann Fitchett Tel: 0191 222 8320 Email: ion@ncl.ac.uk
Wednesday, 12th June 2013 - Friday, 14th June 2013
10:30AM - 2:00PM
Space 4/5 Culture Lab
Conference
Revisiting Star Studies
International Keynote speakers: Yingjin Zhang, (California); Neepa Majumdar (Pittsburgh); Stephanie Dennison (Leeds)
This conference will reassess some dominant models in star studies, and generate new, more appropriate critical paradigms to address non-Hollywood stardom. It will also identify under-researched areas in stardom. Admission: See conference website for details. Contact for further information: Sheila Heppel Tel: 0191 246 4649 Email: film@ncl.ac.uk
Wednesday, 12th June 2013
12:30PM - 2:00PM
Room 4.25, Newcastle University Business School
Seminar
The Regulation of Business
and the Business of Regulation
Early findings and potential academic contributions of an ESRC-funded research project exploring how small firms understand and respond to different forms of regulation in industries and regional contexts. Admission: Free, but Registration required. Lunch provided Contact for further information: Amanda Lane Tel: 0191 208 1619 Email: amanda.lane@ncl.ac.uk
Thursday, 13th June 2013
12:45PM - 2:00PM
Baddiley Clark Seminar Room
Seminar
Controlling the diabetes epidemic:
is screening the way forward
Dr Rebecca Simmons, Supernumerary Fellow in Epidemiology, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. Admission: Free. Contact for further information: Katharine Kirton Tel: 0191 282 1348 Email: katharine.kirton@ncl.ac.uk
Thursday, 13th June 2013
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Research Beehive, room 2.21
Seminar
Latin American History and Global History
The colonial new world, a mirror to better understand our global world
Professor Gruzinski, first class Research Director at the National Scientific Research Center (CNRS, Paris) is one of the most distinguished historians of Hispanic-American cultures. Admission: Free. Contact for further information: Dr Monica Moreno Figueroa Tel: 0191 222 5816 Email: monica.moreno-figueroa@ncl.ac.uk
Saturday, 15th June 2013
2:00PM - 3:00PM
RB Green Lecture Theatre, Dental School, Framlington Place
Public Lectures :
Founders & Benefactors Lecture: Cosmetic Dental makeovers? Facts, Fantasies and Fallacies
Dr Martin Kelleher, King's College Hospital Dental Institute
This lecture is free to attend and open to all
Saturday, 15th June 2013
3:45PM - 5:00PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
Public Lectures :
Convocation Lecture: The Spanish Holocaust – Violence against Civilians 1931-1975
Professor Paul Preston, CBE, FBA
Please note: this lecture is free to attend and open to all, but you are asked to pre-register for spaces by contacting Kay Mason by e-mail: kay.mason@ncl.ac.uk or telephone: 0191 222 3559.
Thursday, 20th June 2013
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Room 1.65, Ridley Building 2
Seminar
How does the brain make your body move?
Mark Churchland from Columbia University will be visiting the Institute of Neuroscience to give a talk about his research. Admission: Free. Contact for further information: Ann Fitchett Tel: 0191 222 8320 Email: ion@ncl.ac.uk
Friday, 21st June 2013
9:30AM - 4:30PM
Research Beehive
North East Speech and Language Therapy Research Symposium
A celebration of collaborative research in speech and language therapy in the North East, speakers include researchers from academic and clinical backgrounds. Admission: Free, but registration essential. Contact for further information: Helen Stringer Tel: 0191 2225196 Email: Helen.stringer@ncl.ac.uk
Wednesday, 26th June 2013
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Space 4/5 Culture Lab
Workshop
Alternative Housing: the role of design
A participatory workshop
This workshop will explore the role of design throughout the delivery process of a variety of housing models via case studies and hands-on experience of professionals involved in such schemes. Admission: Free, but booking essential. Contact for further information: Anne Fry Tel: 0191 222 5648 Email: anne.fry@ncl.ac.uk
Friday, 28th June 2013
9:45AM - 4:00PM
Room 8.10, Newcastle University Business School
Seminar
Gender, Professions & Society Forum 2013
Contemporary Gender Challenges in Professions
This workshop brings together researchers with a range of perspectives on gender issues in professions to address contemporary gender challenges in these fields. Lunch provided Admission: Free, but please register. Contact for further information: Amanda Lane Tel: 0191 208 1619 Email: amanda.lane@ncl.ac.uk
Wednesday, 24th July 2013
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Great North Museum:Hancock, Newcastle
Kittiwakes on the Tyne
A series of talks and discussion by leading Tyne Kittiwake researchers and practitioners. Admission: Free, but we ask that you kindly make a donation on the night to support these lectures. Contact for further information: James Littlewood Tel: 0191 2326386 Email: nshn@ncl.ac.uk
