Upcoming Public Lectures
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Tuesday, 14th February 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
A Walk-On Part
Chris Mullin, author, journalist and politician
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Thursday, 16th February 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Newcastle University Business School, Barrack Road
Productivity and a ‘total delivered cost’ approach to growth
Trevor Mann, Senior Vice-President of Manufacturing, Nissan
R W Mann Lecture
Please note: this lecture will take place at Newcastle University Business School, Barrack Road. The event is free but you are asked to pre-book by visiting: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/about/events/item/r-w-mann-public-lecture or telephone 0191 208 1637.
Tuesday, 21st February 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Charles Dickens: A Life
Claire Tomalin, writer and biographer
Lecture in association with the Literary & Philosophical Society, Newcastle upon Tyne
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Thursday, 1st March 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Accountability and legality in Iraq: extra-territorial human rights jurisdiction
Raza Husain QC, Matrix Chambers
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Tuesday, 6th March 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Enlisting Dumbledore’s army: children’s stories and human rights
Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty
Fickling Lecture on Developments in Children’s Literature
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Thursday, 8th March 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
From bi-versity to true university: bringing together the sciences and humanities
Professor Edward Slingerland, Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition, University of British Columbia
School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University Lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Thursday, 15th March 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
What is cold dark matter, and is it heating up?
Andrew Pontzen and Tom Whyntie
British Science Association Lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Thursday, 19th April 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
The Queen – art and image
Paul Moorhouse, curator, 20th century, National Portrait Gallery
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Tuesday, 24th April 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
Immortalism
Mary Midgley, philosopher and writer
Philosophical Society Lecture
Free admission, no pre-booking required
Thursday, 26th April 2012
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building
‘Close the Coalhouse Door’: Pre-performance talk
Sam West
Free admission, no pre-booking required
